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<\/a><\/p>\nThis is a 3rd down play where the Dolphins come out with press coverage and a 2 deep safety look. \u00a0The only person not covered at the line is Enunwa, and he is open down the field. \u00a0However, Fitzpatrick is flushed out of the pocket by then, and makes a run for the first down. \u00a0If he had just slid to the ground, this would have been on of the plays in the “Fitzmagic” article, but he decides to get wild and emulate Brandon Marshall from last year’s Eagles game. \u00a0This is just a great catch by Bilal Powell on this play, as he had no reason to expect a lateral as he was running down the field. \u00a0Not only is Powell not expecting a lateral, this one is behind him, and he makes a great one handed stab to catch the ball. \u00a0This play is extremely close to being a boneheaded decision by Fitzpatrick, but Bilal Powell is there to clean up the mess.<\/p>\n
2)<\/strong>\u00a0 The Dolphins are again in a 2 safety look on another third down play. \u00a0However, it’s not press coverage across the board as the Jets have a stack of three receivers to the left of the formation. \u00a0Pre-snap read should have indicated that there is a chance that one of them becomes open. \u00a0However, Fitzpatrick is absolutely locked into Powell for this play, and it almost ends badly. \u00a0 First, Charone Peake emerges to be open down the middle for a surefire first down, and possible TD, but since Fitzpatrick is locked on Powell, he misses him completely. \u00a0 Second, the throw to Powell is high, and doesn’t lead him, which robs him of his momentum. \u00a0Powell ends up making a very good move to go under the tackle and pick up the first down, but this is a bad read to begin with, and a mediocre throw to compound the problem. \u00a0If Fitzpatrick leads Powell with this pass, he most likely runs to the sideline for the first down, but the bad throw forces Powell to try and escape from two defenders.<\/p>\n 3)\u00a0<\/strong> The Dolphins comes out in a single high safety look with press coverage, although the defender on Jalin Marshall comes with a blitz. \u00a0This causes the defense to dedicate two guys for Marshall initially with the LB and the deep safety. \u00a0However, the route from Brandon Marshall causes the LB to peel off, which leaves Jalin Marshall wide open. \u00a0However, Fitzpatrick makes another bad throw, this time throwing behind his receiver. Marshall has no shot at yards after the catch, and makes a nice grab turning around to get the ball. \u00a0This is another pass where if the receiver was led with the throw, it could have been a much bigger play. \u00a0It’s a nice catch, and Fitzpatrick is facing pressure on this play, but the placement of the ball ruins any chance of a bigger play.<\/p>\n 4)\u00a0<\/strong> The Dolphins are in a single high safety look, and the per-snap read indicates that Robby Anderson, Charone Peake, Jalin Marshall, or Quincy Enunwa could be open on this play. \u00a0All four of them are eventually open on this play, especially if Peake is going to run down the field more. \u00a0However, Fitzpatrick is locked in on Jalin Marshall on this play, which isn’t terrible because he does become open. \u00a0However, Fitzpatrick hesitates with the throw, causing the pass to be late. \u00a0Jalin Marshall makes this catch while essentially being sandwiched by two Dolphin defenders, and then escapes the tackle to run down the field. \u00a0This is just a lucky break for the Jets, especially because a perfectly timed throw probably gets stopped shorter, but this is a bad decision by Fitzpatrick. \u00a0He has to get this ball to Marshall earlier, or find other receivers, instead of trying to squeeze the ball into double coverage.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n