We are not going to go far in the playoffs with Drew REFUSING to throw downfield.
Was at game last week and seen WRs/TEs wide open 4 times where he checked down or scrambled, instead of throwing to them wide open. Today we saw same thing. People need to stop thinking its just the WRs not getting open because that is not always the case.
Check out replay on the deep TD to Wallace. On that play Drew initially looked to his left and over the middle. Warren was WIDE OPEN deep no defender within 10-15 yds. Drew looked at him and didn't throw. Then when Wallace was wide open Drew waited and waited and you could see his reluctance when he FINALLY threw deep to Wallace on the TD. He got the TD but its an example of first having Warren wide open on his first read but not pulling the trigger.
The reason Drew has hardly any Ints and a 70% completion rate is because he throws short easy passes and hardly anything downfield.
I dont care if we beat a cream puff like Washington or Purdue by 100 pts. When Drew refuses to throw downfield vs playoff teams is where it will hurt us. We cannot dink and dunk with a QB refusing to throw downfield, unless he gets clearance from the State Dept of Defense and expect to win many playoff games.
On the flip side did you see how quick Beau threw deep to #12 Ivey, on the dropped pass? With Beau there was NO hesitation. As soon as he saw Ivey open deep he threw to him.
And NO I am NOT saying Beau should play over Drew. It's just an example of one QB that doesnt hesitate when he has man open deep to where Drew doesn't throw.
Was at game last week and seen WRs/TEs wide open 4 times where he checked down or scrambled, instead of throwing to them wide open. Today we saw same thing. People need to stop thinking its just the WRs not getting open because that is not always the case.
Check out replay on the deep TD to Wallace. On that play Drew initially looked to his left and over the middle. Warren was WIDE OPEN deep no defender within 10-15 yds. Drew looked at him and didn't throw. Then when Wallace was wide open Drew waited and waited and you could see his reluctance when he FINALLY threw deep to Wallace on the TD. He got the TD but its an example of first having Warren wide open on his first read but not pulling the trigger.
The reason Drew has hardly any Ints and a 70% completion rate is because he throws short easy passes and hardly anything downfield.
I dont care if we beat a cream puff like Washington or Purdue by 100 pts. When Drew refuses to throw downfield vs playoff teams is where it will hurt us. We cannot dink and dunk with a QB refusing to throw downfield, unless he gets clearance from the State Dept of Defense and expect to win many playoff games.
On the flip side did you see how quick Beau threw deep to #12 Ivey, on the dropped pass? With Beau there was NO hesitation. As soon as he saw Ivey open deep he threw to him.
And NO I am NOT saying Beau should play over Drew. It's just an example of one QB that doesnt hesitate when he has man open deep to where Drew doesn't throw.
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