Quote:This was a nice play but unfortunately this won't happen in the NFL.

 

Neither will Manziel's prayers to Evans or Carr running five-wide on every down. The point is we sift through these college anomalies and find their positives and negatives in terms of translating to the pros.

 

In the case of this play, Teddy had already made the correct read to an open man in single coverage, but several pass-rushers forced him to improvise just to stay on his feet. He let the ball go the very second that he got his eyes back downfield and saw that Copeland was still an option. What I see here is lightning-quick decision-making, excellent arm strength, and beautiful touch. It'd be a bad thing if it was a common occurrence, but Bridgewater almost never throws without his feet set. It was a unique opportunity he felt the need to take advantage of given that his team was down in the fourth quarter and that this was a relatively safe throw as long as he got enough arm behind it. It would have to have been woefully underthrown for the defensive back to get a real play on it.

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