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<\/a><\/p>\nThis is a second down play in the third quarter, and the Colts start out with a two deep safety look, but switch to a single high safety look before the snap. \u00a0This play right here is the Baylor Bryce Petty. \u00a0Baylor uses a dual system of spread and up tempo to score on opponents. \u00a0The system works by spreading out defenses horizontally, so they are weak vertically. \u00a0They also use an up tempo system to catch defenses in bad personnel. \u00a0So if a defense is in dime personnel against Baylor, they will run the ball consistently until the defense finds a way to stop them. \u00a0On most occasions, this means they will send a safety into the box to act as an extra defender. \u00a0Once, it’s a single high safety look with press coverage, more times than not, the QB tends to throw a deep pass, trusting the speed of his receiver more than the defender. \u00a0The single high safety over the top can’t cover the outside part of the field effectively, so a sideline pass is desired. \u00a0On this play, that’s the exact read made by Petty when he sees the single high safety with press coverage on the outside with Brandon Marshall. \u00a0However, unlike college, the corners in the NFL can run with receivers, and this ends up being a bad pass. \u00a0On the other side of the field, Robby Anderson has off coverage, in a single high safety look. \u00a0As the previous article mentioned, this would most likely indicate that the defender is willing to give up some yards so he can protect the deep route. \u00a0The pre-snap read should have gone away from Marshall on this play. \u00a0As if making the bad decision wasn’t enough, Petty makes a horrible throw that floats out of bounds. \u00a0This is Bryce Petty reverting back to his Baylor days, and one of the primary reasons why he needs to get in playing time so he can make real time reads and adjust to the NFL.<\/p>\n
2)<\/strong>\u00a0 This is the very next play, a third down and ten play in the third quarter, and the defense is in a two deep safety look and playing press coverage. \u00a0Petty does everything right on this play, except for the throw. \u00a0For one, he sees that it’s press coverage against his receivers, so there are no easy passing options. \u00a0He knows the route combinations, so Anderson will have the best opportunity of the bunch because his route has a hitch to it. \u00a0Anderson has a hesitation point in his route, and that is Petty’s cue to decide which player to throw to because he has one single read on this play, which is the deep safety on that side of the field. \u00a0If the safety is running towards Anderson to cut him off over the top, then the underneath in route with Quincy Enunwa will be open. \u00a0If the safety hovers near Enunwa (as is the case) then the deep route over the top will be open. \u00a0Petty makes the correct read when the safety refuses to commit fully to Anderson, finding an open Anderson with two steps on his defender. \u00a0Everything was on point right until when Petty makes the throw, which is overthrown by about three yards. \u00a0This is a terrible miss for Petty and the Jets because Anderson is certainly open on this play, and the set up was great for a TD. \u00a0Petty has to do a better job with these deep passes, which may come with more game repetitions as he gets used to his receivers.<\/p>\n 3)<\/strong>\u00a0 One deep safety, deep pass to outside receiver. \u00a0Sense a trend? The Colts are lined up in a two deep safety look, but one of them is moving up towards the box and it ends up being a single high safety look. \u00a0This is a bad play because Petty is making a deep pass here into the safety zone without actually factoring in the safety. \u00a0If this pass was up the sideline, then it’s more acceptable, but it’s towards the middle of the field. \u00a0Petty overthrows Anderson slightly, which is enough for the safety to make a great play on the ball and make the interception. \u00a0This was a case where Petty was much better off taking the check down option instead of trying the deep pass. \u00a0Notice that the defender is playing well off the line of scrimmage, so they are protecting against the deep pass to begin with, so it was a bad idea to throw this when the defense is protecting against it. \u00a0Petty has protection in the pocket, so he had more time to scan the field and find other options. \u00a0This is another bad read by Petty, considering the situation, and terrible throw again.