Quote:I don't think great QBs always go for the easy play.  He put the ball right where it needed to be.  A good WR would have caught that ball.

 

No they don't always. I said as much with the comparison of Kobe Bryant. Yes, the great QBs CAN make that play once in awhile (more often than not, if they are really great). It doesn't take away that he had a WIDE OPEN receiver that he missed.

 

it's one of those "OH NO OH NO OH YES!" plays. It's no different than the criticism that Vick (and even Tebow to an extent) when they break the pocket and run because they can. You hold your breath because they can scramble, but if you review the tape and you see a guy wide open, you still tell them "Hey great play, but you missed this guy wide open here".

 

And as you said "a good WR would have caught the ball"

 

Therein lies the problem. To make that play happen, you need a great QB to make a great throw. You need the defense to not make a great play on it. You need the receiver to make a great play on it.

 

Or you know, you can just dump it off to that wide open guy and get the same type of yardage if not more....

 

Much higher percentage of success, so why force the difficult but spectacular throw?

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