Quote:Well, let's consider the situation for a moment:

 

• He was rolling to his left and he's a Right Handed QB. This means that he can't shield the ball with his body, so he must act quickly or risk getting the ball stripped and possibly giving the ball to Temple in their Red zone.
  
• Any throw that he makes is going to be across his body and against his momentum.
  
• Bridgewater does not have a big-time arm so most likely he would have to settle his feet in order to make a throw downfield any greater than 30 yards. Also, half of the field is taken away due to the combination of his arm strength limitation and the fact that he is between the numbers and the sideline.
  
• The camera angle did not give any indication of what the coverage was downfield, but I'm willing to bet that if the DC had his Defense in Man Coverage on a 3rd and 27, he'd be looking for a job come Monday. But that's just me.
  

 

Seems to me like the check down really was the smart play.

 

 

Teddy had already turned the corner, and was moving forward, IIRC so it wasn't like he wouldn't have had momentum (for a deeper throw) in his favor at that point. 

 

I saw him look deep and then settle for the check down, its, possible that it was doubled as you say, -- maybe I was assuming that when he started to run forward towards the LOS that the Safety might start to nudge a bit inside, thus leaving an opportunity to hit a deeper route, but whatever...Its nitpicking. I admit. 

 

Its really not that big of a deal anyway. He still played well. 

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