Are We Being Too Hard on Brandon Lloyd?

[BleedBurgundy]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

And the int is sort of irrelevant. The CB made a good play and BL just mistimed it. BUT...the point of that pass is to put the ball into one on one coverage and let BL make a play. His JOB in this case is to MAKE A PLAY. He didn't. JC didn't overthrow him, whoever said that needs to check reality. On a 50+ yard pass to miss by 1 foot isn't over throwing. It is life. BL was expected to make a play there and didn't. Not his fault the the ball was intercepted more than he simply failed, again, to do what he was supposed to do. It is a common theme.

Maybe not the thread for it but your post reminded me... JC throws one of the nicest deep balls I've seen in a long time. He's got work to do obviously but his accuracy from beyond 20 yards is really special.

[DirteePosse]

If B. Lloyd doesn't get his receiving game together, I'm not buying any of his hip hop music.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by DirteePosse

If B. Lloyd doesn't get his receiving game together, I'm not buying any of his hip hop music.

Yeah that will teach him.

[SmootSmack]

Clearly there are advantages to both, watching the game live or watching on tv. It's not worth name calling over.

[holcknowsbest]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Clearly there are advantages to both, watching the game live or watching on tv. It's not worth name calling over.

haha its what i do man, i cant help it, where are all the damn eagle fans so i can get after them.

[SC Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Clearly there are advantages to both, watching the game live or watching on tv. It's not worth name calling over.

I watched it yesterday again on TiVO and it looked to me that Lloyd at least made a decent play on the ball, but you actually cannot see him running the route on the CBS replay, they showed two angles but neither showed Lloyd running the entire route, only the end of the play. Their angle did show Lloyd fail to even try to persue the DB who picked the ball and basically give up because there looked to be another DB coming to block him. I think you'd have to see the coaches tape to know for sure, HD or not CBS just did not have the angle. Based on previous knowledge I'd say there is a pretty good chance that he did give up on the route just as was said above. You've also got to believe that there is a reason that the guy only ever seems to run 9 routes and almost never gets the ball thrown to him. He's just not the player they thought he was, and you can question why they ever thought he was a player because I've never heard a good thing said about him even when he was in San Francisco, but he's not long for D.C. regardless.

[holcknowsbest]

sorry for the harshness but you need to realize that there is a reason teams game tapes come from the endzone at the top of the stadium. it allows them to see the whole field, they dont call up CBS and ask for HD replay of the game for a reason. i had just turned to my boy next to me and told him watch lloyd up top on this play because the safety was shifting towards moss on the presnap every play. i hope you realize what I saw now wise guy.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by holcknowsbest

sorry for the harshness but you need to realize that there is a reason teams game tapes come from the endzone at the top of the stadium. it allows them to see the whole field, they dont call up CBS and ask for HD replay of the game for a reason. i had just turned to my boy next to me and told him watch lloyd up top on this play because the safety was shifting towards moss on the presnap every play. i hope you realize what I saw now wise guy.

No need for "wise guy" at the end there.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

No need for "wise guy" at the end there.

I don't believe I've heard the words "wise guy" and "boss" in years.

[MTK]

That picture makes it even worse for BL's case if you ask me, the ball is going right through his hands. Pathetic.

[JDALY27]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

That picture makes it even worse for BL's case if you ask me, the ball is going right through his hands. Pathetic.

Think he miss timed his jump. Looked like he was coming down when ball was there. He should have been at his highest point not coming down. Was a really tough play but those results will teach Campbell to look at other options. Moss comes up with that ball.

[jamf]

Originally Posted by JDALY27

Think he miss timed his jump. Looked like he was coming down when ball was there. He should have been at his highest point not coming down. Was a really tough play but those results will teach Campbell to look at other options. Moss comes up with that ball.

Moss had his own problems that day....

[MTK]

Originally Posted by JDALY27

Think he miss timed his jump. Looked like he was coming down when ball was there. He should have been at his highest point not coming down. Was a really tough play but those results will teach Campbell to look at other options. Moss comes up with that ball.

Yeah I thought he didn't time his jump well either. That was a perfect ball for him to go up and get. I don't fault JC at all, one on one coverage and a nice throw. The WR needs to make that play.

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

That picture makes it even worse for BL's case if you ask me, the ball is going right through his hands. Pathetic.

So? Moss dropped a ton, that hit his hands. Same with Smoot on the interception. That doesn't mean he didn't try. The argument here is that he just gave up on the catch and let it get picked off. He clearly didn't.

[SmootSmack]

Props to Arkowi at ES for this. Doesn't show all that much leading up to the INT but it does show some lethargy on the part of Lloyd after the fact

http://www.arkowi.com/misc/skins/lloyint.mp4