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Shocked they called that a TD live. Was obvious to me in real time he was short

That drive ended on Deebo's screen. Five years ago that's an automatic 1st. In his now broken down body he just doesn’t have it anymore

Spags blitzes on every 4th down. Inexcusable not to have a play ready

Trap game 👀

The chain is right on the line and even from the back angle it's pretty obvious the ball isn't there. Unfortunately the officials were correct. The broadcast line and certain camera angles can be deceiving.

I'll be honest I think he was a few inches short.

My favorite is when Worthy got open off a blown coverage and Joe Buck says Mahomes is "one of the best" at reading the whole field. Followed by an overthrown ball to Worthy and then a bad pick.

No clue why Mahomes even threw that one. Your guy is hugging his defender and is not known for contested catches and you throw a flat ball to his midsection?

You owe me a soda 😁

Wow what a pick!

Teams just always make killer mistakes against this team. They don't get beat by players, they get beat by the pressure of the moment

That's a nice hit stick to knock Mahomes out of bounds

I'd like to think Brady is lying through his teeth here. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that he doesn't really believe this.

Yeah anyways a better throw would have given him a chance to run after the catch and probably pick up like 5 yards.

I guess. I've criticized this regime plenty for neutering what makes Allen special but I don't know that even I want Allen to make that throw in that moment. Moore has a poor catch radius and his CB has good leverage to break on the catch. Allen would have to tag that directly to his chest 30 yards downfield with pressure in his face, and even then I think it gets broken up. If that's AJ Brown sure I want him making that throw. Check down is the right option here, he just misses the throw.

I definitely do not agree that Moore was open when Allen got his eyes there. Especially with a pass rusher in his face that would have been a crazy difficult throw. And I can guarantee you this coaching staff does not want Allen making that throw. They want him playing it safe until absolutely necessary.

The first one you explained yourself. Moore just has to make that catch cleanly. The second one what makes you think Moore was an option? It's clearly a fake screen and seam to Shavers, very similar to the TD Kincaid caught against the Saints. Nice try from Shavers acting like he's gearing up to block but #2 doesn't bite on the fake so the concept is DOA. Moore was never getting that ball. Allen just needed to make a better throw to Davis to pick up some positive yardage on an otherwise broken play. Pressure in his face or not that is a throw he can make in his sleep but he rushed it.

The first one didn't count on the stat sheet because of the penalty. The second one I'm guessing they officially recorded it as a throwaway? Even official stats can be subjective like that.

First play the read is low to high, which has been the case on almost every play since Brady took over. Second play I'm very confused about the route combination on the right side. Shakir's route has him practically running into Coleman... Zero chance of Allen hitting the top of his drop and completing that pass. Looks to me like Allen has the right read here. He's looking at the safety sitting on the 50 yard line to see if he declares for Shavers or Kincaid. Whichever one he declares Allen will hit the other one. Of course Shavers' CB straight up tackles him which kills that concept but also draws an easy penalty.

Against Baltimore and Houston last year it looked just as bad as it has these past few games. Wasn't great against the Jets the following week either but we managed to grind out a win off of our run game. Trading for Cooper is what caused our pass game to open up for the rest of the season. I know he didn't perform to the level we all hoped but just having that legit vertical threat outside made a huge difference. Like in the KC game there were two TD drives that only happened because of big completions to Cooper downfield. Just the fact that teams had to respect him opened up other stuff underneath.

Yeah I really liked him. The easy speed and transition ability made him a great fit for our zone heavy defense. Honestly my biggest concern was how he would hold up in man but in this game at least he was lights out. Love his energy out there too.

I posted these in the injury thread but thought they deserved their own thread: 1st video is his textbook tackle on the screen. Quick recognition of the play, the athletic ability to immediately transition and trigger downhill, perfect technique for a smaller CB to lay a hit stick. He knocked that receiver out of the game. 2nd video is a few man coverage reps. He locks down his WR on all of them. Has the natural speed to stay in the hip pocket while running across the field and the awareness to run the route for his WR on a couple of these. Seems to have a really good feel for when to play inside or outside leverage. 3rd video is one zone coverage rep (Hairston is at the bottom of the screen). He shows great eyes and awareness on this one. Confirms the flat route is bottled up, feels the crossing route coming in his direction and gets in position to cap it, then gets his eyes to the backline and looks ready to explode to the WR coming open late in the play. I don't want to over-hype a player based off of 12 reps but this is some really advanced stuff for a rookie in his 1st game. Hopefully the coaching staff saw enough to make him the full time starter opposite of Benford. We'll need him versus KC's speedy WRs.

One more play to throw in to show off a zone coverage rep (Hairston is at the bottom of the screen): Doesn't look like much but I like how active he is with his eyes. Sees the flat route is covered, feels the crossing route and gets in position to cap it, then gets his eyes to the back of the endzone and looks ready to explode towards the receiver coming open back there. Very impressive set of reps. The last reports on him from training camp were that he looked overwhelmed trying to learn his place in the defense. Whatever he's done since then it looks like the switch has flipped.

Very exciting stuff: Easy speed. Locking down his man in every rep. Good technique with his hands. What am I missing? Make him the full time starter now. I don't need to see Tre trying to keep up with KC's receivers.

Coleman had a chance to break open after clearing #7 but he's wearing Jaycee Horn like a backpack: You're right that Carolina's zone bottled up the routes on the play side. That's where you need your X to just beat his man and get open. And hey Jaycee Horn is a great player, he's going to win some of these reps against any WR, but the fact we had zero chance of ever beating him (or any other decent outside CB) 1v1 really lowers the margin of error for the rest of the passing offense. The play call and the QB have to be perfect on every play. It's too much to ask.