09-25-2018, 08:09 PM
(09-25-2018, 02:57 PM)yang Wrote: I have read the thread, listened to the podcast as well, and watched the video. I'm siding with Weezy, not that anyone gives a shit. It was so obviously supposed to be a post and Ross quit. He likely quit because he is consistently used a decoy and every time they ran that play it was as a decoy. I mean from training camp on he was probably never thrown to on that route. Dalton should have made sure pre-snap he was aware it wouldn't be. Dalton made a bad throw thinking it was a seam. If you want to rag on Ross for not being quick to adjust then note Dalton is horrible when unscripted and makes mistakes like throwing seams instead of post routes, or out of bounds, or takes sacks....
Even if Dalton throws a post route it's not going to be completed. Ross, without even looking back at Dalton, stops running which would most likely cause the same result. I haven't seen anyone point it out yet but it definitely wasn't his first time quitting on a route during the game.
Earlier in the game Dalton hit someone (Eifert I think) on an out route for a first down. When they were showing the replay you could see Ross streaking down the sideline in the background and quitting on his route without looking back to check if the ball was coming his way. At the time I was actually thinking how lucky he was that Dalton didn't decide to throw it to him because of how everyone would be lighting him up with criticism. And then the play in the fourth quarter happens...
He can succeed, he just needs to take his head out of his ass and realize he is playing at the highest level which means he needs to bring his highest level of effort on every play.
