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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
But Moore wasn't running downfield - he was running a crosser. Instead of leading him, he threw it into his body.
And yes, you and I reached the same conclusion on the 'why' of it, just for slightly different reasons. I think he mis-read the safety. Maybe he got impatient and didn't wait another half a heartbeat for the safety to commit and just guessed at what he was going to do. But in the end my conclusion was that it wasn't mechanics that led to the throw but rather just simple ol' bad aim.
EDIT: Here's the entire exchange with O.City (starts a little before this)
https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/show...5#post16706065
And where we pretty much completely align:
But ultimately it was still a ball Moore should've caught. |
It's not really a crosser. I think Kurt Warner calls it a 'feature' route or something. Basically, Skyy is wide at the snap and runs a slight angle inside until he hits the numbers and starts a go route.
And I think you're right about what was going on his Pat's head; I think he read across from left to right, saw Skyy and hurried the throw because he misread the safety.
But that's a bad throw, I don't think there's any argument about that. It was literally low and away and behind the receiver, mostly because his hips are bladed to his left and he tries to make that throw flat-footed. Try that some time, it's really hard to get anything on the ball that way and accuracy is a problem. not saying Pat can't make that throw, but in this case he clearly missed.
And it was unnecessarily so; there wasn't any pressure in that moment, and Pat easily could've reset his feet in a fraction of a second and made a much more accurate throw. And if he had, Skyy was off to the races.