The ill fated play design of the Maze interception

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  1. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    I agree, but in every play design you go through all the variables that exist. And that's definitely a variable. What if we just chipped him to throw him off his pattern? Different ways of throwing a TE off his designed route and definitely the timing of the route. You certainly don't assume a free and clear path. Never.
     
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    I don't know if it was poor design so much as poor execution. If Maze leads the TE, it's a touchdown. The ball was underthrown which allowed Reid to make a great play on the ball.
     
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    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    No receiver should have been running towards the direction of the TE's path.
     
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