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The #Packers' failed fake field-goal incompletion? All Tim Masthay's fault -- but not for the throw itself. Quote:
"What happened on that, it was all a pre-snap thing. So I was expecting Jacksonville to be in man coverage, and they ran Cover-2. There wasn’t very much time on the play clock when I got out there, so I was just looking at the play clock to make sure we got the play off, wasn’t looking at the defense, and then once we snapped the ball, I realized what they were in defensively and that would’ve told me that Ryan Taylor on the left was going to be the guy that was open – like he was. But by that time, I had a guy right in front of my face and I couldn’t turn and throw to him. So I just tried to chuck it and I short-armed it back to the right side. The whole play came down to pre-snap awareness by me. If I would’ve recognized it right away, we probably would have completed the pass and picked up the first down. Since I didn’t, there was very little chance it was going to be successful."
Would have been a much sweeter story had he been able to throw to Taylor.
"What happened on that, it was all a pre-snap thing. So I was expecting Jacksonville to be in man coverage, and they ran Cover-2. There wasn’t very much time on the play clock when I got out there, so I was just looking at the play clock to make sure we got the play off, wasn’t looking at the defense, and then once we snapped the ball, I realized what they were in defensively and that would’ve told me that Ryan Taylor on the left was going to be the guy that was open – like he was. But by that time, I had a guy right in front of my face and I couldn’t turn and throw to him. So I just tried to chuck it and I short-armed it back to the right side. The whole play came down to pre-snap awareness by me. If I would’ve recognized it right away, we probably would have completed the pass and picked up the first down. Since I didn’t, there was very little chance it was going to be successful."
Would have been a much sweeter story had he been able to throw to Taylor.
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