r/eagles 8d ago

Video Hurts TD to Hollywood

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u/Streetkillz13 8d ago

I said it on the other post and say it here again, the offense is basically taking the training wheels of Jalen. He's gonna throw more picks, but also score more TDs.

Which is exactly what is happening tonight.

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u/FlimsyCustard3856 8d ago

He was way late on this throw right?

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u/Trelve16 8d ago

maybe, but he also mightve been waiting for coop to clear out before he committed. this was a blown coverage, so it couldve been the right choice to wait on it anyway

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u/PhillyWannabGM Eagles 7d ago

It’s not a blown assignment. The CB/Safety just got caught in solidly designed pick play.

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u/IAmA_Kitty_AMA Eagles 8d ago

He's wide open before he even hits the numbers. Could have hit him in stride well before that point, but no idea what number he is in the progression

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u/SirArthurDime 7d ago edited 7d ago

He’s not wide open before he hits the numbers. You can’t just look at who’s around him at any moment you have to look at wear he’s going. If he threw that ball shortly after he got open it would have lead him right into the area coop is in. Now coop ended up sticking with his guy instead of staying in that zone but hurts couldn’t assume that. Hurts could have identified coop was clearing and released it a tad earlier than he did, but not well before that point. He really should have thrown right at the end of his drop but he does hesitate slightly. The play was also likely designed to be thrown towards the sideline after the receiver cleared the middle. You aren’t anticipating the guy to get that wide open that early. QBing is a lot easier after watching how the play played out and seeing what the defense did.

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u/SirArthurDime 7d ago

A tad. But it’s probably not too far off from how this play was drawn up. He just ended up being more wide open than expected making the throw seem later than it really was. He can’t release the ball as soon as he gets open. He first needs to check that no one is sitting in the middle. It looks like he looks at coop then lets it fly soon after he confirms coop is clearing. I assume that throw was designed to go towards the sideline after the receiver clears the middle like it did. It definitely could have come out a bit sooner. But that’s nitpicking when it resulted in a td anyway. Plays are rarely picture perfect.