Damn, you point out 11 plays and you are only 100% correct on 1 and partially correct on three others. In order:

1. This is a stretch and LB sees Thomas and is closing the window. Not a terrible decision to go elsewhere at that point. I do think he could have made the throw so I'll give you a partial here.

2. Pre-snap he determines to go left first. No one is open. By the time he progresses right, he's got a defensive lineman in his face and one behind. And Lacy was blanketed. Tried to make a move and it didn't work.

3. It was PI because the defender pulled back on Nabers otherwise this was a dime.

4. The FSU corner blitz blew this up making the throw to Taylor difficult. Plus Taylor had a man on his heels. I'll give you half credit here because it's fourth and you need to try something.

5. Blasted from the blindside as he's about to throw the route you wanted. Many are criticizing you for confusing Thomas for Nabers. But you were actually correct. Nabers comes open deeper down the field and JD is reading it and holding to making that throw on the break. Had JD known Verse was about to blindside him, I'm sure he throws to Thomas on the shallow. But he was looking to throw to the intermediate route to Nabers.

Also Lacy dropped a first down on the play before.

6. Should have put air on it, I agree. Full credit here.

7. #6 is in his grill in 1.5 seconds. No time for Nabers to make his move.

8. Lacy drops a perfectly throw ball for a first down and you critique him for not throwing to a different open receiver.

9. I agree it was a TD with more air. But Thomas also drops it. If he hangs on we have it 1st down at the 11 yard line.

10. This may have been incomplete because the coverage was excellent but it's a comeback and you tend to trust your #1 on a comeback.

11. By the time Lacy clears the LBs, he's down.

We lost this game because FSU dominated us in the trenches, our secondary was shredded, our receivers dropped key passes, our coaches made zero adjustments and our players literally quit in the 4th. And after that maybe because our QB only had a B level game.

Your examples here are not very good critiques.

This post was edited on 9/5/23 at 4:57 pm