if someone wants to host a share-site for me to drop some mp4 clips of the ALL22, I'd be happy to upload snips of certain plays or sequences when i can so that we can have a more fruitful discussion around the performance of the team.
It does certainly shed light on what the issue has been with the Offense lately. I've said it a few times now that when you watch the tape, you can tell that much of whats hampering things is the chemistry between Geno and DK being off. That alone lost us the Cincy game, beyond the obvious INT.
The other issue is that the guys Geno needs to go to to ween himself off of DK are green. JSN is getting more plays designed to go his way and Bobo is as well, but they are both still working through getting on the same page with Geno. When they're on, its great. When they aren't, critical plays are missed, yet all the talk seems to just settle around Geno regressing.
As an example, and i talked about this play in another post - the INT on the throw to Bobo in the redzone against the Cards
See images below. Note, you have to start from the bottom and scroll up.
But this is a case of it looking like Geno just made a dumb decision, when in reality, the play would have been a TD if QB and WR were on the same page.
On the play, Bobo runs an out toward the 1st down marker. The DB is in his hip pocket. geno sees that there's NO ONE behind him and pumps him up field.
Bobo hesitates for 3 or 4 strides and turns up late for a brief window but one where Geno is trying to get a sight line now past his TE, Tackle and the DE. By the time he works to hold the safety and corner guarding JSN (hes in a zone, so watching Geno's every move) inside, as hes rolling out, he goes to release the ball, the DE breaks between the double team and affects the throw (Cross gave a crap effort on the play, btw), which ends up way short and intercepted.
One can argue that Geno should have thrown the ball sooner. You wouldnt be wrong necessarily, but he was also trying to hold the corner inside and keep him on JSN while the play unfolded late.
But its also not a case of some woeful regression. With more experience, his wr would have seen the TD as he did and turned up at the pump fake. He didnt. And in what i'd guess was an attempt to not force a miss early before Bobo broke upfield, he waited and threw late, and ended up with the result a worse result.
I cant say he should have processed faster. I think he just needs to sling it sometimes. BUT... Thats EXACTLY what he did the week prior on the pass to DK in the deep middle and it was picked because DK stopped his route.
So again, i cant blame Geno for taking an extra beat to let loose when he's not getting reliable reads / play from his #1 or his standout rook on every play.
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The DE splits the double team and interrupts Geno's throw. My guess is he was going to put this one high and outside the way he did his other TD to him. In that case, the late(r) throw would have been ok, because of the height advantage Jake has on everyone. The ball never got close. But even with this later release, if geno slings it in the way he usually does, its a TD.
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Its hard to see in this still, but at this point, the CB on JSN knows whats up. from here on he pushes toward Bobo.
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At this point, he STILL hasnt turned up, with NO ONE behind him. Geno waits. He knows JSN's pattern is going to take his CB to the same spot he wants to hit BoBo, or at least position the defender to sniff out the play.
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Below - If Bobo turns up here, its an easy TD. He continues to the sideline. Geno sees it and pump fakes.
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