(12-03-2022, 10:37 AM)TTechJag85 Wrote:

(12-03-2022, 10:03 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: No, on the last TD, if he hits the underneath route and the receiver is tackled in bounds, the clock runs out.  If he misses the throw to Marvin Jones, or if Jones was ruled out of bounds, Trevor still has 14 seconds left and he can get 3 more plays off in that time span.  So the throw to Marvin Jones was the most risk-free of all the opportunities he had at the time.  With 14 seconds left, and no timeouts, he absolutely had to go to the end zone.

By the way, one of the really great things about that play was that we didn't spike the ball to stop the clock.  We lined up and ran a play without letting the Ravens' defense regroup.  That's a little added bit of brilliance.

And damn, if next year we get a downfield threat who can win 50-50 balls, guys will be open all over the field.

I see what you are saying in theory but I  disagree on that… watch that play again. maybe if the underneath route was in the middle of the field then the clock would run out.. but he ran a quick flat route right to the sideline and there was no flat defender. The corner was in man coverage with his back turned and the safety was in the Endzone… at the very worst he gets out of bounds  at the one or two yard line with time to still run another play but he probably scores as no one would have had vision to tackle him other than the safety who was massively out leveraged. 

Quick uncovered throw to the sideline with a busted coverage due to the hurry up.

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