The fourth down play in the red zone

[jgeorge322]

The linebacker on jacksons side was showing blitz. They had one safety up top. Jackson is running a slant. How do you NOT throw that? I think TD will be fine in the long run but that shows a lack of intelligence. However, it is only one play, but jeesh.

 

[NineOneSeven]

The third down call was atrocious. A fade off a wheel route type play?

 

[Timonen]

The third down call was atrocious. A fade off a wheel route type play?

When you’re got two downs to work with. It was like the play calling turned into “what can we run with the lowest likelihood of getting sacked, even if it makes no sense for the situation.”

 

[Chip]

The linebacker on jacksons side was showing blitz. They had one safety up top. Jackson is running a slant. How do you NOT throw that? I think TD will be fine in the long run but that shows a lack of intelligence. However, it is only one play, but jeesh.

Are you referring to the play going right to left on your screen, that they showed on replay as being open, and then talked about both Dino and Jackson getting in DeVito's face after it?

Seems like QB101.

He threw it later for a TD. So coachable.

 

[jgeorge322]

Are you referring to the play going right to left on your screen, that they showed on replay as being open, and then talked about both Dino and Jackson getting in DeVito's face after it?

Seems like QB101.

He threw it later for a TD. So coachable.

i am and def coachable but what bothered me was td should have recognized that presnap that it would be open and no hesitation required. Two steps and fire away. Maybe the db makes a great play on it ( prob not). Maybe theres a bad pass (it happens). Maybe jackson drops an easy catch (it happens too). But not even throwing it? So bad.

 

[upperdeck]

dont forget when you the run the slant you throwing window changes.. if the oline doesnt make the block the slant doesnt work. you also need to make sure the LB is not in he window . we run so few slants who knows what TD thinks.

 

[shu 49]

Jackson was open veering towards safety so Td shoulda thrown it over safety softly where only Jackson could get it. A slant doesn’t have to be a rope unless rope is open.

 

[UelSU]

I was watching Jackson on that play. As soon as he made his cut to the inside I screamed at my TV "there it is"...TD looked like he was going to throw it, but hesitated, then took the sack. It was there. Does the DB break up the play? Maybe? Does Jackson drop it? We will never know...but it was there.

 

[dollarbill44]

I wonder what it looked like at field level. Could TD even see it? There was also a db shadowing the back judge that I didn't see until the end of the replay that could have made a pick if the throw wasn't great. Maybe TD saw him pre snap but couldn't see him when TJ made his break? I don't know. I'm trying to give the benefit of the doubt. It's easy to see things from an elevated sideline camera that aren't visible at field level behind a poor OL.
I think this game was lost in the first 3 quarters where TD wouldn't run when it was available and before he figured out that there is an intentional grounding penalty. Once he started running in the 4th quarter some things opened up.