Yoop wrote: ↑11 Jan 2023 16:44
there is no way Rodgers had time to look for Lazard,
When you say that Rodgers needed time to "look" for Lazard, you are saying that like he needed time
in addition to the time he was given before he threw it, as if to say he would have THEN looked at Lazard and "found" him open.
What you are not getting is, he didn't NEED extra time to "see" Lazard was open. He didn't need to "scan" all around the field in the first place.
All he needed to *know* that Lazard was open,
before he saw it with his eyes, was the call (which he knew before the snap) and the defense's coverage (which one can usually tell before the snap or within a second after snapping).
The problem is he was looking for the wrong guy (Watson) first. And then yeah, the pressure got to him so he just went where he was looking.
But
that's exactly why he should have looked for Lazard first knowing what happened last time (a.k.a. EXPERIENCE) rather than locking onto his favorite WR like a rookie QB. Isn't that the whole point of having an old, experienced Rodgers over a young gun like Love?
And this is Rodgers we are talking about, the guy who famously throws "no look"-passes based off of sheer IQ.
who falls down making a simple cut, twice this season going across the middle was more then his feet could handle, and he kissed the dang tundra.
It really doesn't matter if the WR in question is Allen Lazard or Jefftain Justinson or one of the three stooges from 2018.
We have already run this play before and know which WR is going to be open based on the coverage the Lions were playing.
A QB should base his reads on the play and the coverage, not by going down his list in order of "Best-to-Worst WR on the field."
people that have never played this game,
you're out here defending Rodgers's INT by saying Lazard is bad, as if the correct way to play QB is to just look for the best receiver first, then make every read the "next best" receiver, as opposed to... you know, diagnosing the opposing defense.
btw, I have played padded, tackle football competitively. Unless by "this game" you mean NFL-level football, in which case.... neither have you!!
Also I hate Madden, haven't played that game since like 2010.