(03-16-2018, 03:30 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(03-16-2018, 03:09 PM)jagshype Wrote: 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.