Sam Darnold Thoughts After Game 1

[GoobyPls]

31 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

Ian Thomas dropped an easy RedZone TD also…

No

 

Thomas was wide open and Darnold airmailed it

[45catfan]

Just now, GoobyPls said:

No

 

Thomas was wide open and Darnold airmailed it

Hands on the ball should be a completed pass.  Was is a little high?  Yes.  Was it able catchable?  That's a yes as well.

[AU-panther]

25 minutes ago, OldhamA said:

The TD pass to Anderson was a rare throw. 

This is also not an offence where you're asking your QB to make insane throws a lot. 

rare?

Anderson was wide open, and had to slow up.

If it would have been tight coverage it probably would have been an incompletion.

A rare throw is when your WR is covered but the QB puts it in the one little spot where the WR can catch it.

Don't get me wrong, it was a nice completion, but not what I would consider a big time throw.

 

[Carl Spackler]

It’s only one game, but I thought he did a really good job. He was calm in the pocket and delivered several pinpoint throws in traffic. 

[LinvilleGorge]

2 hours ago, GoobyPls said:

No

 

Thomas was wide open and Darnold airmailed it

This. Darnold missed the throw to Thomas and he missed the throw to Marshall on the out route in the endzone. He should've had three TD passes.

[ForJimmy]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

This. Darnold missed the throw to Darnold and he missed the throw to Marshall on the out route in the endzone. He should've had three TD passes.

Am I missing something? Thomas had to reach up for it, but it looked light it bounced right out of his hands. I was at a sports bar in TN so I was not super close to the TV, but I was definitely cursing Thomas under my breath…

[LinvilleGorge]

3 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

Am I missing something? Thomas had to reach up for it, but it looked light it bounced right out of his hands. I was at a sports bar in TN so I was not super close to the TV, but I was definitely cursing Thomas under my breath…

He barely got fingertips on it. He was wide open. It was an awful throw. It would've been a circus catch if he could've made it.

[ForJimmy]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

He barely got fingertips on it. He was wide open. It was an awful throw. It would've been a circus catch if he could've made it.

The pass in the first half?

[Shocker]

So we are expecting complete perfection from every player now?  

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, ForJimmy said:

The pass in the first half?

Yep.

[mav1234]

11 minutes ago, AU-panther said:

rare?

Anderson was wide open, and had to slow up.

If it would have been tight coverage it probably would have been an incompletion.

A rare throw is when your WR is covered but the QB puts it in the one little spot where the WR can catch it.

Don't get me wrong, it was a nice completion, but not what I would consider a big time throw.

 

Darnold moved to escape pressure and threw a ball 50 yards down field... And the opposite side at that.

It was a rare throw. 

[GoobyPls]

13 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Hands on the ball should be a completed pass.  Was is a little high?  Yes.  Was it able catchable?  That's a yes as well.

Not how it works, just cause Thomas got his outstretched hand on it with his fingertips doesn’t mean a catch.

 

They showed the clear replay 

[1usctrojan]

He and the offense can grow together, that defense though…….

[mav1234]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

He barely got fingertips on it. He was wide open. It was an awful throw. It would've been a circus catch if he could've made it.

I thought he had his hands on it and it bounced around after.  It was a little high but I didnt think it was uncatchable.  I may be wrong tho.