re: Skycam view of OL in pass protection

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It was 2nd and 18 and OP said the play resulted for a 8 yard gain. I know Boutte played like shite, but he's one of the best WR's in the country with the ball in his hands after the catch. I'd much rather that ball go to Boutte who is running towards space. If he makes the first guy miss he might score from there.

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copy that. I was thinking it was a whole other play/situation.

My poor memory aside, it's good he can take advantage of those. But well before that gap opened up, there was one open receiver, one coming open, and a third Boutte getting a step just as that pressure up the middle forced him left.

So the idea that he pulls it too quick, at least on that play, is false. He didn't see it. And if he saw it he doesn't believe his lying eyes. And the latter is worse than the former. That's what I was trying, poorly, to convey.

He did everything right except pull the trigger: eluded rush, kept his body positioned relatively correct, had eyes upfield, WRs did their job. He was looking at two open people- and didn't throw it. THEN he ran.