<\/p>\n 4)<\/strong>\u00a0 This is a second and one play in the fourth quarter, with the Colts again showing a double safety look, and then switching to a single high safety. \u00a0This is a pre-determined throw made before the snap, after reading the defense. \u00a0Short distance for the first down, and they are playing off coverage on Charone Peake. \u00a0It should be an easy throw for Petty, but what complicates things is the bad snap. \u00a0The snap is low and towards the left side of Bryce Petty, which causes his left leg to move forward, and doesn’t allow him time to correctly set his feet. \u00a0If this kind of quick pass failure looks familiar, it’s because Christian Hackenberg’s college career is riddled with these types of miscues. \u00a0It’s the result of his hip opening up too quickly, which causes the throw to be off target. \u00a0On this play, Petty doesn’t set his feet correctly because he has to adjust to the errant snap, which throws off the pass. \u00a0Since it’s a quick route, Petty can’t afford to reset himself. \u00a0So why is this play here if the cause of this bad pass can be attributed to an errant snap? \u00a0It’s because Petty misses a golden opportunity on the other side of the field to make a great play. \u00a0The Jets have three receivers to the left of the formation, the Colts have two defenders in the same area code. \u00a0The Jets have set up a quick screen pass in this direction, with two receivers that can act as blockers. \u00a0If they do their jobs, this is a huge play waiting to happen. \u00a0Petty has to do a better job recognizing these types of situations and taking advantage. \u00a0Once again, Gailey gets criticized for pass plays in short yardage situations, but he outfoxed the defense into a situation where the Jets were all but guaranteed a big play, only to have his QB not take advantage.<\/p>\n 5)<\/strong>\u00a0 Single high safety, deep outside route? \u00a0Check and check. \u00a0The Colts go to a single high safety look, with press coverage on Robby Anderson. \u00a0 The defense started with a two deep safety look, but Enunwa going in motion causes him to move into the box. \u00a0Bryce Petty does a great job recognizing the movement of the defense, and knowing Anderson would be open. \u00a0He does have other options open underneath, including a TE wide open down the middle and Enunwa open on the shallow crossing route. \u00a0However, Petty again reverts to the college system which tells him to take the deep shot first when presented. \u00a0 This is a situation where Gailey is accused of ostracizing the TE position in the game plan, but we have another case of a wide open TE in the middle of the field. \u00a0Petty’s first read is Anderson, who he sees as wide open and he takes a shot. \u00a0Unfortunately, this is another horrible throw as he leads him too far. \u00a0It feels like Petty is trying to make the perfect throw as if he’s auditioning for the future, instead of taking safer throws. \u00a0Anderson has at least a couple of steps on his defender, so there was some room for an under-throw on this pass but Petty aimed to hit him in perfect stride and missed. \u00a0 It’s a decent read by Petty, but another bad throw.<\/p>\n 6)<\/strong>\u00a0 Another example of the Jets starting to use the TE position. \u00a0If you go back and look at the film review series over the past year and a half, there probably isn’t another game where the Jets tried to get the TE involved quite as much. \u00a0This is a simple play, that has been repeated from earlier in the game. \u00a0If you read the Petty Nation article, you will notice the inverse of this play from the third quarter. \u00a0The Jets have three receivers on the right side of the formation, with Jenkins as the TE, and a running back out of the backfield. \u00a0The read on this play is simple with the linebacker. \u00a0If the LB jumps the passing route to the TE, then the pass goes towards the RB. \u00a0If the LB stays back, the pass goes towards Jenkins. \u00a0Petty makes the correct read as the linebacker is hesitant to commit to Jenkins, so he shows a good ability to read the defense. \u00a0While it looks like Seferian-Jenkins has a decent shot at catching this pass, it’s not quite as close in replays as he can only get one hand on the ball. \u00a0This was another pass where Petty misfired on his timing by just a bit, preventing a completion. \u00a0It’s another example of him making the right read, but a bad throw.