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I’ve watched Jayden Daniels play for four years and the reason he didn’t throw it away was to protect his completion percentage and QBR.
He rarely spikes or throws the ball away. He’d much rather tuck it and run when a play blows up.
He’s extension eligible in the offseason and GMs use these stats to suppress salaries in negotiations. Just look at how CJ Stroud vs Nick Caserio is playing out in Houston.
After the game he said it felt good to get back to his normal form. That’s a yikes from me, even though I like him. He should have been so angry at himself, but he didn’t seem to be at all. I guess they are just used to losing, idk.
The whole team just lost track of time, everything took longer than they thought, nobody noticed they didn't have enough time to clock 2 plays and they cut the headset off when the play clock gets that low. It was just a stupid mistake by a defensive coach, new OC and a QB who didn't pay enough attention.
No you don’t, he’d still be ranting about it. In point of fact when you changed the channel you’d be surprised to discover he was ranting on that channel as well.
Yeah it’s an incompletion. A spike works mechanically because it’s the same as spiking the ball in the dirt on a normal pass play. It’s not grounding because technically there are players in the area as well as we all know what you’re doing so would be dumb to be a penalty.
Same for kneeling. It’s the same as if you handed the ball off and the running back fell down.
Completely legit plays that have came from within the rule book that “feel” different due to their situations but fits in the rules.
In the NFL yes. Kneel-downs hurt player rushing stats too.
In college those count as team incompletions and team rush stats, as well as a few other situations (e.g. a punter tries to pick up a low snap but his knee hits the ground).
Honestly it wouldn’t even surprise me. I’ve noticed a lot of QBs as of late running out of bounds taking a 1-2 yard loss instead of just throwing it away
he isn't alone. same reason watson ran it on 4th and 11 to end the game. no shot of getting a first down but didn't want a 50/50 ball that might get intercepted (or, just maybe, get a first down to keep cleveland's hope to win alive).
This is absurd. JD5 throws the ball away all the time. His big issue when he first came into the league was he was always trying to never make a negative play. That’s why he always held onto the ball and would rarely throw it away. Thats not the case this year.
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