where are they open? I didn't see it? or do you maginfy the space between those guys with a magnifying glass so it looks bigger?
if you actually put your bias aside and actually look at how the play unfolded, the throw was to CD, except the defender in the middle left his WR after the throw and kept going and ended up doubling up on CD
if you looked at when the QB actually gets ready to throw, both CD and Schoon are on teh 35 yard line and schoon is covered. him being open after the throw is meaningless. at that point CD is actually the most open WR, with plenty of space in front of him, if the throw gets there (which it didn't). if anything, he should have lofted it over, as opposed to throw it hard at him....
sorry dude, this was a big fat fail of reading how an offensive play unfolded. you just peed your pants (perhaps sharted).
This my best stab at this play. The point is not to follow the play as it unfolds. As an NFL QB you have to take a look at the keys that are unfolding.
1. The key to this play is the safety two yards left of the left hashmark from Dak's point of view.
2. You have 3x1 concept. What you want to do is see if the safety moves by looking towards the trips side of the field. If the doesn't slide right then stay with the trips routes.
3. If the safety starts drifting right even two steps immediately anbandon trips and look to the isolation route. You probably have a one on one.
At the seven second mark of the video the safety is hopping towards the trips side because he is following Dak;s eyes. PERFECT!
At the eight second mark the LB has released Schoon's jersey and Luke is pulling away.
At nine seconds Dak has released the ball, and there isn't a Saints player anywhere near him for at least two yards. His head should have screaming at him you got a one on one iso on the left side. TAKE A LOOK!!!!
The trips formation did its job.
Lamb did his job beating his man.
Dak did the first part of his job by holding the high safety to his right, and pulling the robber to his right.
Schoon beat his guy.
The only breakdown was Dak didn't take a peek left when all the signs told him to do so.
That is how I see this play in terms of what happened and how the concept is designed. The harder throw is the 7 route or the corner route. You need good arm talent and strength, but it was only a 35 yard throw. I think that was the right choice to make and more importantly had you missed there probably wasn't a turnover there.
It was only Schoon and linebacker. I will take those odds anyday.
Both are open by 3 yards, Ms. Prescott. If your son could read a defense he would have seen the LB and DB on the 2 aforementioned players were beaten easily.
