What Stevie Said about the INT

[Ryan42790]

I hope you live in NY, so I know your vote never counts. Thanks for playing.

Do you know my political implications? I was obviously joking.

[Te_Puru]

I think Fitz is getting a bit too much heat on this - that is Gailey's call. He manages personnel and play calling.

That said, Fitz made the decision to go to Graham. Stevie had steps on his DB running into the endzone, CJ was wide open underneath, and TJ had only 1 catch the entire game and has sometimes struggled with holding on to the ball in key situations.

28 seconds, throw underneath to CJ, get to the 5 yard line, then spike it. Chan designs some beautiful plays on goal-to-gos, so use them.

Plus CJ would've gotten the ball, what, at the 11 yard line? He's averaging 7 yards per touch, and certainly would be the most likely to waltz it in. If you're going for the endzone, has to be Stevie. His safety is playing in, and his CB bites up on CJ's in route.

Wrong risk at the wrong time.

[BornBillfan]

I think Fitz is getting a bit too much heat on this - that is Gailey's call. He manages personnel and play calling.

That said, Fitz made the decision to go to Graham. Stevie had steps on his DB running into the endzone, CJ was wide open underneath, and TJ had only 1 catch the entire game and has sometimes struggled with holding on to the ball in key situations.

28 seconds, throw underneath to CJ, get to the 5 yard line, then spike it. Chan designs some beautiful plays on goal-to-gos, so use them.

Plus CJ would've gotten the ball, what, at the 11 yard line? He's averaging 7 yards per touch, and certainly would be the most likely to waltz it in. If you're going for the endzone, has to be Stevie. His safety is playing in, and his CB bites up on CJ's in route.

Wrong risk at the wrong time.

lets say Graham cuts the Safety off there on that clip.... the ball is thrown pretty high.. i think Fitz, in reality, was trying to hit Graham deep in the end zone

[Ryan42790]

13-28 suggests it happens to us a lot more than most teams.

Yep bad communication all around. I know everyone loves to point the finger at one guy because it's easier and more satisfying to bash them, but this was obviously a very complicated situation where multiple parties were at fault here, and people wanting to put the full blame on Fitz just want a guy they can pin cushion all the problems with.

[Ryan42790]

lets say Graham cuts the Safety off there on that clip.... the ball is thrown pretty high.. i think Fitz, in reality, was trying to hit Graham deep in the end zone

It's not that high. Your reaching now...

[BornBillfan]

It's not that high. Your reaching now...

cuz, watch teh video... the Safety jumped for it

[Xmus Jaxon Flaxon-Waxon]

It's not that high. Your reaching now...

Lol your joking right?

[BornBillfan]

Lol your joking right?

exactly, it is a perfect pass to Graham without the safety there...

Publicly, they will tell you what ever you want

[Te_Puru]

cuz, watch teh video... the Safety jumped for it

I kind of agree - if Graham did undercut McCourty, that is a rocket catch he needs to make. But I won't speculate on that.

If he laid it out on a rope, where it would need to have been, it is likely a pick by Rob Ninkovich...

[Ryan42790]

cuz, watch teh video... the Safety jumped for it

He barely jumped that high. I didn't say it wasn't high, just not THAT high that could support your conclusion.

[DIESEL-USMC]

Its not that high, certainly not a vertical max for him.... maybe 2 feet

[Scott7975]

I think Fitz is getting a bit too much heat on this - that is Gailey's call. He manages personnel and play calling.

That said, Fitz made the decision to go to Graham. Stevie had steps on his DB running into the endzone, CJ was wide open underneath, and TJ had only 1 catch the entire game and has sometimes struggled with holding on to the ball in key situations.

28 seconds, throw underneath to CJ, get to the 5 yard line, then spike it. Chan designs some beautiful plays on goal-to-gos, so use them.

Plus CJ would've gotten the ball, what, at the 11 yard line? He's averaging 7 yards per touch, and certainly would be the most likely to waltz it in. If you're going for the endzone, has to be Stevie. His safety is playing in, and his CB bites up on CJ's in route.

Wrong risk at the wrong time.

Yeah, he could have went to CJ but Stevie was double covered until they saw Fitz in throwing motion. Look at them, they are watching the QB who was looking the other way and in throwing motion. Stevie was double covered and unlikely to get open if Ftiz was looking their way.

[Jm2009]

lets say Graham cuts the Safety off there on that clip.... the ball is thrown pretty high.. i think Fitz, in reality, was trying to hit Graham deep in the end zone

man, spiller was so wide open....

[BornBillfan]

Yeah, he could have went to CJ but Stevie was double covered until they saw Fitz in throwing motion. Look at them, they are watching the QB who was looking the other way and in throwing motion. Stevie was double covered and unlikely to get open if Ftiz was looking their way.

watch teh last second of that video.... Stevie breaks open

[Ryan42790]

Lol your joking right?

Nope, you're just seeing what you want to see at this point.

[DIESEL-USMC]

watch teh last second of that video.... Stevie breaks open

Yeah, I see it , but they clearly saw Fitz commit.....if he had looked them off and went to Stevie, it could have been different

[BornBillfan]

Yeah, I see it , but they clearly saw Fitz commit.....if he had looked them off and went to Stevie, it could have been different

it is the first time seeing the video... Stevie breaking open was somehting Joe B pointed out

[Scott7975]

watch teh last second of that video.... Stevie breaks open

He breaks open while Fitz is already throwing the ball. The defenders were watching this and let go.

[CAS22]

graham should have been the last guy to go too, spiller was wide open and if you go back and look I believe Stevie was wide open also, the smart and safe play was to CJ. The decision on that play is on Fitz. So if blame has to go to somebody it go's to Fitz.
But lets not forget that the defense should be telling fitz and the offense that they are sorry.

[Te_Puru]

Yeah, he could have went to CJ but Stevie was double covered until they saw Fitz in throwing motion. Look at them, they are watching the QB who was looking the other way and in throwing motion. Stevie was double covered and unlikely to get open if Ftiz was looking their way.

watch the CB covering Stevie - soon as he cheats up (which he does when CJ makes his cut) that is the signal QBs are looking for. That happens before his throwing motion starts (before he plants).

He said they got a cover two look - so the soft spots in cover 2 are deep behind cloud coverage before the S can get across. You see cover 2 and have your #1 guy running deep, he's got a shot. If not bail out to CJ.

Safety is playing midfield, you have a target running an inside breaking cut and on running deep. You flick your eyes to the backside (to freeze the S - rookies can do this) then flip around to make the read, there is a large window for the game winning pass. If its too tight, throw it out the back of the endzone and have another go.