We are getting off topic here but I will just leave it with this . Dez is wearing coverage like drapes outside the #s this year especially on anything staying outside the #s.
one more thing, Daks inaccuracy on throwing back shoulder throws.
Take this throw for example. On the surface, this looks like “another” play in which Bryant doesn’t create enough separation and that’s the reason why the pass fails. But the truth of the matter is that Bryant ran this route exactly the way he was supposed to.
The throw needs to be low and to the sideline. This is your typical “back-shoulder” throw that Bryant has made a career off of. But instead, Prescott thew this ball high and to the inside and the defender was able to make a play on the ball. Bryant nearly hauls down the pass, but ultimately, it falls incomplete. A big play wasted because the ball wasn’t thrown accurately.
one would consider these passes “50/50” balls and I always disagreed with that assumption. 50/50 means that the receiver and defender each will have the same chance to catch a pass. However, back-shoulder fades aren’t 50/50 passes. They are actually one of the safer passes if thrown correctly. If a quarterback can put the ball on the outside shoulder of the receiver while in man coverage, there shouldn’t be any way that the defender can make a play on the ball.
But with Prescott, he hasn’t developed that accuracy yet. His back-shoulder fades are more like 50/50 balls in the sense that defenders usually do have the opportunity to make a play on the ball. On the play below, the pass was completed to Bryant, but once again, the ball was thrown too far inside and it forced Bryant to make a contested catch. That shouldn’t have to happen on a back-shoulder fade.
