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I may have to just listen to Husak et al from now on - they didn't seem hesitant to point out that Chryst wasn't making progressions, that his throws were late (and as a result often behind receivers), and that he should have been intercepted several more times - that he was making the same read on a particular play/route over and over again and throwing it into the same coverage.

That is basically identical to what Dave Fleming was saying on the TV broadcast.

Most of it was fairly obvious, particularly the throwing late part. Chryst looked decidedly spooked to me.

And that fourth and 10 play was pretty much all Kaden Smith going over the DB and snatching the ball away. 

The pass itself was good on that play. It was put in just about the only place Smith could have caught.

The bad things about the play were that Smith was very well covered and there may have been a better target (haven't rewatched the tape, and don't know if there is a camera angle that shows the field). In addition, based upon a limited memory, that throw again may have been late.

If in fact there wasn't anybody open, then throwing to Smith would have been a good choice. He had a big height advantage and thus could possibly make the catch despite being covered.


And the lob to JJAW was a good throw - as was at least the first of the next three. In fact, in retrospect I wonder if we shouldn't have tried variations on that much more often. Given the nature of the throw and the read, it avoids a lot of the stuff that seemed to be throwing Chryst off; and we seem to be able to complete that kind of pass to a good percentage. No reason it can't be thrown on a third and 5 or so.

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I may have to just listen to Husak et al from now on - they didn't seem hesitant to point out that Chryst wasn't making progressions, that his throws were late (and as a result often behind receivers), and that he should have been intercepted several more times - that he was making the same read on a particular play/route over and over again and throwing it into the same coverage.

That is basically identical to what Dave Fleming was saying on the TV broadcast.

Most of it was fairly obvious, particularly the throwing late part. Chryst looked decidedly spooked to me.

And that fourth and 10 play was pretty much all Kaden Smith going over the DB and snatching the ball away. 

The pass itself was good on that play. It was put in just about the only place Smith could have caught.

The bad things about the play were that Smith was very well covered and there may have been a better target (haven't rewatched the tape, and don't know if there is a camera angle that shows the field). In addition, based upon a limited memory, that throw again may have been late.

If in fact there wasn't anybody open, then throwing to Smith would have been a good choice. He had a big height advantage and thus could possibly make the catch despite being covered.


And the lob to JJAW was a good throw - as was at least the first of the next three. In fact, in retrospect I wonder if we shouldn't have tried variations on that much more often. Given the nature of the throw and the read, it avoids a lot of the stuff that seemed to be throwing Chryst off; and we seem to be able to complete that kind of pass to a good percentage. No reason it can't be thrown on a third and 5 or so.