Receivers blocking is huge. I think they've improved as the year has gone on but there have been many times where a play was stopped for little to no gain because the receiver didn't hold his block.
Higgins is a star
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I thought the best all around play was that drag but you are right on this throw. Back shoulder requires exquisite timing by both the QB and receiver AND a ton of trust. If the throw is off, if the receiver doesn't maintain position, etc it's an incompletion at best or a pick at worst. Nothing shows being on the same wavelength as that throw. You are 100% right on that.
Any receiver who doesn't run their route 1 yard short of the marker on 3rd down is a star on this team. Stanley stands out in that regard.
I like that he battles for the 50 50 ball and will win most those battles. I also think i remember him saving an interception in the end zone on a poorly thrown ball.
Such a big part of my like on that was the combination of the coaches calling a good play, Rocco choosing good placement (low but catchable), and Higgins going down/sliding to make that catch. It's one of those plays where everyone did everything right: play call (down and distance), rollout for added time/protection, the throw, and the catch.
There hasn't been a ton of those kinds of plays this year (where everything was so situationally perfect) so it really stuck out to me.
Yeah, that break-up was huge. Higgins was behind the defender but was able to reach around and get a hand in just like a defensive back would. I think that might have been right before the fake field goal and the ensuing touchdown, as well. A bit under the radar, but it was maybe one of the biggest plays of the game.
I'm not ready to declare him the next X or Lazard or Butler or Blythe. But he's moving in the correct direction!
He's also good at making subtle cuts for extra yardage in the middle of the field. He's a good looking receiver
You are right, but how many times are we going to convert a 3rd and 15? You can look at it as in "well he was a few yards short of the sticks" but I thought it was a great call, a realistic play to get us a sizeable chunk of yardage to put us in better FG range. We went from kicking a 48-49 yarder to a 35 yarder, which is a significant improvement (generally) by percentage.
Yes, we don't get the TD if the moron doesn't jump cause...let's be real...Campbell was pulling one of his "Matty Specials" where he wastes a timeout on a 4th down play we were never going to run. Sadly it will justify the next 20 he does where nobody jumps and we waste a timeout. In 1/3 to 1/2 of those instances that timeout could have proven to be useful later (closer game).