I think that misses a lot.

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RamBill
....they have different angles because they are using NFL Films footage.

The late pass was a real flutter ball....you can really see it on their coverage. They have a close up of it as it's fluttering through the air.

If any one of these things had happened with that pass, it's a TD

1) A tight spiral
2) An earlier release
3) A higher velocity, flatter pass.


Unfortunately it was a late, fluttering, floater.

And even with that....Cooks still could have caught it. He got both hands on it. A number of high quality WR's would have made that catch.

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jrry32

I watched this play on coach’s film, and there’s a reason he doesn’t show the full All-22. ....They ran quarters coverage. That means Goff can’t assume the post will be open. If both defenders don’t screw up and bite on Woods running the deep over route, Cooks is covered. That means Goff can’t know Cooks will be open until the defenders blow the coverage. If you watch the All-22, there is very little hesitation from Goff. As I said, there is just enough time for him to see it and process it before he steps into the throw. Goff can’t rush the throw. It’s 45 yards in the air. He has to step into it or else he risks it coming up short or floating in the air like a dead duck.

Jason McCourty made a hell of a play. He spotted the blown coverage. He busted his [xxxx] to get down field, and he hit Cooks’ arm right after the ball hit Cooks’ hands. Now, Cooks could have caught that ball. It was a difficult catch, but it was catchable. Goff could have released the ball a split second earlier, but human reaction time is imperfect. Simply put, you just have to tip your hat to McCourty for making the play.

All of the bloviating from Baldinger is [bs]. Cooks had to wait on the throw because he was already 25 yards down the field running at full speed when the bust happened. In this case, our closeness to the end-zone (relatively) actually worked against us. Had we been on our own 35 instead of the Patriots’ 35, Goff can throw that sucker and let Cooks keep running. McCourty ain’t catching him. But because Goff can’t throw it out of the end-zone, McCourty doesn’t have to make up as much ground. Goff has to throw it 45 yards in the air (but can’t throw it any farther). Cooks was already 25 yards down the field running at full speed. Of course he’s going to have to wait on the ball.

The ball didn’t hang. Again, it’s 45 yards in the air. Few QBs have the arm to throw a frozen rope there.