(03-16-2018, 03:09 PM)jagshype Wrote: (03-16-2018, 12:11 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Lee didn't play in weeks 15,16 and 17. During that stretch Westbrook had some ugly moments where he looked like a rookie. Add in the fact that Lee looked like an absolute stud in week 14 vs the seahawks and it was wise to re-insert him.
Cole still got looks in the playoffs. Just not as many as he did when Lee was out.
Dede got plenty of looks in the wildcard game (8 targets) but didn't produce. Some of that was on Blake.
Did they target Westbrook and Cole a bit less in the divisional and conference games with Hurns and Lee back? Yes - but Cole still got looks and had some catches - and Westbrook had been looking like he was in a bit of a "rookie wall" situation. He wasn't really earning targets at that point. It's possible Blake and/or Hackett lost some trust there.
I don't see any problem with how it was handled. Targeting vets over rookies a bit more in the playoffs actually makes a lot of sense.
The real issues in the conference game were more about the run game and the way the coaches switched their usage of it in the second half.
Dude.
That's on the QB. He looked right at Cole and then threw to Lee.
NYC4jags, I usually agree with your all22 assessments but I can't get behind this thought.
The Pats are running Cover 1 robber.
Gilmore vs. Cole, Gilmore is suppose to keep outside leverage.
#32, the robber safety, is to hold at the hash marks, and #30, the deep saftey, over the top
Cole running a post into that defense is not the correct read for Bortles
Versus that defense, the crosses were the correct read, just a poor throw.
I just don't see what every else is seeing and just wanted to know what you are seeing.
Thanks. I made a bit of a snap judgement there.
First of all - The crop of the vid doesn't really let us see the safety who back-pedals out of frame. So it may be as simple as his position.
Secondly - Blake looks away from Cole just as he's making his break. A split second longer looking that way and perhaps he makes the throw (dependant upon depth of aforementioned safety).
If the deep safety is deep enough - Cole's break had him open for a brief window there. Maybe not the smart read, but potentially a big completion if #30 is backed off enough.
Yes it was a poor throw to lee.
And getting back to the original topic of thread - as you've pointed out, this video isn't really a great example of "Cole running wide open consistently" as the OP is attempting to illustrate.
He looks open coming out of his break - but we can't see the entire secondary here. Though he gets separation pretty consistently on the whole.
I like Cole and expect big things from him, but I don't think his reduced targets are what cost us a conference championship.
