Josh wanted to lateral on that 3rd and goal

[stevestojan]

I didn’t see a topic on this. Might not be worth it. You’ll let me know. 
 

Josh went full 2020 for a split second when he got stuffed on that 3rd and goal. He saw Cook and - to me anyway - it looked like it took everything he’s learned over the last 3 years to just take the sack and survive to live another down and not go Superman to try an insanely low percentage play. 
 

My heart sank when I saw it - but just another example of this being the best year for Josh despite the numbers being slightly lower. Growth and maturity. Oh and rocket arm and MVP and the only quarterback in NFL history. 

[Logic]

100%.

There were a couple national media talking heads this morning praising him for not doing so. Dan Orlovsky and Peter Schrager both called it out as illustrating Josh's growth as a decision maker.

Watching the replay back this morning, I do not believe he would've been able to get it all the way to Cook, which could've meant a bouncing fumble and potential Ravens scoop and score.

Huge play (or non-play, whatever you want to call it).

[mushypeaches]

Josh has 6 total turnovers this year

 

I think that we can finally trust him to make the right decisions with the ball

[stevestojan]

2 minutes ago, mushypeaches said:

Josh has 6 total turnovers this year

 

I think that we can finally trust him to make the right decisions with the ball

Oh, 100%. I just saw a glimpse of backyard football Josh and my testes inverted. 

[Thrivefourfive]

Yeah he did! 🤣🤣 But now he’s programmed to think it, and not move his hands away from his body. His mind gets to be Josh Allen : his body is reacting like Tooooommmy

[stevestojan]

4 minutes ago, Logic said:

100%.

There were a couple national media talking heads this morning praising him for not doing so. Dan Orlovsky and Peter Schrager both called it out as illustrating Josh's growth as a decision maker.

Watching the replay back this morning, I do not believe he would've been able to get it all the way to Cook, which could've meant a bouncing fumble and potential Ravens scoop and score.

Huge play (or non-play, whatever you want to call it).

My takeaway from your post is I should be an ESPN commentator. 

[UKBillFan]

Thought I saw one before - but it deserves another thread as it really does show Josh's growth. And/or the defense had him wrapped up so tightly he couldn't throw it. Either or. 😆

 

 

[BruceVilanch]

One day I'll mature like Josh and not think I can drive every par 4, but today is not that day.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Kind of wish he did throw it.

 

let Josh cook!!! 😁

[Sweats]

The only reason JA didn't dump it back to Cook is cause the defender had his arms tied up.

I firmly believe that if his arms were free, that ball is getting dumped back to Cook with a disastrous result.

 

Re-watch it and tell me im wrong.

[TheFunPolice]

I think the Ravens defender had his arms wrapped so he couldn't thankfully 

[SinceThe70s]

He absolutely wanted to pitch it to Cook. Glad he didn't, would've been a poor choice. On the flip side the Cooper flip to Josh was a play of the year and I don't want Josh to ever lose who he is. Good times.

[YoloinOhio]

He’s realizing he does not always need to be Superman despite the media harping that he would to win. That’s partly bc his teammates are making plays and he can (yes, finally) trust his defense. 

1 minute ago, TheFunPolice said:

I think the Ravens defender had his arms wrapped so he couldn't thankfully 

What’s his charity 

[Tulsabillsfanz]

I prefer to focus on Josh’s second TD run.  That was amazing to see him run over and through multiple Ravens players including a defensive lineman!  That was a reminder that Josh just doesn’t have great speed for a QB, he also has great strength.  There’s very few QBs who could’ve made that TD!  

[davefan66]

He did.  He wanted that.  If he had thought of it a split second earlier, it could have worked.

 

I did love his line call of “meow, meow, meow”  though!

[transient]

Josh knew it was a bad play and tried to change it at the LOS... the only problem was the ball was already snapped and he was in shotgun so it took him a few seconds to get to the LOS and by then the defender had him (thankfully) wrapped up.

[K-9]

I think the All 22 will show that Josh had passing options on that play and made the wrong choice to run it instead. I can’t blame him for being confident as had already scored to TDs on the ground, but the Ravens were hellbent on not letting that happen. I think there were a couple guys open post snap, but I need the All 22 to confirm.

[Low Positive]

2 minutes ago, K-9 said:

I think the All 22 will show that Josh had passing options on that play and made the wrong choice to run it instead. I can’t blame him for being confident as had already scored to TDs on the ground, but the Ravens were hellbent on not letting that happen. I think there were a couple guys open post snap, but I need the All 22 to confirm.

Just looked. Mack and Kincaid came wide open, but not until Josh was clearly running. 

[Logic]

5 minutes ago, K-9 said:

I think the All 22 will show that Josh had passing options on that play and made the wrong choice to run it instead. I can’t blame him for being confident as had already scored to TDs on the ground, but the Ravens were hellbent on not letting that happen. I think there were a couple guys open post snap, but I need the All 22 to confirm.

If you look at Hollins (the most likely receiver, who was wide open) body language on the play, you can see that he was not expecting the ball to be thrown to him.

I think the only purpose of the receivers on that play was to run off defenders, and there was no universe in which Josh was going to throw (or intended to throw) the ball one way or the other.

To me, that was a 100% Josh run call all the way.

Ravens defender #29 did not go with Hollins, as the play was drawn up for him to, and instead rightly recognized that it was all Josh run, and thus crashed in unblocked and tied him up. 

[Cash]

33 minutes ago, Logic said:

100%.

There were a couple national media talking heads this morning praising him for not doing so. Dan Orlovsky and Peter Schrager both called it out as illustrating Josh's growth as a decision maker.

Watching the replay back this morning, I do not believe he would've been able to get it all the way to Cook, which could've meant a bouncing fumble and potential Ravens scoop and score.

Huge play (or non-play, whatever you want to call it).

Burleson also mentioned this in the postgame show.