[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

See - that's the kind of shit that kept me from ever joining you clowns.

Nothing in any of those clips are egregious. Every QB in the league has a slew of plays like those on their ledger.

But none of them hold the ball that Smith held on Sunday. None of them.

You say clowns like it's a bad thing and that we're both not mutual fans of a team sharing Ronald McDonald's color scheme; I'll have an edit responding to this in a second, but first

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Avant is wide open for a big gain with minimal risk yet Smith is seemingly locked on Kelce or waiting for the best option between Kelce and Charles to open up before any other option. Why isn't Avant getting looked at unless the safety playing just out of the frame is capable of closing the distance within two seconds?

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Conley is open here for just as much of a gain as the throw to Charles if not more. The smart thing here was it was a throw to the sideline so it's either a highlight reel catch by JC (which is what you what you want out of arguably the best or second best skill player on the roster at that point at time) or an incompletion. But it's like throwing to Conley is that big of an added risk than forcing it to Charles.

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... awful pass. I don't know how this is defensible unless you're giving Alex the kind of difference to having the occasional shit throw that is typically given to the upper echelon of QBs. And I think that would be a stretch. It's year three of Alex being in the Reid WCO that uses short tosses like the one to Kelce as akin to a run play that you're confident in earning 3-4 yards at worst with the upside of bigger gains without too much risk *assuming* the QB makes a throw that the receiver can gather up in stride. Nobody is catching that pass in stride.

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I don't recall the game situation and won't ass myself to figure out the context of why he made the decision he made, but:

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If it's a hail mary situation, then sure -not a wholly bad play by Smith. But if not.. then isn't hitting West on the left side of the field on a checkdown the type of play you expect Smith to make?