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<blockquote data-quote="Eastman" data-source="post: 320344" data-attributes="member: 1390"><p>Like most sports, football requires making split second decisions where a wrong choice can make a huge impact. Our hindsight allows us to criticize those decisions with almost absolute certainty although I think on plays like this one we shouldn't be so quick to judge without tall the facts. For example if the coaches were preaching "Just keep him in the pocket, don't force him out" then he may have been clearly wrong as would be my defense of his choice.</p><p></p><p>He was running full speed and was less than a second from impact and no doubt thought he could get there in time. He didn't. IMHO he shouldn't be criticized for having bad technique/poor fundamentals unless as I mentioned earlier he was coached to act contrary to what he did. Imagine if he broke down just short and a touchdown was thrown, wouldn't many of us complain that he "had the sack (or could have disrupted the throw) if he hadn't pulled up"?</p><p></p><p>On that particular play I believe Mitchell made what he thought was the best decision and I would also bet that he would have made the sack on 90% of the qb's he will face this year therefore I am defending his decision and not complaining about his lack of fundamentals etc. I totally understood his choice and don't want to disparage him even though it didn't work out. Now in 2012 when Orwin fielded the kickoff from Miami... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eastman, post: 320344, member: 1390"] Like most sports, football requires making split second decisions where a wrong choice can make a huge impact. Our hindsight allows us to criticize those decisions with almost absolute certainty although I think on plays like this one we shouldn't be so quick to judge without tall the facts. For example if the coaches were preaching "Just keep him in the pocket, don't force him out" then he may have been clearly wrong as would be my defense of his choice. He was running full speed and was less than a second from impact and no doubt thought he could get there in time. He didn't. IMHO he shouldn't be criticized for having bad technique/poor fundamentals unless as I mentioned earlier he was coached to act contrary to what he did. Imagine if he broke down just short and a touchdown was thrown, wouldn't many of us complain that he "had the sack (or could have disrupted the throw) if he hadn't pulled up"? On that particular play I believe Mitchell made what he thought was the best decision and I would also bet that he would have made the sack on 90% of the qb's he will face this year therefore I am defending his decision and not complaining about his lack of fundamentals etc. I totally understood his choice and don't want to disparage him even though it didn't work out. Now in 2012 when Orwin fielded the kickoff from Miami... :). [/QUOTE]
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