<\/p>\n 7)\u00a0<\/strong> Another case of right idea, bad execution. \u00a0 On this play, the Colts moved their safeties up, while playing off coverage. \u00a0This again should indicate that the outside defenders are going to be protecting the deep route, allowing the comeback route to be open. \u00a0Petty correctly reads the defense and determines that Anderson will be open because by this point they have to respect his deep speed. \u00a0On cue, Anderson is open for the comeback route but Petty just makes a horrible throw. \u00a0It’s not clear if this is a miscommunication on the depth of this route because it looks like Petty expected him to make his cut about two yards before he did. \u00a0Notice that the TE is also open on this play if need be, but Petty sees a much better option in Anderson. \u00a0Everything is absolutely great, up until the throw which goes out of bounds. \u00a0It could very well be miscommunication between the QB and the receiver, but they missed a very good opportunity to gain some yards on this play.<\/p>\n 8)<\/strong>\u00a0 This is the play that was forewarned in the Petty Nation article. \u00a0There were two example of where the exact same route run by Brandon Marshall was open in that article. \u00a0The Jets turn to that route on a critical fourth down play, but the Colts sniff it out and have it well covered. \u00a0The defense is in a two safety look, and in zone coverage. \u00a0When Petty drops back on this play, his read should have been the outside defender originally on Charone Peake. \u00a0In most instances, that defender will only drift back slightly to guard against the running back out of the backfield. \u00a0Unlike most cases, this is a fourth and eight play, where they are not worried about the short pass to the RB. \u00a0The defender drifts back further, which causes Marshall to be double covered on this play. \u00a0It doesn’t really matter because Petty makes a horrible throw, but the down and distance of this play acts against the Jets. \u00a0If you remember, the crossing route by Anderson was the exact same play they ran in a critical third down play earlier in the game. \u00a0The movement by Peake at the last minute, attacking the safety is the exact same motion by Anderson on his TD play, only in this case Peake stops and turns around for the pass. \u00a0Petty has to do a better job of reading the defender here and moving onto his second read in Peake, who had an opportunity for the first down. \u00a0This is a bad read, as well as a bad throw.<\/p>\n 9)\u00a0<\/strong> This is what happens when the defense doesn’t have to worry about a running game at all. \u00a0The Colts drop every single linebacker back into deep zone coverage on this play, and Petty makes a terrible throw. \u00a0At the onset of the play, he sees the Colts revert to a single high safety, with off coverage on Anderson. \u00a0In most cases, this is an easy completion as he will be open for the comeback route. \u00a0Petty, however, doesn’t make a good read here because his primary read on this zone defense was the inside defender playing against Charone Peake. \u00a0If the defender stays on Peake, then Anderson is open for the pass. \u00a0If the defender doesn’t stay on Peake, then Charone Peake is open for the pass. \u00a0Petty makes a Fitzpatrick-esque blunder here by locking into Robby Anderson from pre-snap readings because this look has worked all night. \u00a0Unfortunately, the defense baits him into this throw and it’s an easy interception.<\/p>\n Chan Gailey doesn’t run a complicated system, it’s a fairly easy system to learn for QBs. \u00a0However, it’s very dependent on making key reads on any given play, usually one or two players that make or break the play for the defense. \u00a0More often than not, Petty made the correct read, but an errant throw. \u00a0This shows that he does have a grasp of the system, better than the main stream media would indicate. \u00a0However, he seems to have timing issues with his receivers, especially Robby Anderson. \u00a0Maybe Anderson is much faster without pads and that is the speed reference in Petty’s mind, but he needs to get adjusted to his teammates. \u00a0Overall, it was an OK game for Petty, but he should improve as the season goes on. \u00a0If Petty can cut down on the bad throws, he could really help the Jets because he has shown to be much more advanced at reading the defense than fans expected.<\/p>\n Grade: C<\/strong><\/p>\n Forum Questions:<\/em><\/p>\n A) \u00a0How would you rate Petty’s performance? \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n B) \u00a0What is his biggest weakness? \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Please read, Petty Nation<\/a> (Good Passes), Pity Petty<\/a> (Let Down By Teammates), and Petty Help<\/a> (Helped Out By Teammates) in our film review section to get a full review of his game. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nConclusion:<\/h2>\n