(03-16-2018, 11:37 AM)jagforlife85 Wrote:

(03-16-2018, 11:27 AM)Deacon Wrote: For that now somewhat famous gif, track #30 on the Defense. where do you think he is at the time the pass is thrown?

It looks like he would've been in the middle of the field, with a chance to defend the pass to Cole if it was thrown his way. My point isn't so much about Blake's decision to not throw the ball to Cole here, it's more about Cole's ability to quickly get open against one of the better CB's in football, creating yards of separation in the process. My assumption is if I were to watch the All-22, this wouldn't be an isolated event with Keelan Cole, he's shown the ability to get open and make tough catches in contested situations. He should've been fed more, especially against the Patriots who ran a ton of man to man concepts. Im of the opinion that he was better than any of the receivers on this roster last year.

(03-16-2018, 11:53 AM)Bullseye Wrote: Pre-snap, it appears to be a 2 deep look, but you can't really tell because of the narrow view.  Assuming the defense remained consistent with the pre-snap look of a 2 deep (a HUGE freaking assumption), I would think #30 would have to be responsible for the deep half of the field going to his left (or the viewer's left).

Assuming his responsibility shifts based upon the development of the play and he takes Cole, I don't think his position would be enough to prevent a completion, assuming a well thrown pass.

Assuming a worst-case scenario for the route, I'm thinking that the Safety took the Inside Third of the field. I base this on how quick the DB who was up on Cole out his outside foot forward to take away the outside release. To me, that states that he was expecting the Safety to take away the inside release. Granted, this is as Bullseye points out a huge assumption, but this is a Belichik coached Defense we are talking about.

I don't think this play is on Bortles because it sure didn't seem like a good opportunity for a completion to Cole from my perspective. Yes, Cole got a quick release on Gilmore, but to me it looked like Gilmore was expecting inside help and there is nothing there that tells me that he wasn't getting it. Does this mean that Cole couldn't get green grass between him and Gilmore? Not at all, but I'm not so sure this one clip is enough to make any conclusions either way. Although it sure does seem like the Defense was aligning two defenders to Cole.

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