Suspect Safety Play

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by InsaneBoost

I honestly don't feel he tried hard enough. I know it was a mismatch, but looking at the replay it looks more like he duck out of the way. I'm sure I'm coming down on him hard, but I don't like him. He doesn't have the speed IMO.

What the hell is Tapatalk?

Uggg...My feelings about Reed's skill aside the one thing the guy brings to the table day-in-day-out is effort. Don't go knocking him for not trying. That's some crap man.

[MTK]

If you don't think he's the trendy scapegoat right now, you're not paying attention.

[Defensewins]

I am at work and have not gone back to read all of the posts. Sorry.
Doughty or any one person should not be the scapegoat. Too much happened in this game to point to one single situatio or player and say that is the reason we lost.

[MTK]

The one thing I wouldn't question with Reed is his effort or hustle. The guy gives his all.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

The one thing I wouldn't question with Reed is his effort or hustle. The guy gives his all.

No doubt about that, thats how he has hung on the team through so much change. Reed is good special teams players and doesnt whiff on many tackles. he just super scary in coverage. He is clearly not the only scapegoat....Jamal Brown and Fred Davis deserve some blame as well with flat out bone head stupid plays. But Haselett deserves a sh*t ton IMO. anytime you blow a 17 point lead the in the 4th...im just sick of thinking about it

[InsaneBoost]

I'm not talking in general with Reed, just that play. He didn't time at all, he didn't try getting the hand in, hell, he could have tried to rip his arm off so he wouldn't come down with the ball.

I just think he blew it 100% on that play.

[MTK]

He did get his hands on one of AJ's arms, but AJ is just a freak and was able to one hand it anyway.

AJ is 6'3 222 and arguably the top WR in the game, Reed is 6'1 210 and a backup safety.

Sorry but AJ one on one with Doughty is a total mismatch and he wins that battle 99 out of 100 times. Not sure what Doughty could have done.

[InsaneBoost]

He got it on, but it doesn't look like he even tried to rip it. Like I would have yanked the hell out of his arm.

Oh I know it's a mismatch, but I just don't think he did a good enough job. His ass should have been doubled anyways.

[JoeRedskin]

^^ Clearly, he forgot to yell "SHAZAM" and transform himself into Capt. Marvel prior to making his leap.

Honestly, I thought that Doughty played that ball about to the limits of his physical ability. He simply is unable to cover much better than he did on that play.

Which is why he is a good back up safety and borderline starter.

[hail_2_da_skins]

Reed is a backup free safety and you cannot expect him to compete with possibly the most athletic wide receiver in the league. The question should be, where was Buchanon? He was on Johnson and released him to the safety. Looked like a bad scheme.

[hail_2_da_skins]

There were so many things that went wrong in the fourth quarter and overtime, to single out Reed is not fair.

[Ruhskins]

Phillip Buchanon would like to thank everyone in here who is bashing Doughty. And would like everyone to forget how he left Andre Johnson one-on-one with Doughty.

[Kindoy]

so many needs next year... already thinking about 2011 off-season.

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

Originally Posted by Kindoy

so many needs next year... already thinking about 2011 off-season.

Let's not get to ahead of ourselves! The season has just begun, and this offseason was one of the longest in recent memory. I am rady for some more football!

[mooby]

I'm really hoping that Kareem Moore comes back and plays lights out so we can stop complaining about how we need a starting NFL free safety to replace our backup strong safety who had to be shifted over to free because there was nobody else. Reed Doughty may not be a playmaker other than the occasional batted ball and maybe a pick once in a while, but he plays hard. And he probably gave it everything he had on that play, it's just that Andre Johnson isn't called a top 3 wideout in this league for nothing. Obviously there will be a lot of second guessing about that play, and I am doing a little myself, but I just hope it comes down to being a learning experience so we can get things right next time. We play a lot of good passing offenses this season and we won't win games if we can't stop it.