BuffaloHokie13 Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 I honestly have no idea what you're talking about ... Did he reach the ball? Yes or No?
YoloinOhio Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 @YardsPerPass: Last TT INT, throw is definitely to Sammy on the deep in. Other WR's are just running off the deep zone defenders http://t.co/iqC6eKFdKE
Nanker Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 That tends to happen when your arch rival comes to your house and beats you. Unless wins are now optional. Well, they're never guaranteed.
dave mcbride Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 Did he reach the ball? Yes or No? I'm not sure what your point is. I gather that you're defending Taylor given your identification with Virginia Tech. But I'm not attacking him. I thought he played a fairly decent game. He made some bad throws and made some bad decisions, but he made a lot of good plays too. The pass to Watkins was a bad throw. It happens. Just because a ball hits one's hands doesn't mean it's catchable - if it's off the fingertips and behind a receiver who is also at the top of his vertical, that's not really catchable. Think about it.
BuffaloHokie13 Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 I'm not sure what your point is. I gather that you're defending Taylor given your identification with Virginia Tech. But I'm not attacking him. I thought he played a fairly decent game. He made some bad throws and made some bad decisions, but he made a lot of good plays too. The pass to Watkins was a bad throw. It happens. Just because a ball hits one's hands doesn't mean it's catchable - if it's off the fingertips and behind a receiver who is also at the top of his vertical, that's not really catchable. Think about it. I think you just picked a poor spot to jump in, so I'll recap... Seriously. He jumped as high as he could & still couldn't reach it. Define couldn't reach. Obviously not saying it was a good throw, but he could (and did) reach it. I think it's one thing to reach it with your hands, and another to reach it with the tops of your fingertips. That was at his fingertips. Basically uncatchable.
thebandit27 Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 Something that has gone unmentioned: I'm glad that Taylor/Roman made a concerted effort to target the best WR on the team on that last INT. The throw just came in a bit too high for Sammy to make a great catch.
dave mcbride Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 I think you just picked a poor spot to jump in, so I'll recap... Well, yes, he did actually reach it!
reddogblitz Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 Did he reach the ball? Yes or No? Not picking on you Hokie, but I find this whole thing about Sammy should have made that catch kindof funny when I look back at how 2 of our QBs were skewered on here last year for making passes that were caught. I'm specifically thinking of the high pass to Woods vs the Bears and the Sammy catch at the end of the Lions game.
BuffaloHokie13 Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 Well, yes, he did actually reach it! There we go. I know it was a bad throw and would have been a tremendous catch if it were possible at all, but I don' think it needs to be exaggerated to the point where Sammy couldn't even touch it if he jumped as high as he could. Not picking on you Hokie, but I find this whole thing about Sammy should have made that catch kindof funny when I look back at how 2 of our QBs were skewered on here last year for making passes that were caught. I'm specifically thinking of the high pass to Woods vs the Bears and the Sammy catch at the end of the Lions game. I have not, nor will I say Sammy should make that catch. It was a poor throw that was too high. I think it was possible to catch, but the chances of it actually happening were very slim in my eyes.
Lv-Bills Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 (edited) https://twitter.com/YardsPerPass/status/646400236856983553 Woods was not open. Cover 3. CB comes off Woods to Sammy. Perfect throw to Woods would get it done, but tough throw. Woods was wide open. All of us in our section saw it immediately at the game. We started yelling look at Woods as he hit that seem. He was wide open and he also knew it. He was jumping up and down immediately after the play because he thought the ball was coming to him. It happened almost directly in front of my seats. I was bummed.......I thought he was going to get the ball there. Woods was blowing by that CB that was on Sammy, because that DB was running in a direction that would have left him without a chance to recover to turn and run full speed with Woods. The safety was actually the player trying to recover his ground to get back and cover Woods. He wouldn't have got there in time if a good pass would have been delivered. Edited September 22, 2015 by Lv-Bills
Freddie's Dead Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 I'll say what I've said before. Either the play design or the routes run were bad, because having two receivers in the same passing lane is just stupid.
thebandit27 Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 Woods was wide open. All of us in our section saw it immediately at the game. We started yelling look at Woods as he hit that seem. He was wide open and he also knew it. He was jumping up and down immediately after the play because he thought the ball was coming to him. It happened almost directly in front of my seats. I was bummed.......I thought he was going to get the ball there. Woods was blowing by that CB that was on Sammy, because that DB was running in a direction that would have left him without a chance to recover. The safety was actually the player trying to recover his ground to cover Woods. He wasn't wide open if you're seeing the play from Taylor's POV. Woods isn't looking back for the ball, so at the time that Taylor has to make the throw, he's either (a) throwing into an underneath zone expecting Woods to break off his route (which he didn't do), or (b) trying to throw over the top of the first row of defenders and get the ball down into Woods' hands before the single-high safety closes. Extremely tight throwing window...Sammy was the #1 option, and the right read. The throw simply needs to come in about a foot lower and it's complete.
What a Tuel Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 Woods was wide open. All of us in our section saw it immediately at the game. We started yelling look at Woods as he hit that seem. He was wide open and he also knew it. He was jumping up and down immediately after the play because he thought the ball was coming to him. It happened almost directly in front of my seats. I was bummed.......I thought he was going to get the ball there. Woods was blowing by that CB that was on Sammy, because that DB was running in a direction that would have left him without a chance to recover to turn and run full speed with Woods. The safety was actually the player trying to recover his ground to get back and cover Woods. He wouldn't have got there in time if a good pass would have been delivered. Yep that's what we saw too. The safety may have recovered, but not before Woods catches it for a huge gain
thebandit27 Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 I'll say what I've said before. Either the play design or the routes run were bad, because having two receivers in the same passing lane is just stupid. The whole point is to clear out the boundary corner so that Sammy has room to run the deep dig. It worked...the throw was too high.
dave mcbride Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 The whole point is to clear out the boundary corner so that Sammy has room to run the deep dig. It worked...the throw was too high. /thread.
26CornerBlitz Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 The whole point is to clear out the boundary corner so that Sammy has room to run the deep dig. It worked...the throw was too high. The finer points of route combinations?
Freddie's Dead Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 The whole point is to clear out the boundary corner so that Sammy has room to run the deep dig. It worked...the throw was too high. My point exactly. The throw was NOT meant for Woods. If he had kept running, it wouldn't even be a question as to who the pass was intended for. Bobby should have been farther outside the numbers.
Mike in Horseheads Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 (edited) Almost! @ben_grimalldo @JeremyWGR another angle. Sammy got in Woods' way. Would've gone for six. https://twitter.com/ben_grimalldo/status/645722785268957184/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw The grassy knoll did it, highest part of the crest in the field detected, allowed Sammy to tip it. Edited September 22, 2015 by Mike in Horseheads
Felonious Monk Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 Well, that would have been something to talk about. Oh, there's always something to talk about. If Woods scores a TD there and the Bills fail on the 2-point conversion, whose head would Bills fans want? Carpenter's.
Johnny Hammersticks Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 The grassy knoll did it, highest part of the crest in the field detected, allowed Sammy to tip it. Back, and to the left...
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