Could be getting hit at the release kept the ball from being overthrown a couple 2 or 3. Kids got a cannon.
Just like every completed long pass, this one was a bit of both. As long as it works, I don't care which factors in most prominently. This one was a thing of wonderment!
According to Lee, in The Advocate article, he saw the defender out of the corner of his eye so he tried to lay it up so Mitchell could run under it. He did it. Lee standing in the pocked reminded me of Tommy Hodson, who never seemed to flinch with defenders almost on top of him.
Well Lee indicated it was a planned throw as far as where he was trying to put it and he got it there. So yes more skill than luck. I woulda guessed the opposite until I heard that tidbit from Lee.
That thought has crossed my mind. Would it have been badly overthrown if he wasn't hit right at the moment he released the ball?
