Not that I disagree with the article and I like most of his work but I find it amusing that the writer is Irish.
Originally Posted by: steveishere
The article is dishonest.
It began with a premise [Adams sucks] and the facts were adjusted and cherry-picked to support the premise instead of establishing the conclusion from the facts. This is a perfect example of why PFF #s cannot be blindly followed. Their evaluations are flawed because they dont know what they are looking at; they're biased and/or simply dishonest. This article has all three.
As I said, Adams did not play a perfect game; but he played well. The first 3 plays described by PFF were Adams not at his best. Of these three he ran 1 bad route route, one solid out route and 1 great route. He had 1 drop on the great route; and his horrible route put him in position to have to make a circus catch, which he didn't. 2 plays pretty bad.
His description of the out route shows the author is clueless. This is a route run by GB alot on 1st and 2nd down. It is 100% unstoppable if QB and WR both execute. The article talks of Adams being open; but to support the premise an explanation had to blame Adams. He said Adams forced Rodgers to place the ball perfect, POPPYCOCK. Rodgers threw the ball before Adams broke!!!!!! And, BTW the throw was 100% perfect right on the sideline, about a foot above the ground 1 yard past sticks. Adams ran the route solidly, he made contact w/ CB stopping his momentum [this prevent CB from undercutting pass]. Now all Adams has to do is subtly push off, curl out and make the catch on the way down. This play takes a ton of practice and their is no room for error. To this point Adams timing and form is PERFECT. But watch the left hand of CB, it slid inside his arm pit and caught the side of the chest pad, this held up Adams just enough so he couldn't get to ball. Separating from a physical CB is a strength and he didn't utilize that strength on this play to its ultimate degree. This was PI, but it was perfect subtle PI, it was a great Al Harris/Richard Sherman play by the CB. Cant be too mad at the refs for missing that one. And after the play Rodgers was yelling for PI.
The last video, was a play I described above, Adams had him early in the route by a step w/ a great move. It was 3rd and 2 and Rodgers had no pressure whatsoever. No one near him, every guy controlled by OL. There is no excuse for not hitting this throw early in the route; but even after the gap closed to a half step Adams was still open. With no pressure an the ability to stare down the route a good D-1 QB makes this throw easily. The gobbledy-goop about throwing to pylon and Adams couldn't catch up to ball is the rambling of a complete fool. And he talks of incidental contact: right when Adams made his move the CB put 2 hands on Adams, Adams separated and twice more he grabbed his arm down the sideline. It's amazing this was not called either; but it is obvious that this PFF dude has no idea what happens when a real CB puts his hands on ya.
At 12:08 in 3rd Q; Adams ran a perfect slant, and the throw looked good. Adams humiliated the CB, so CB has no choice he reaches out and grabs jersey and stops Adams from getting to the ball. The Jersey is pulled 6-8" away from Adams body, with an angle that 5 refs on the field obviously saw it. It is ridiculous that the refs missed that one. Wonder why PFF didn't talk about this play or the other three where it's 100% obvious that Rodgers screwed up? Answer: DISHONEST!
Then the next play, Adams ran curl out and the CB grabbed him again by the shoulder pad, this time not subtle at all. Causing an INC no call. Adams starts jumping around, runs up to side judge official yelling at him as he's walking back to huddle Van Noy says something and Adams pushes him for 15.
Now if our running an article about how bad Adams is, how could you not discuss this? It's because he would have to show that 2 target misses were not Adams fault in anyway.
This article is a hack piece, research will show Mrs. Janis and Abberderis paid this dude off. 😲