10-27-2017, 11:52 PM
Terry, how can you say that play was not lucky? I'm not even willing to conceded "executed perfectly" unless you tell me that Smith was the only receiver in the route beyond 10 yards. Because I know one thing: Kaden was blanketed and in any other situation, throwing that pass at all would have been a terrible decision (it still may have been had someone else been even a bit open).
And I still think Stanford was incredibly lucky the cover man didn't deflect that ball away - I have a hard time believing he failed to do that because (a) Chryst knew exactly where to put it to avoid that result, and (b) Chryst actually threw it to exactly that small window. Occam tells me that it was desperation time (and it was) and Chryst had to let it fly. He did. And he threw a catchable ball (not a lawn dart/Cordivit; not a flyer). But the completion was more than 50% luck, given the coverage.
P.S. The best executed play was the long out pass to the sideline. Then I'd go with the last TD pass. Those struck me as well executed with minimal luck involved.
And I still think Stanford was incredibly lucky the cover man didn't deflect that ball away - I have a hard time believing he failed to do that because (a) Chryst knew exactly where to put it to avoid that result, and (b) Chryst actually threw it to exactly that small window. Occam tells me that it was desperation time (and it was) and Chryst had to let it fly. He did. And he threw a catchable ball (not a lawn dart/Cordivit; not a flyer). But the completion was more than 50% luck, given the coverage.
P.S. The best executed play was the long out pass to the sideline. Then I'd go with the last TD pass. Those struck me as well executed with minimal luck involved.