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re: Is AJ McCarron the most underrated QB in SEC history?
Posted on 8/25/13 at 3:53 pm to TeLeFaWx
Posted on 8/25/13 at 3:53 pm to TeLeFaWx
I have to admit, I thought I understood football until today. I never realized that a quarterback has to make a split second decision not ONLY if the receiver is open, but whether the receiver might get hit and pop the ball up in the air, because hitting him in the hands isn't enough against the mind-numbing Aggie defense.
When you face the brilliance of the Aggies, you have to be able to quickly assess the speed and impact of the onrushing defender. They are so athletic and brilliant that they let you catch the ball so they can hit you and make it bounce up into the air and pick it off. In the offseason, when the Aggie secondary isn't practicing football, they are putting in extra time earning their Physics PhD.
When you face the brilliance of the Aggies, you have to be able to quickly assess the speed and impact of the onrushing defender. They are so athletic and brilliant that they let you catch the ball so they can hit you and make it bounce up into the air and pick it off. In the offseason, when the Aggie secondary isn't practicing football, they are putting in extra time earning their Physics PhD.
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Posted on 8/25/13 at 3:56 pm to Crimson Legend
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I have to admit, I thought I understood football until today. I never realized that a quarterback has to make a split second decision not ONLY if the receiver is open, but whether the receiver might get hit and pop the ball up in the air, because hitting him in the hands isn't enough against the mind-numbing Aggie defense.
You are assuming that the ball should even have hit him in the hands in the first place. If AJ saw that safety, he probably wouldn't have thrown it assuming there was no way he could get it to he receiver before the defensive back.
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