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Originally Posted by BossChief
what do you mean, "he read short to long"?
Are you saying he disregarded the progressions that are built into every play and just looked at the short options?
Is it possible the deeper options simply weren't open?...because he was chucking it deep quite a bit when I was there.
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I take it back. I don't think Alex reads his progression short to long. I would say, if the 1st read in his progression is not wide open, he goes straight to the check down or outlet. I would say he is half watching the outlet even while he is watching his 1st progression. So it is inaccurate to say short to long, but rather that he is almost anxious to take the short read in his progression and gives up on the first read too soon. When his 1st read is wide open, he hits it. That is why he connected with Vernon Davis so much in 2012. But when his 1st read isn't open, he seems to go straight to his outlet or check down.
That is not to say he should take a sack from waiting for his 1st read to open. I think he is too antsy to take the short pass and misses clear opportunities on deep passes. When he throws 4 yards on 3rd and 15, that is an issue.