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85SugarVol said:
That throw was flat. He needs more air under it, not less.
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The ball landed on the goal line with Squirrel running full speed. While a little bit more air could have been under it, at that point you are making it harder than it needs to be if he has to catch that in the back of the endzone.

I think the trajectory is fine. It's the fact that the DB is beat by a yard when Nico releases the ball, and 5 yards by the time the ball gets there. If Squirrel has to slow down a bit to catch it, it is still a touchdown. The ball doesn't need to be perfect and it doesn't need to be lobbed for them to run under it. I really think it's as simple as realizing in that split second that you can take a little off to make sure it's an easy ball to catch.

I think that was a big step for Hendon in year two.



Looking at the second play in this video, Hyatt here almost has to stop completely to catch this. Obviously a bit different. This is a coverage bust, not just a WR beating his man. But same principle. Hendon did this on throws all year in 2022. I think history looks back as Hendon being super accurate. I think his recognition just got to the point that he knew when we were behind the defense, take some of that velocity off and give them something easy to catch.
 
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Ten_Titans said:
The ball landed on the goal line with Squirrel running full speed. While a little bit more air could have been under it, at that point you are making it harder than it needs to be if he has to catch that in the back of the endzone.

I think the trajectory is fine. It's the fact that the DB is beat by a yard when Nico releases the ball, and 5 yards by the time the ball gets there. If Squirrel has to slow down a bit to catch it, it is still a touchdown. The ball doesn't need to be perfect and it doesn't need to be lobbed for them to run under it. I really think it's as simple as realizing in that split second that you can take a little off to make sure it's an easy ball to catch.

I think that was a big step for Hendon in year two.



Looking at the first play in this video, Hyatt here almost has to stop completely to catch this. Obviously a bit different. This is a coverage bust, not just a WR beating his man. But same principle. Hendon did this on throws all year in 2022. I think history looks back as Hendon being super accurate. I think his recognition just got to the point that he knew when we were behind the defense, take some of that velocity off and give them something easy to catch.
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We had guys 20 yards open and able to stand still to catch the ball a lot more in 22 than this year.
 
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pierce60 said:
Saban is the greatest college football coach of all time. There is only a very, very small chance Deboer will be as good as him, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to be awful.

However, being only really, really good (9-11 wins a year) will likely get him fired in 3 years at Alabama because they are dumb.
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dumb**** should've seent that before taking the Bammer job.
 
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The one thing that has been getting under my skin is how many times I’ve heard that Milton threw a “horrible” interception in the end zone. Not a single person in the media so far has talked about how absolutely ridiculous of a defensive play that interception was by McCoy. Amazing defense and a one handed catch. A Bama players does that and they would still be jerking off about that play.
 
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