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Need to not lose yards? Don't worry, I'll take a sack outside of field goal range.
Need to stall a drive? Don't worry, I'll miss a wide-open Sammy Watkins at the sideline.
Need 10 yards? Don't worry, I'll throw a short one to Freddie or Lee Smith.
But this is the killer for me, that 3 and 5 play, a first down wins it. You can watch it at 2:31 - http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-networ...lls-highlights
Five wides. If you watch the play again, you'll see these options as ranked by openness.
1. Jackson on a linebacker. You'll see how open he is on the slant underneath Sammy.
2. Woods on the 8-yard hitch, wide open on the turn.
3. Chandler on the 3-yard flat route, with potentially enough separation to turn the corner for the first.
4/5. Watkins and Hogan running clear-out routes.
Where does Orton look first? The clear-out route. Where else does he look with plenty of time? Nowhere. He looks, *****, and fires a low percentage fly-route with 3 open wideouts.
If we'd lost this game, this play would have been examined heavily and it more than anything else has damned Orton in my mind. Reminded me of the Trent Edwards Dallas game where all we needed was one more FG after multiple bailouts. I wish someone at the PC would have asked him about it. It's not the first time he's taken a horrible option given the game situation and wish Hackett could either recognize it or get through to the freakin' guy.
Need to stall a drive? Don't worry, I'll miss a wide-open Sammy Watkins at the sideline.
Need 10 yards? Don't worry, I'll throw a short one to Freddie or Lee Smith.
But this is the killer for me, that 3 and 5 play, a first down wins it. You can watch it at 2:31 - http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-networ...lls-highlights
Five wides. If you watch the play again, you'll see these options as ranked by openness.
1. Jackson on a linebacker. You'll see how open he is on the slant underneath Sammy.
2. Woods on the 8-yard hitch, wide open on the turn.
3. Chandler on the 3-yard flat route, with potentially enough separation to turn the corner for the first.
4/5. Watkins and Hogan running clear-out routes.
Where does Orton look first? The clear-out route. Where else does he look with plenty of time? Nowhere. He looks, *****, and fires a low percentage fly-route with 3 open wideouts.
If we'd lost this game, this play would have been examined heavily and it more than anything else has damned Orton in my mind. Reminded me of the Trent Edwards Dallas game where all we needed was one more FG after multiple bailouts. I wish someone at the PC would have asked him about it. It's not the first time he's taken a horrible option given the game situation and wish Hackett could either recognize it or get through to the freakin' guy.
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