(09-02-2024, 07:32 AM)terry Wrote: Regarding the long pass attempts by Daniels -- I'd like to know how many of those were plays were designed with the deep ball as the first option, and how many of them were designed with the deep ball as a second or third option that Daniels chose based on his read of the play.
I know TT mentioned the receivers "needing to win their battles," but sometimes that's code for "the QB didn't think there was enough separation." I mean, pro tip: in D1 college ball, you're not going to see a lot of separation, and you'll need to immediately extrapolate how much distance your WR and put on the DB by the time your ball gets there. There are no comfortable windows for Stanford. Also there were a lot of plays where Daniels' helmet noticeably held still for a long time between snap and a deep attempt.