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Going to do a thread on Kyler Murray's game against Alabama, which I'll finish later.
1st play- check out the ball placement on this pass.
1st play- check out the ball placement on this pass.
Look how quick his pocket movements are. His ability to out run angles is just ridiculous.
Just a perfect back shoulder throw while getting hit.
Trick play doesn't work so Murray makes a play and avoids a hit at the end.
Sees the weak safety rotation and knows Lamb has 1 on 1 then throws a perfect back shoulder. Maybe he watches film. I don't know.
How to find a throwing lane when you're short.
Almost gets murdered by Q Williams as soon as he finishes his drop but he is able to quickly flip his hips around and find his check down for positive yardage.
The angle that he has to outrun in that tight space is difficult and then that throw while on the run is just insane.
Check out that gorgeous end zone cam angle at the end.
Check out that gorgeous end zone cam angle at the end.
Avoids interior pressure and runs for a big play and slides to second base... i mean... to safety.
This is greatest thing I've seen all day. Sorry. Back to Kyler Murray thread.
Somehow sees the nickel blitz vs loaded front and throws hot.
Finishing the thread tomorrow. Good night,
Finishing the thread tomorrow. Good night,
Sees the blitz and throws a pass that couldn't be more perfect with pressure in his face. Think he can see past the defense just fine.
Wide camera angle shows BAMA secondary has every receiver plastered but this is what makes Murray special. Not the scrambling but his ability to creatively buy time is unmatched.
Down 11 points with less than 5 minutes left in the game. OU drives to the BAMA 28 yard line.
TE- seam against Tampa 2. Hole player gets good depth so Murray throws a good back shoulder ball to the TE but pass is dropped
TE- seam against Tampa 2. Hole player gets good depth so Murray throws a good back shoulder ball to the TE but pass is dropped
Love this mesh concept by OU. Bama switches from tampa 2 to some sort of 2 deep match coverage. Murray finds the sit route which was likely his second read.
Down 18*
No one is open so Murray scrambles for the TD to bring the score to 45-34. Unfortunately for OU, they didn't get the ball back after this.
Murray's "worst" game of the season... finished 19/37 308 yards (8.3 ypa) 2 TDs 0 INT.
Against a very good BAMA defense that pressured him constantly and tightly covered his WRs, Murray played a pretty good game and showed off a lot of high level traits including competitiveness
Against a very good BAMA defense that pressured him constantly and tightly covered his WRs, Murray played a pretty good game and showed off a lot of high level traits including competitiveness
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