[Goose]

Yeah, the similarities to the McCaffrey play were noted in the game thread.

BC

I don't think we used the jump ball, fade play at all.  When we had JJAW it was only one guy, now we have 4 guys, including Yurosek, who can simply beat their defender if the QB puts the ball in the right place.  McKee put the ball in the right place time after time and our guys showed great hands and concentration.  There is a job waiting at the next level for big, tall receivers who have at least good speed and great hands.  These guys are going to present problems for every team we play.  They do not have to get "open" in the usual sense of the word.  They just have to have the position that allows McKee to drop the ball over the corner and let his guy go get it.  It is going to cause a lot of pass interference calls as we started to see last night.

You and I saw different games. While there were some notable instances of our receivers getting separation, most of the passes were similar to the outside shoulder throws to Tremayne. Those are basically "jump balls", at which he excels. If he gets lined up man to man against a shorter defender, we throw to him every time, because it works. If he is doubled over under, we will have trouble doing that. See KJ vs Utah. We got lots of patterns last night where the receiver got open by bending in/stopping. USC was playing man a whole lot with no help, and they weren't going to get beat deep. That left them soft underneath. Against a zone, those patterns don't work as well. As you say, McKee did a great job of putting the ball right where it had to be. Near the end of the game we got that isolation and Tremayne dropped it. I am pretty sure that is one of the "one or two" Shaw referenced in his after game press conference.

[Goose]

Yeah, the similarities to the McCaffrey play were noted in the game thread.

BC

I don't think we used the jump ball, fade play at all.  When we had JJAW it was only one guy, now we have 4 guys, including Yurosek, who can simply beat their defender if the QB puts the ball in the right place.  McKee put the ball in the right place time after time and our guys showed great hands and concentration.  There is a job waiting at the next level for big, tall receivers who have at least good speed and great hands.  These guys are going to present problems for every team we play.  They do not have to get "open" in the usual sense of the word.  They just have to have the position that allows McKee to drop the ball over the corner and let his guy go get it.  It is going to cause a lot of pass interference calls as we started to see last night.

You and I saw different games. While there were some notable instances of our receivers getting separation, most of the passes were similar to the outside shoulder throws to Tremayne. Those are basically "jump balls", at which he excels. If he gets lined up man to man against a shorter defender, we throw to him every time, because it works. If he is doubled over under, we will have trouble doing that. See KJ vs Utah. We got lots of patterns last night where the receiver got open by bending in/stopping. USC was playing man a whole lot with no help, and they weren't going to get beat deep. That left them soft underneath. Against a zone, those patterns don't work as well. As you say, McKee did a great job of putting the ball right where it had to be. Near the end of the game we got that isolation and Tremayne dropped it. I am pretty sure that is one of the "one or two" Shaw referenced in his after game press conference.