Doesn’t trust OLine and looking at the rush?
Eyes too stuck on Andrews?
Lamar used to be better at anticipation throws. He definitely took a step back this season for whatever reasons.
not sure what's going on in that 1st one to bateman because we cant see the LoS or Lamar
that one to duvernay is frustrating because you can see he's affected by the rush before it's anywhere near him - if you watch the endzone angle you see him hitch and then feel mckinley about to win and rather than continue his progression he bails - you can see he has zero trust in villanueva with that single block on the edge - you can see him check the safety in the middle of the field and see andrews is covered, then you see him move to the 2nd read to watkins and see that he's covered too and I think he wants Duvernay after that but walker does a great job at LB for the browns taking away that passing lane and lamar bails before duvernay gets to the 2nd window
he goes through those first 2 reads before bailing and he reads all those 3 reads and starts to scramble before mckinley even makes contact with villanueva that's how little trust he had in villanueva
it's tough to ask him to wait on that 2nd window when the pocket is crumpling around him
to me he cant throw that with anticipation when he bails because andrews, walker and the safety are all screwing up that 1st window so he has to buy time somehow and it's just a case of stepping up vs scrambling right and i think he only does that because he had zero trust in the pocket and tbf he was right to... we had 6 man protection and a 7th guy chip before getting into his route for a 4 man rush + 1 late blitzer who didnt impact the early part of the play the browns pass rush still won
he should probably have stepped up and anticipated duvernay clearing and getting to that 2nd window but i think he felt mckinley win inside - you can see he takes a step as if he's about to hitch and step up again and then feels the pressure and scrambles right
like not saying this was a good play or anything by lamar - just saying that it's not the abhorrent miss it seems like initially - it's a missed opportunity which sucks but it's not even a case of lamar reading things faster because it takes 4 seconds for duvernay to start coming open
