Nerdman this is for you
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Here is my sentence by sentence rebuttal
12 yards downfield is not short yardage.
-12 yards IS relatively short and an extremely "high percentage" throw as you like to call them.
Get your guys in the zone with some efficient, high percentage passing.
-Many of the drops were in the second half, after players had already made some big plays in some cases. How long does it take for them to "get into the zone?" What the hell are warmups for?
I was actually astonished when Joe Buck and these columnists actually used the words "low percentage" on some of these drops.
-I don't listen to announcers because they piss me off, so I have no idea what context Mr. Buck said "low percentage" in. From your statement I'm guessing it was that these were passes that are rarely dropped. If that's the case, then he was spot on. I honestly have no idea what you're astonished about.
Doesn't matter if it hits the guy in the hands.
-Mate, if you honestly believe this you seriously need help.
On a couple of the ones Jordi dropped there were guys getting their hands up and almost slapping the ball down, which can also serve to obstruct vision of the ball.
-I don't know which ones you are talking about here with Jordy. The deep ball on 3rd down on the first drive had no defensive back within 3 yards of him. There was a crossing route on a 2nd down right before he made a big play where he dropped the pass and again there was no one near him. There was a slant that he dropped but that did have a safety closing in on him, but that would have more to do with being afraid of getting hit, not having a hand distract him. There was the one in the end zone on the last drive that went off his finger tips and again the defender was behind him.
Also, NFL receivers deal with coverage all the time. It's their bloody job. If a receiver drops a ball because of hands being near slapping them down doesn't mean it's not a bad play by the receiver. Usually it is.
Seems like the main short yardage throws the Packers throw are those stupid WRs screens.
So 10-12 yards is too long and wide receiver screens are stupid. I guess we should run nothing but 5 yard slants all game.
Oh, and stop pissing and moaning about the play calling. It was pretty damn good. We won.
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