dead_poet wrote:
This is one of my biggest criticisms. It's a legit issue. Some of his passes have been just a split-second too late when they didn't need to be. And he doesn't have the gun to complete them when he doesn't pull the trigger quick enough. Often he has the right reads and goes through his progressions decently but the slight hesitation has made a difference.
He needs to be more decisive and confident in his receivers. I'm not getting that too much (the most with Diggs and to some extent recent Rudolph).
When he gets it out on time and sets his feet, he can be incredibly accurate. Below (same play, different angles): there's zero room for error on this pass.
Could we move this to my thread or the Teddy needs to be more consistent thread? I'm gonna talk about it more haha.
Some interesting things to note
1. He's under center for all of these and you can tell he's not comfortable, he just looks off to me.
2. Significant play action fake / turning his back to the D involved on all of them.
3. Look at how creative norv is! WR's run up and cut towards the sideline, literally in all 3, brilliant!
4. the first vine is a 30 yard side line throw (launches from the 15, receivers at the 45), I'm not sure what down / distance that is but seems pretty greedy and low % play call.
5. Because they're all side line throws, you're really throwing it further than the actual yard distance, again knowing Teddy's arm strength seems odd to me. You can tell he only has "one speed", you never see the ball with extra oomph on it but you never really see a duck either.
6. maybe these plays were picked specifically to group together but where are the plays over the middle of the field?! They seem to be so rare for our WR's.
7. I don't think those are guaranteed completions if he gets the ball out a half second earlier, at best I see a contested throw that our receivers have struggled to come up with. The first one he's really bad in, I like his footwork on the 2nd incomplete and the completion though, he's actively turning his lower body properly towards his targets and the technique looks good.
8. In the second incomplete play it looks like that's his 3rd read and on the opposite side of the field the play was intended for. I don't see a way that one gets completed regardless, he probably should have thrown it away.
9. On the completion, that's his first read so naturally the ball comes out on time and the receiver actually has a tiny bit of separation. Also maybe interesting or not, it's Rudolph who's a bigger body / perhaps a guy he trusts more. I see him throwing at the 46 and connecting at the 34ish yard line, while he's on the right hash and it's on the right side of the field. All things considered it's a much shorter pass than the first incomplete and right in Teddy's wheel house. More plays like that plz!
10. All three plays there literally isn't a receiver between the numbers, just all tough side line throws, wtf? Was this the 2 minute drill before the half or something where we couldn't afford to stay in bounds? I can't see a clock in any of them heh.
