Rodgers described the three rules as "senses," saying:
"One: No premeditated decisions.
"Two: Don’t make a blind throw. And that was a blind throw, meaning I didn’t look inside to see where the next coverage element was—that will get you sometimes. It got me against Conte.
"Three: Don’t throw it late down the middle."
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from everything weve heard, Cousins needs to follow rule 1.
Just bc you read the safety pre-snap and your premeditated first read should be wide open by all accounts ... maybe let the play develop for 1 second to see if your pre-snap read was correct.
being a Qb in the NFL seems almost impossible ... im sure the off coord makes it easier by asking the QB to read just one defensive player but i cant imagine having to read a guy and make a quick mental decision to throw ball, then have the brain tell body how to throw the ball .. all in 2.7 seconds.
1 second - read d post-snap confirming what you read pre-snap is still accurate, all while a bunch of huge dudes battle in front of you making weird grunting sounds
1.5 seconds - brain decides to throw ball, brain tell body to throw the ball with the certain touch/velocity etc
2.5 seconds - ball leaving hand
2.7 seconds - haloti ngata crashes in on your plant leg
2.8 seconds - acl snaps
3 seconds - length of your nfl career