re: Eason will start vs Vandy?

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But he didn't, and that is the problem. It would not have even been close had he thrown it to Michel. The LB could not get to Sony...could not even come close.

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It's easy to second guess a play after the fact. What you need to do is look at the play as it was drawn up and executed. If Nauta stays on his feet and is covered the whole time, I'd be with you on this one that Fromm should have progressed to Michel but Nauta falling down ruins all of that because we don't know what would have happened.

What I can tell is that Fromm targeted Nauta and that the ball was thrown to an area of the field where there was a huge hole in the defense and the ball was thrown before Nauta fell down. Many times QBs throw the ball before the receiver is actually open because they are anticipating the receiver getting open. It looked like that was the case here, as none of the defenders were running with Nauta. If he doesn't fall down, he's by himself in the hole where the ball was thrown with only a safety to try to tackle him within a few yards of the end zone.

We just don't know what would have happened, but assuming Nauta doesn't fall down, it looks like it could have been a good throw regardless of whoever else was open.