Gotta scan the field a little faster, he did look off Decker which was good, but don't forget the middle of the field. Or you get that ball out faster to Kerley a little before he breaks up field. He kind of hesitated a little bit. EDIT - also observe Kerley looking for the ball
The only other option was Harvin, Owusu had a one on one matchup and Geno threw it so only he had a chance at the ball, the ball tipped off the fingers but great play by Owusu to reel it in.
I dont think so, by the time Geno set his feet and stepped up in the pocket Kerley was covered. The only options were either Owusu or Harvin.
I find it very intriguing that he is getting so much run with the 1's and kerley has been with the 2's Could kerley be a cut for someone with a higher ceiling?
I guess if you want to play like Geno Smith, this is how you would see the field. The better QBs in this league are making better decisions. You have to make that throw faster - he hesitated.
You sound like you wanted Geno to rush the throw to Kerley. By the time the ball is snapped and Geno goes thru his drops and progressions Kerley was covered, unless you wanted a risky throw to Kerley. The only options were Owusu who had a step on his defender, so he threw it over his shoulder where only Owusu could make a play for the ball, or Harvin who was open in the flat. I could see if you were saying he should've thrown to Harvin. But Kerley? Come on man.
Rush? Geno Smith holds the football longer than any other QB in this league! He needs to make quicker decisions, and have better anticipation skills. Throwing the receiver open as they say it. That throw is not risky - it is when you hesitate and stare, Brady makes that easy throw 10 out of 10 times, how many times have we seen a QB like Brady do that to the Jets? Don't want to compare Geno to Brady, but just saying. Harvin is absolutely open, in-route throw the ball with Harvin in stride and watch him go up the field. Great play by the receiver, shitty read by Geno. I count 3 seconds where Geno is staring at that side of the field. Again, I'm no expert.
He needs to make quicker decisions but on that play the ball is out of his hands within 2 seconds. Can he at least finish his drop before getting chastised? He hit his receiver over the shoulder but Owusu initially dropped the pass then recovered it. If you were arguing in favor of Harvin that's one thing, you wanted him on that play to rush the throw to Kerley because he was "open" despite the fact that Geno was still going thru his drop, when Kerley broke.
Nice plays by Owusu. The bad news is that he had to bail out Geno who made two poor reads: - 1st play: (on a 2nd down and 3), Geno has a wide open check down on a curl pattern directly in front of him for a 1st down but instead dangerously squeezes a pass out on the edge into "pick 6" territory (had he made up his mind to go outside with the pass, the open man was Jeremy Kerley on a clear out earlier in the route). - 2nd play: this one speaks for itself: throwing up a prayer into double coverage (single coverage was deep down the middle). Besides his physical talent, it appears that Chris Owusu's has done got the smarts as well. His brother Brian's a DB with the Harvard Crimson, his sister Crystal's a guard on the Columbia basketball team, while his brother Francis is following in Chris' footsteps as a WR for the Stanford Cardinal. Nice pedigree.
The entire play took at least 4 seconds [which is far too long in terms of this play]. This is why Geno wasn't a fit for Marty's offense, he simply was not good at surveying the field and properly going through the reads. It's a bad read at the end of the day, I don't think you can really justify Geno doing well on that particular play. He's lucky the DBs on the side weren't staring at Geno - that's how interceptions happen. Kerly and Harvin were both open.
Looking at it, I thought it was a well designed play. Kerley should've gotten the ball earlier on the flat. Better than the Schotty days where everyone would run a 5 yard curl route!
Between the drop back and throw was 2.5 seconds, Kerley broke in the midst of Geno's drop back. If Geno throws to Kerley the pass would've been rushed and it would've been incomplete. He threw to Owusu's back shoulder where only he could get the ball.
That is a very dangerous throw to make in a crowded area. That throw to Kerley would not be rushed, and plus you still have the middle of the field. Bad reads by Geno.
It wasn't a crowded area, Owusu was matched up one on one with his defender. Geno was in the midst of his drop back and if he attempts a pass to Kerley in that situation the pass would've been shit. This would've been a moot point had Owusu caught it cleanly and not bobbled it. But hey QB's makes bad throws and receivers drop passes no one is perfect.
He's throwing the ball in between 2 defenders to Owusu. It's a dangerous throw. Especially when 2 other receivers are open on the play. No one is perfect that we can agree on.
One was guarding Kerley and the other was guarding Owusu. Chris had a step on his defender and Geno hit him with a back shoulder throw.
