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Originally Posted by HemiEd
There is no point in debating this any more, really. We all see things a little differently and I can't bring myself to heap any more praise on Alex Smith than I already have. He gave it his all, busted his ass.
What I saw was Alex Smith erring to the safe side on that pass, pretty much like he has had a tendency to do on that play. He didn't need to throw it that far towards the OB, but see it how you wish.
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Well here is Reid on the play
“Dwayne Bowe is one of the best slant runners in the National Football League,” Reid said. “He also is a great fade-ball catcher, (a) back-shoulder, fade-ball catcher. Dwayne’s big and strong. He’s playing fast, but he’s not the fastest receiver.
“Well, he beat this kid clean off the ball, and this kid’s got some speed. And I’m not sure he realized how clean he actually beat him off the ball. So normally, what he’d do is, he’d climb back on top. You go out to practice and see you see those red lines we have drawn on the field? You kind of go back and capture that red line. The red line sits four to five yards off the sideline, and you want to get right back on top that son of a gun if you beat somebody that fast. If not, you just fade it and the quarterback dots you on the back shoulder.
“He didn’t realize quite how clean he got that thing, and he bowed it out just a little bit towards the sideline. And he still had an opportunity — it was close. Half his foot was in, half was out. So if he had to do it all over again, he’d probably get over the top.”
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