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Originally Posted by Bucky Katt
Query for those more adept at analyzing the game:
After reading some criticism of Boeckman's decision-making on the interception, what really happened on that play? After watching it a couple times, it looks to me like he made the right read, just made a really poor throw. Thus far, he's made that same throw to Hartline under serious pressure on several other occasions this season. Is that valid, or am I missing something more on that play where he made a really poor decision?
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He read the hot receiver correctly, but made a terrible throw because he was flinching from the oncoming hit. (Brett Favre has ruined a whole generation of QBs! j/k) TB said that it was a miscommunication and that he was expecting Hartline to curl rather than slant, but I don't buy that one at all.
I think the defensive pressure had a cumulative effect on TB. He was fine for a while, and the second half he started to be affected more and more by it. He will see a boatlaod of pressure Sat night, so I hope he stands in like he has all year and delivers. He has always had a great knack for finding the open guy, (or knowing who will be open based on the coverage) and that is what you need from your QB against a blitzing team.
I would look for quite a few swing passes and screens in the first half as a way to keep PSU from over-committing to the blitz.