VikingLord wrote:As before, look at Ponder on this play. His lead leg is just coming back and down. He threw off his plant foot while leaning backwards.
Actually, that's not what happened. It looks that way in the photos I posted so I understand why drew that conclusion. When I posted those two pics, I was focusing on Harvin and the defenders coming at him so I didn't pay much attention to Ponder's form on the play. However, I've been re-watching film of the game this morning, looking at some of the routes the Vikes are running, who is getting open, etc. and as I watched this play, I remembered your comment about Ponder's form so I looked to see if he really made such a basic throw off his back foot (which would be terrible). He actually threw it properly, just inaccurately. What we see in the pics I posted earlier is Ponder lifting his knee up immediately after the throw and then putting it down. I'm not sure why he did that. Maybe it was an immediate realization and reaction to his misfire or perhaps he was trying to loosen it up...
Anyway, here's more time devoted to a pretty meaningless play, just for the sake of clarity.
This is a quick 3 image sequence showing Ponder's throwing motion on the play...
The bottom line remains the same: an incomplete pass.