First play:1/10 double TE set....looks like it's going to be a toss sweep to the right....O-Gun jumps the snap and is there to disrupt the play before it starts....Feeley pulls the ball in and takes the loss instead of trying to make the pitch.
Second play:1/5 I formation TE lined up on the left....two recever's split wide....7 step drop... plants and throws a comeback route at the sideline....no pressure....perfect throw....Or as Michaels said..."right on the money"
Third play:1/10 single back, 3 WR, TE on the left.....Hand off to Gordon, up the middle gain of three...
Fourth play: 2/7 Single back with a FB split left....Two WR up top...TE on the left again.....Hand off to gordon who gets a yard maybe....
5th play: 3/6....3 WR Shotgun with split backs....3 seconds exactly from the time the ball is snapped until St Clairs man gets by him and nails Feeley...Just barely enough time for Feeley, who is looking at Thompson all the way, to throw a 20 yard pass that he dropped right into a dead zone between 3 defenders....great pass....Thompson drops it.
Michaels says, "He laid it right there on a rope but Thompson couldn't make the catch..."
The Bears did not blitz on this series...Maimi did blitz on their first series on defense.
Punt...
next series...
first play: 30 yard line 1/10...Tw WR, single back (ricky) Two TEs lined up on the right side...RM comes in motion to the left before the snap....Three step drop, quick throw to Booker, complete for 16 yards....
second play: 1/10.....cut back in late...the play is already running....hand off to ricky who goes up the middle for two yards...
third play: 2/8....double TE formation. single back...5 step drop, no pressure, ball was out in 2.5 seconds........never looked away from Chambers....incomplete in the dirt....
4th play; 3/8.......Shotgun, 3 wide, split backs...Trying to set up a screen....CB comes untouched on a blitz....ricky runs into the back of number 78 trying to get out of the mess....no one to throw the ball to, has to get rid of it or take the sack....throws the ball toward the area Ricky is in, hits Carey in the side and falls incomplete....wasn't trying to complete the pass, was trying to get rid of it.....risky play, could have been IG, or illegal receiver but, he gets away with it.
Madden." I will say this, the blitz in the first quater is pretty heavy,....LBers are your first blitzers, then safetys, then you go nickell and you bring a corner....I'll tell you AJ Feeley knew he just had to get rid of that ball"
punt
next series
First play: 1/10 @ the 20....double TE, single back....3 step drop quick out to Lee, slightly behind him Lee can't stop his momentum from taking him out of bounds after a 1 yard gain...
second play: 2/9....I formation, TE lined up to the right....hand off to ricky, no where to go up the midle....picks up a couple...
third play: 3/7...Shotgun, single back, 3 wide....swing pass to ricky, good throw, doesn't cause Ricky to break stride....Ricky picks up 3 yards then slips and falls down....
punt
next series...
first play:1/10 @ the 11....(Gus Frerotte is loosening up according to Michaels)..single back, 3 wide....5 step drop....as soon as he plants, Brown gets his arm from the backside, he pulls free and steps up, right into Urlacher who came through untouched, Feeley tries to spin away but, it's too late, Urlacher creams him.....Feeley can't get his heavily taped shoe on and that's when he comes out...
There it is....an unbiased look at EXACTLY what happened...
Somehow there are Gusketeers who got Feeley played awfull out of this.....those fans are wrong.
