The Gesicki jump ball was an atrocious pass- atrocious. The entire point of the jump ball is to almost overthrow the guy so he has to (wait for it) jump UP and catch it over the defender, not jump back and catch it infront of the defender.
Even more atrocious was the rookies attempt to break up the play. The lack of instinct to fight back for the ball, and more, the embarrasment of falling forward as if lacking all control of his body is alarming. Yeah, its only one play but I don't think it couldve looked worse even if scripted and directed by James Cameron.
I hate- HATE- the jump ball pass play. I dont care how big the wr is over the CB. The title of the play is basically a toss up. OCs are paid for toss up plays or to be creative?
All I see are a bunch of rinky dink throws. We will never be elite this way. We have not been the type of team to sustain long drives on dink and dunk plays. We F ourselves 8 out of 10 times F with penalties. We need to push the ball downfield much more often than we do.
Having said that, the majority of rinky dink throws are fast, smart and on target. I dont think its Tannes fault. We dont have a monster down-the-field Julio Jones type to push the ball.
The story of Tanne in Miami is and always will be: he does the best he can with what he's got. It's really not more complicated than that.
BTW ty very much for the game tape- awesome. :edit: