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Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ
1. I say that because there are two defenders (you can only see one of them) within 5 yards of Draughns and had Bray dumped it off they would have closed quickly. Sure, you can guess that it would have been a decent pick up but more likely, it would have been 4-5 yards or so.
2. Meh, you are speculating now. Like I said, Bray threw the ball to the outside so as to make it hard to intercept. He put too much mustard on it anyway and it was an incomplete pass. It was 1st down and if you are going to take a shot down field, that's the best down to try (basic football 101). Like I said, he at least got the defense thinking about the possibility of TD. He loosened them up a little on that play.
3. It's preseason dude. Who gives a rip if he goes downfield and it ends up as an incomplete pass? He didn't throw an INT. You really need to loosen up yourself, it's PRE-SEASON.
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I'm not fired up about it one way or the other; it was honestly little more than a blip on my radar.
I just think it's funny that we're posting hosannas here about what was an inconsequential play at best, but really more likely something that Reid went over with Bray on Sunday and said "hey kid, don't do that again".
Where was the 2nd defender, BTW? I think that side of the field had been vacated by the deep route. It was actually a very cleverly designed play that opened up that area and gave him to the 8 yard line or so, IMO. You can watch the camera pan up and over - there's not another defender out there. If there were, it would only be if the RCB dropped into a cover-2 short zone, but that clearly didn't happen on the other side of the defense (you can see the whole field up there and how the DBs reacted to the double move).
Nah, I don't buy it. Draughn had a ton of space to work with there. Pre-season or no, you practice how you play and that was a bad play from Tyler Bray.