Interesting.
Last time you told me that Shockey was at the goal-line, and Roy met him there. Here, IN PICTURE 2, it is quite clear that Shockey is at least two feet behind the end-zone, and Roy is at least 4 feet behind the end-zone. So what this basically means is that Roy was
back-peddling, allowed Shockey to simply turn around, and make an easy catch. So Roy waited to see which way he cut, but continued to move backwards, but, according to you, he had good position, and Eli made a difficult catch. And yet, I was told that Roy took the 'inside route'. How do you take the inside route, when your moving backwards, and Shockey makes his break a foot or so before he makes his break?
Was I incorrect in my claim that Roy was totally behind Shockey and couldn't do anything about it? Was it that difficult a throw?
Look at where Roy is, when the ball is released. It is quite clear he was still back-peddling when Shockey made his break, and was completely behind Shockey. He had absolutely NO ANGLE on the ball, and he kept moving backwards, instead of taking any angle. It is quite clear Roy did not 'play him' at the goal-line, because he was moving backwards.
What is further clear is that whether Manning threw it at the 80 on SHockey's chest, his pelvis, or his right shoulder, Shockey would have made an easy catch.
Seriously, I don't think you even comprehend the argument, your so tied up in statistics. Of course playing off a man is a technique in football, and the technique that is is employed is dependent on the situation. Is it that hard to comprehend that what I stated was that Roy
gave him too much of a cushion. In each of the other pictures you provided, they tell us nothing about whether the CB was playing similar to Roy. In the case of Henry, he gave him a cushion, but the receiver had to make his break way before he was near the end-zone. And Henry was
clearly not back-peddling, but going to the receiver, and he had a
clear angle to the ball, unlike Roy. In the case of Roy, snap 1 shows that Roy was playing SHockey, but he ends up farther back into the end-zone, not cutting off any route, allowing Shockey a simple turn to catch. Shockey got WAY TOO DEEP on Roy. What is further terrible about the coverage is that the 1st down marker was at the 4 in that play, and Roy gave Shockey enough space to run unimpeded into the end-zone. He didn't even play the first down marker.
I don't think you even get the argument.... One of the primary reasons Wade has his corners play deep is to allow them to make a break on the ball, because the pressure is coming and the QB has to release. And Roy had no chance to make any break on any ball, because of his poor positioning and movement on that play. As I said, awkward movement....
...........funny but true Zrinkill......I was surprised when I opened my email.......I was like what in the world is this. I received at least 7 emails from posters on this board.....I guess you guys have beat up on so many people that some were happy to see someone fight for so long......:laugh2:
