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Originally Posted by ThaVirus
Hah. I see him now. Didn't bother looking.
I actually think he'd have gone to Hill, which actually wouldn't have been a horrible idea.
This offense is insane.
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Which is exactly why he wouldn't have done it.
But in all seriousness, look at how guys were behaving. Hill was there as a decoy to draw some coverage (he does a shit job of selling his route) and Alex is just so programmed that I don't think there's any way he breaks out of the progression.
The timing on those routes is clearly Kelce as the first read, Hunt as the 2nd. Hunt is turning just as Smith would've been gathering to throw. There's a 100% chance that, with Hunt right in front of him, he'd have just pumped it to Hunt for a 3 yard gain. He'd have never even bothered to look to the either side because if he did, the window to throw to Hunt would've closed.
For Smith, that's probably the right decision because he simply isn't physically capable of freelancing and making it work. He'd have stayed within the offense, wouldn't have risked looking to his left, seeing Hill covered and having nowhere to go with it after that. Hill is out of sight, out of mind there.
With Smith at QB, 2nd and 7 from the 10. It's a drive that became a FG more often than not.