Okay guys, It was a tough loss, but its time to calm down

[Doomsday101]

I don't know for a fact that Jason messed up his route. (And I committing blasphemy here ... but I don't give a flying flip what Parcells says right about now :laugh2: ) But I do know (or would hope) that you wouldn't just BLINDLY throw the ball in there, in that situation, with the game on the line. No way no how. Maybe Charlie Frye ... but not Drew Bledsoe. He's been around the block a few times. Dag, Kurt Warner would have at least bought us a couple seconds

I'm sure you don't care what BP has to say it is easier to rant and rave about what you don't know than to stop listen to people who do know what the heck is going on. Bledsoe did not blindly throw the ball he threw the ball where he expected his intended target to be. It is like blaming the QB for an int on a slant rout when the WR stops. The QB expect his targets to be where they are suppose to be and the ball is thrown before the target reaches that spot.

 

[Doomsday101]

Witten may have cut the route off short, but that doesn't change the fact that he was double covered. Watch the play - Bledsoe was already commited to throwing with one defender directly in front of Witten and Sheppard 4-5 left of Witten. The Eagles were all over Witten whether it was a curl or he was supposed to trail it to the outside. Bledsoe made a bad choice no matter how you look at it.

One defender fell down and Witten would have been in front of Sheppard had he continued the rout.

 

[Stautner]

One defender fell down and Witten would have been in front of Sheppard had he continued the rout.

The defender hadn't fallen down until after Bledsoe committed to the throw - so it was still a bad decision.

As for Sheppard, who's to say that if Witten had continued to the outside that (A) Witten wouldn't have run into Sheppard, resulting in an offensive interference being called - after all Sheppard had established his position, or (B) Sheppard may have stepped up and stayed in front of Witten.

Bledsoe was committed and Sheppard was focusing only on covering one guy - had Witten continued to the outside it's very reasonable to assume Sheppard wouldn't have just remained stationary and watched passively as Witten stepped in front and caught the game winning pass.

Witten may bear some blame as well, but there is no way to hide that Bledsoe made a bad choice - he threw into double coverage, plain and simple.