How many think Ridley could have knocked down the interception?

He's a RB, not a WR. It probably just didn't occur to him in the moment.

my first thought was why throw to a RB on a fade in the endzone
he was behind the guy fwiw and couldn't have knocked it down

Had that thought. After watching it again, said to my buddy that a TT or RR true receiver might have done just that, maybe different position or such and actually defended on the pass. That being said, I have no issue with JL throwing that ball, and the d back made an awesome play to come up with the int

the ball was thrown to the inside, the DB was about 3-4 inches taller with a higher vertical and he had position on him, here is a better question, why in the hell do we throw a fade to a 5'10" running back when we have a 6'5" wide reciever that can jump and touch the moon?

Ridley already admitted he should have at the least grabbed the defender because he saw early on he had position for the int. Said he would never make that mistake again. Hopefully we don't see a wheel route called into the endzone again.

I initially thought the same thing, but then I remembered he is a running back being guarded by a linebacker who made one h$ll of an interception. I liked the call, I just wished that JL would have made the throw over Ridley's outside shoulder, although Ridley might not have caught that throw. Either way, I liked the creativity of the call and the play.

On related note, I don't really like the fade (I think it is the most intercepted pass in the end zone) and I would prefer the bubble screen or quick slant on short yardage goal line. I'll take RR, TT or RS one-on-one for 2 yards anytime. Alternatively, I used to love play action to the running back who then releases down the goal line to catch the pass. Early to late 2000's, we ran that play well and it was hardly ever stopped. JL did try something similar on that 1st down in the last series, but our TE tripped and he had to throw the ball away.

It was a baaaaad throw!. Should have thrown it outside, sooner, or away. But it is what it is.

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the ball was thrown to the inside, the DB was about 3-4 inches taller with a higher vertical and he had position on him, here is a better question, why in the hell do we throw a fade to a 5'10" running back when we have a 6'5" wide reciever that can jump and touch the moon?

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+1

Ridley was expecting the ball on the outside and he was looking that way while the defender was on the inside in position.

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here is a better question, why in the hell do we throw a fade to a 5'10" running back when we have a 6'5" wide reciever that can jump and touch the moon?

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This