Those receivers don't give him the fast release. I think he developed that because of the abysmal offensive line play he endured his first few years. Even today he doesn't get nearly as much time to throw as Tom Brady does, but then again, no one gets that much time.
Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel
To be fair, it's not on the receivers either. It's the scheme. We are no longer a WCO team. We don't call that many WCO plays as we look for a lot more medium and longer range passes now.
WCO is dying. Well, sort of. All 32 teams use at least some of the plays in their playbook but a lot of formerly WCO teams are moving away from it as the Cover 2 has gotten to the point where WCO gets a lot of stats but not a lot of points any more.
We've all heard DCs talk about letting teams move the ball downfield and capitalizing on a mistake.
So in summary, we don't run that many quick release routes except for the instant reception (WR turns around and the ball is there and it's up to the WR to either break that first tackle or make his covering CB miss).
As for what Zero2Cool said - yes, Marino had a faster release than 🇦🇷. But 🇦🇷's got Marino on pretty much everything else, and thankfully is a heck of a lot more mobile. Marino HAD to have a quick release because in a foot race, my Grandma would smear him.
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