Scottemojo
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I want to highlight the ugly first. On third and four, with a blitz there is one hot route. And it is outside the numbers. Every other route is far beyond the 4 yards needed for a first down, not to mention covered. Was Lockette supposed to do something more helpful than he did? I dunno. But an awful play call for beating a blitz.
The bad. Wilson rabbits with an open receiver, and likely a very good gain. The lineslide turns out to be a very bad guess on the playcall, but with a little anticipation by Russ this is an easy pass and catch.
The good. I would still like that ball out just a bit quicker, but Russ used his pocket and made a nice gain out of it.
And what was most definitely the dumbest play call of the day. Seattle goes big, to sell play action with 8 seconds left in the first half. A run carries the risk of taking most of the clock, so I am thinking great, this is a pass to Jimmy or some cool shit like that.
But nope, it was a real play action play. Which wastes scarce time. It gets worse, it was a designed rollout after a half ass play fake, which also wastes time. It gets worser. Jimmy is actually being used as a blocker in a situation seeming made for his skillsets catching the ball. It gets worse, by the time he whiffs, big surprise, he turns to become a pass catcher. in the field of play, not the endzone.
The Rams were never going to bite on that play action, not with 8 seconds left, and nothing about that play fooled them. Not the jumbo set, not the completely uncalled for play action fake, and not shrinking the field by 2/3 with a rollout. THe last play of the game didn't really bother me, at least Bevell died with the horse that brung him on that play. But this play, before the half? it stinks.