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Schneed10 · 08-16-2005, 08:54 AM

By the way, on third downs, I can't fault the QBs for throwing to a receiver short of the first down marker. It's the receiver's job to run a route past the first down marker. It's tough to expect a QB to read the defense, worry about the pass rush, find his receivers, and then on top of that expect him to know how far each receiver is from the first down marker. The QB has enough to worry about already, he needs to operate under the assumption that the receivers are far enough for a first down.

So I want to see the receivers quit running routes short of the first down marker. That's their fault. Shouldn't be too hard to correct.

08-16-2005, 08:54 AM	#24
Schneed10 A Dude Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Newtown Square, PA Age: 46 Posts: 12,458	Re: Putting Things in Perspective By the way, on third downs, I can't fault the QBs for throwing to a receiver short of the first down marker. It's the receiver's job to run a route past the first down marker. It's tough to expect a QB to read the defense, worry about the pass rush, find his receivers, and then on top of that expect him to know how far each receiver is from the first down marker. The QB has enough to worry about already, he needs to operate under the assumption that the receivers are far enough for a first down. So I want to see the receivers quit running routes short of the first down marker. That's their fault. Shouldn't be too hard to correct.