Originally posted by Yubaking
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Ok, I know I said I was out, but I can't let such BS go uncontested.
Picks are primarily if not exclusively on the QB? Where do you pick up such utter bullshit?! Yeah, some picks are on the QB, some are on the pass rusher that hit the QB as he threw, some are on the WR who fell or ran a wrong route or gave up on the play, some are on the defender making a great play. You can't just make a blanket statement that picks are primarily the QB's fault and expect to be taken seriously.
And for everyone who thinks Allen should have contested that ball better: it's one thing to contest a jump ball, which DA did well, but a different thing entirely to contest a slant. KA is running away from the defender, for crying out loud. That's how the play is designed. He's running away from the fucking man, trying to gain separation, yet you want him to engage in fucking mano a mano with him at the same time he's running away from him?!?! If the QB throws the ball behind the WR on a slant, there's really not much a WR can do because all his momentum is going the other way. He can torque his body and reach back, and maybe he gets lucky and gets his hand on the ball, but more often than not he won't. And because all his momentum is going one way and he's trying to counter that suddenly to reach back, he'll throw himself off balance, so even minor incidental contact by the defender is often enough to send the WR reeling. It's simple junior high school physics! I know KA has made some spectacular catches on passes thrown behind him, but I think what some of you are asking from him on that play is completely unreasonable, as in most human beings would not be able to do that. I know it's easy for all of us to sit on our fat asses in front of the telly and say he should have done this or even I could have done that, but the reality is so many universes away from that it's crazy.
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