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@5Stars and
@ABQCOWBOY
I've been treating your Eye Test condition ever since some folks around these parts tried to convince us Drew Henson and Chad Hutchinson had it.
Anyway please review this wonderful QB School by JT O'Sullivan a former McCarthy guy whom knows McCarthy's ques and landmarks on routes
See the 5:00 Min mark and understand Andy Dalton missed the throw by 5 yards forcing CeeDee to make a Historic catch...
No Andy Hate just Eye Test proof that Red Rifle is not a starter and a average Back up $3M is about right...
OK, you had your minute. You told your story, now it's time for you to run along now. 50 years of football and that pattern hasn't ever changed. How much coaching do you think McCarthy has given Dalton, or really Lamb, for that matter?
I don't know how this O'Sullivan knows what this Offense is supposed to run but he's completely wrong here. The Landmark thing is a bunch of BS. Yes, there are defined areas for routes but, there are also pre-snap rules every QB is supposed go to that dictate offense. Minnesota shows blitz here. That means that pre-snap, Dalton already has an idea of where the ball is going. He reads the Safety. What does the Safety do? He Shows Blitz. Now, if you are the QB here, what is your thought process?
1. Safety is coming and if he does, that mean he vacates the area he is responsible for an it opens up an opportunity. In that situation, the QB wants to get the ball out quickly and to an area of the field that is safe and also that gives you the best possible chance for a score. Where is that in the Redzone? The Corner that the Safety just vacated on the Blitz. Dalton already knows he's throwing to the corner.
2. Safety threatens blitz and plays coverage. What is the best route in short yardage Redzone against that scenario? Answer, close ground and make the Safety turn and run. The Safety is at a disadvantage there because the play will be bang-bang, which means he can't have his hands on the WR when the ball is in the air. That means that if a QB cuts it lose quick, he can't be physical or get a decent chuck on the WR or it's PI and the ball is 1st and goal at the 1, best case scenario. Dalton already knows this. The route is to the Corner of the Endzone on the fade.
That Safety is at a disadvantage from the snap and the best play against him is to go right over the top. He has no second level help. That means it's the Athlete CD against the Safety and CD has the advantage in every way in that matchup. That is the best route to throw in that situation, regardless of if the Safety comes or covers. It's bang-bang, it provides the WR with the maximum amount of advantage in every way, it takes advantage of every physical advantage against what should be an inferior athlete at Safety (theoretically), it's a relatively easy catch and throw and it is very low risk. This is the hot read in that scenario. If the Safety is playing more towards the center and a little deeper, then it's a sideline route but he's not. The WR and QB should be on the same page here and that is the hot read.
Secondly, we aren't running McCarthy's Offense, as this O'Sullivan suggests. We are running a Garrett/Moore Offense and we know this because McCarthy specifically said that he wouldn't be coming in and changing things this season on Offense a lot. He specifically said that he would adjust to the players and not the other way around. So the things this video suggests aren't in play here. But more then that, it's the difference between coaching HS ball and the Pros. You don't tell players how they run things according to how you like them if you are a Coach. In HS, you are teaching players a lot of times. You are exposing them to things they may never have had opportunity to learn so you teach in a fundamental and basic way, a lot of times. In the Pros, these guys have all learned this stuff. You ask them what they like and what they run best, throw best and then you go with that as your Offense. You don't make QBs or WRs run stuff the way you want. You work with them and then you figure out what they do well and create the miss match that gives you the best percentage of success. That is how you do it.
More over, just look at the ball. That ball, from the time he releases it has plenty of air under it. If he's throwing it flatter, to the sideline or at a narrower angel, it has more zip on it because the threat there is of a player getting a hand up and knocking the pass down at LOS or a player having time to react and make a play on it. You want that ball to get there AFAFP. That is a throw you see with a QB who has a gun and that's a lot of times what they like to do. But that is not Dalton, he isn't that guy. He doesn't throw it that way and you can see his mechanics. He doesn't set up to throw that ball that way just based on the way his physical mechanics are aligned. I mean, everything about this throw tells you he is throwing to the corner, the entire way. This is not some kind of mistake. This O'Sullivan, who played in a total of 0 games in GB, threw 0 passes while in GB, is smoking crack so far as I can tell here. I mean, he makes assumptions off of what he thinks he knows, based on one year in GB in his rookie season and completely ignores every other tell tail sign on the play. He completely throws out the window what the read and progression should be based on what Minnesota is showing us and somehow comes to the conclusion that it was a bad throw because of some obscure thing he learned from 1 game on the roster in GB, in 2004.
OK, if this is what you want to believe, go for it but don't try and tell me that you understand this game, at all. I don't watch JT O'Sullivan videos to tell me what I've learned about this game over decades. Football hasn't changed that much and I know when I'm being feed a line of BS.
Believe what you wish but don't expect me to accept this stuff. I know better.
