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Originally Posted by dmek25
i like your read on the game gtripp. but what is bothering me is, even when Campbell understands what the defense is trying to do( as in mistake #3) he doesn't make the right read. in a blitz, there is always a hot receiver. if he is covered, you either get rid of the ball, or take off. you have to understand there is limited time in the pocket. on the fumble, he definitely screwed up
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Well, the third mistake is a great learning oppertunity for the offense.
Understand that the blitz in that situation put 5 rushers on 6 blockers. From the perspective of the quarterback and the receivers, that's a blitz that the protection should be able to handle. So the receivers don't need to change their routes, as if the blitz can be picked up, we have a good chance at a big play.
The fundamentally correct thing to do would be for Campbell to stay in the pocket and deliver the football. However, Campbell saw the overload blitz, and he also saw that the line wasn't going to sort it out. Our Center never, ever picks up on these kind of things. It's very obvious on film (on many overload blitzes) that Kendall wants to pass off his guy to Rabach and help pick up the overload blitz, but he can't do it because Rabach is never on the same page as anyone else.
So Campbell does the only thing he can do, and runs from the pressure. Once he realizes that he isn't going to be able to outrun them, he throws it away. All of that is just really good quarterbacking from Campbell.
Then he doesn't get it to the sideline, and narrowly avoids a game changing mistake. Which, is obviously not excusable. But it starting with a pass protection breakdown first, then became a physical/mental error by the QB.
There's not always a hot receiver in a blitz. There's a hot call if the offense expects to get more pressure than they can handle, but, without rewatching the play, I believe the receivers made the correct call here to stay with their routes.