Quote:I'm with Rico on this As you watch Bortles' longer passes (and this would have been a 20+ harder) he puts a fair amount of air on the ball and lets his receiver make a play on the ball. Robinson is tall and an amazing jumper, so we see a lot of those sorts of passes. To expand on Rico's point, the CB bit on the in move and if he hadn't tackled Robinson, he would have been out of the play. Jump ball against the safety? Every time! It would have been a good play. And there really (on the all 22) wasn't that much pressure on Bortles. It was clearly a timing throw and probably would have worked.

 

Jim

 

I disagree. You said it yourself that he puts air on the ball in order to take advantage of ARob's leaping ability, which he does a great job of.  My opinion based on watching that play is that it would have been a tough catch regardless of interference. ARob would have had over the top coverage by the safety and underneath by the CB he beat. Doesn't mean he can't make it, but to say that it probably would have worked is a bit taking too far.

 

Should have been a flag, but if it wasn't it would have been a tough catch.You take the good/bad with Blake being aggressive like that.

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