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<\/a><\/p>\nIf you read this article on a regular basis, you will realize that Ryan Fitzpatrick is consistently criticized for not taking advantage of the defense in situations where they are giving up positive yards. \u00a0If you look at this pre-snap read, you will see that the defender on Robby Anderson is playing back, and also the defender on Brandon Bostick is about six yards off the line, so he’s bound to be open. \u00a0Fitzpatrick realizes the match up, and makes the good throw, although it looks like Marshall was supposed to do a better job in making the block. \u00a0This is not a major play by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s worth pointing out that Fitzpatrick does have his moments when he makes the correct read prior to the snap.<\/p>\n
2)<\/strong>\u00a0 This is a 3rd and 11 play late in the quarter, and the Browns are playing with 2 deep safeties, and the man on Robby Anderson is playing deep, with everyone else on man coverage at the line of scrimmage. \u00a0 Fitzpatrick is looking towards the right side, and makes a very good throw to Charone Peake, because Anderson is well covered on this play. \u00a0He puts the ball by Peake’s head, who makes a nice catch for the first down. \u00a0This is a good throw and catch for the conversion. \u00a0The only other interesting aspect of this play is to notice the safety on the side of the field pay absolutely no attention to Robby Anderson as he is running towards the middle of the field. \u00a0The Browns are hedging their bet against the deep pass here because in any other situation, the safety is going to at least freeze with the receiver coming right at him.<\/p>\n 3)<\/strong>\u00a0 This is the start of the second quarter with the Browns again in a two deep safety look. \u00a0If you look at the pre-snap read you will see that the man on Brandon Marshall is lined up further down the field, so there is a good chance he will be open. \u00a0In the end, he does turn out to be open. \u00a0However, Fitzpatrick is locked in on Enunwa on this play, and he runs a great route to get open, and Fitzpatrick finds him on the outside for a significant gain. \u00a0The ball is placed a bit behind him, but Enunwa makes the adjustment and runs up the field. \u00a0 Each week, we try to show that there are a lot of easy reads in this offense and it’s frustrating to see the QB ignore the defense over and over again, alas it’s refreshing to see Fitzpatrick take advantage every now and then.<\/p>\n 4)<\/strong>\u00a0 This is just another one of those easy reads, and once again Fitzpatrick makes the right read. \u00a0As you can see, Brandon Marshall’s defender is well off the line, so there is a chance he’ll be open, and the defender of Enunwa is also off the line. \u00a0So one of them is going to be open based on what the middle line backer does on this play. \u00a0The LB decides to go towards of Enunwa, so Fitzpatrick makes the right decision and throws to Brandon Marshall for the pass. \u00a0It’s unfortunate that Marshall actually runs backwards on this play to lose yards, although it was still a first down.<\/p>\n 5)<\/strong>\u00a0 Aside from the Bills game, this is probably one of the best passes thrown by Ryan Fitzpatrick. \u00a0The Browns are in a single high safety to the other side of Enunwa, and Ryan Fitzpatrick takes advantage of the one on one match up. \u00a0Quincy Enunwa absolutely shows off the speed on this play, which makes him a match up nightmare. \u00a0He runs right by his defender down the middle, without safety help, and Fitzpatrick makes a great throw to Enunwa to hit him in stride. \u00a0He has to reach for the ball a bit, slowing down his momentum, but it’s still a great throw. \u00a0Defenses are throwing single high safety looks against the Jets, so it’s vital the Jets take advantage with deep passes, and they did so in this case. \u00a0This is a beautiful play from the Jets.<\/p>\n 6)<\/strong>\u00a0 Pre-snap reads, and again notice the players with defenders playing off the line, and if they end up open or not. \u00a0Robby Anderson and Charone Peake\u00a0are playing to the right of the formation, and they have space to operate, and Fitzpatrick looks at Robby Anderson for the pass across the middle. \u00a0This is a good read by Fitzpatrick, seeing the advantage at the line, and reading the line backer. \u00a0If the LB goes with Anderson up the middle, then Powell is open. \u00a0In the end, it looks like Peake is open for a TD, but that is past the decision point for Fitzpatrick on the Anderson crossing route so he can’t be blamed for choosing Anderson on this play. \u00a0 If there was a better block from Powell on this play, this would have been a TD with Anderson going on the outside.<\/p>\n 7)<\/strong>\u00a0 Fitzpatrick makes the wrong pre-snap read here but makes up for it with a good throw. \u00a0At the line of scrimmage, you can see that the only guy with a defender playing of the line of scrimmage is Charone Peake, and he eventually becomes open down the middle of the field. \u00a0However, Fitzpatrick makes a good back shoulder throw to Marshall on this play because he’s locked in on Marshall the entire way. \u00a0It’s a good throw by Fitzpatrick, and a good catch by Marshall. \u00a0The bigger play opportunity was there with Peake, but the Jets were being conservative at this point.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n