Falcons postgame positives and negatives

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Originally Posted by DYoungJelly

See post #59. According to Cooley, it was more than a simple hitch.

Based on the analysis, he threw it where the CB would have to come through Grant's body to get the ball.

In other words, he threw it to the one place his guy could get the ball and the defender couldn't. It's either a completion or an incomplete on a hot route if Grant hadn't fallen down.

Even if its a hitch that converts to an out..meaning the receivers runs a hitch then pivots into an out the initial part of the route is still a hitch/curl. And you typically don't throw those types of stop/out routes against CBs that are squatting on the routes with vision on the receiver and the QB before receiver is out of their break. Routes like that are 'given' as Bill Walsh would say and the Falcons CBs weren't giving it they were taking it away.

Alford was flat footed looking at Grant and Kirk. He never even thought about getting out of his backpedal I think Alford has a chance at that ball if Grant stays up or not.