09-15-2015, 08:52 AM
(09-15-2015, 08:34 AM)Devils Advocate Wrote: Not this time ... well I guess I kinda am because I thought Andy played fantastically, outside of this play.
These are guys are focusing on the wrong end of the play. It was a bad read and worse throw. And I'll repeat, if Andy was relying on a flag ( I don't believe he was ), it compounds to the poor execution.
Meh, my only issue with Andy is that he still threw out his patented sailed balls a couple times, and those are just asking to be tipped and intercepted (but then blamed on the receiver in JN). You can get away with sailing the ball a bit when you're throwing out to the sidelines on a deep route, but when you sail a pass in the middle of the field with a safety behind your target, you're asking for trouble. I can't even get mad at him for throwing those though because he just played great otherwise, I'll worry more if the trend continues and turns into bad games overall.
Other than that, I can't seem to find anything else to even nitpick. Hue and Andy were on fire out of the gate with those quick passes and Andy was on target with almost every pass of the day. He probably has an 85% completion percentage if the receivers hold onto a couple balls that they clearly should have caught. This is one game where I have no issue with people blaming the receivers because Andy was very accurate most of the day. MLJ and A.J. need to step it up and play to their potential, Sunday was disappointing for both of them. I do believe MLJ was open and could have been targeted at least 1 other play where Andy didn't even think about throwing his way, but it was still a completion so no complaints. Our WR1 and WR2 still need to be playmakers whether Eifert is going ham or not.
Now, while I don't have a complaint about Andy, I will laugh at part of the fanbase real quick. I'm VERY happy with Andy on Sunday, but I can't help but giggle at the fact that he just had a very similar game to a guy like Russell Wilson or an Alex Smith, and the super duper Andy defenders that usually bash those 2 QBs are now singing Andy's praises. He threw a ton of very quick passes, some dump offs, relied on the run game early to move the chains and score, and only took a limited number of shots downfield completing a couple of them. It really reminded me of a typical Russell Wilson performance (with a little less mobility). I'm pumped to see Andy play like that, but shouldn't the usual RW haters be complaining about Andy now?
