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I think the Haskins staring down targets is being overblown a bit.
1st INT wasn't an INT because he was staring it down, it's because he predetermined TE deep over vs LB in C3 is a win, which it normally is. But LB played it well and Haskins tried to fit it in, overthrew
1st INT wasn't an INT because he was staring it down, it's because he predetermined TE deep over vs LB in C3 is a win, which it normally is. But LB played it well and Haskins tried to fit it in, overthrew
Now the 2nd INT absolutely was a result of him staring it down, that was correct. Clearly leads the LB to the curl route by staring at it, even if he denied it afterwards.
3rd INT was just a bad decision. There was never really a window to throw that ball into, but he felt pressure off the edge quickly and tried to force a throw. He could have opened the window by looking off the LB, but that's different from staring it down and leading LB to ball
This isn't to excuse Haskins for his play though, just correcting a little bit of a false narrative.
He was bad overall, worse that I anticipated on the All-22. The INTs were still INTs. But important to understand what he did wrong.
He was bad overall, worse that I anticipated on the All-22. The INTs were still INTs. But important to understand what he did wrong.
I've written a post that should be out today which will go into this in more detail, but he had some bad misses/near misses on passes he should make. Missed McLaurin TD on the corner route, near INT on a screen pass, forced Gibson to catch a swing pass to the flat off the ground.
There was some good in there too. Two TD throws to Inman were nice, 2nd one he went through 3 reads and found Inman with a good ball. 3rd and 11 out to Thomas was solid conversion. The bad OPI call on McLaurin was a good ball. Overall far more bad than good though.
Worrying part is that in the first few games, Haskins has been making the right decisions for the most part, but missing throws due to mechanics. Vs CLE, he had some bad reads. Missed wide open stick on 3rd and short. Had McLaurin for a TD 1st play of the 2nd half.
