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<\/a><\/p>\nThis is a 3rd and 6 play, where McCown has a completion, but it is off-target. \u00a0 The Jets have Stewart go in motion, with his defender following him, thus showing man coverage. \u00a0Instead of stepping up in the pocket, McCown throws this pass from his back foot and it is off target. \u00a0Stewart makes a good catch, but since his momentum is slowed down by having to reach back for the ball, he’s tackled immediately. \u00a0If McCown steps up in the pocket, he’s going to have a wide open Matt Forte running down the middle of the field. \u00a0Remember the break down from the first article this morning about how teams play the 4 wide defensive linemen against the Jets? \u00a0The Bills did it again on this play, containing horizontal movement, and McCown played into their hands by making this pass without stepping up in the pocket. \u00a0If the pass is on target, at least there is a chance for Stewart to attempt getting the first down. \u00a0Horrible decision making and horrible throw on this play.<\/p>\n
2)\u00a0 The Jets have essentially five receivers on this play, if you count the TE. \u00a0Four of them are open at some point or another, yet McCown throws this ball away. \u00a0He has Robby Anderson in the middle open for a first down, as well as ArDarius Stewart. \u00a0He has a receiver open running the go route to the right side of the formation (Hard to tell which player) and another receiver running a quick out route open as well. \u00a0Instead, McCown shows indecisiveness, and throws the ball away to secure a long field goal attempt. \u00a0This is the epitome of game managerial football, where the QB refuses to take any shots once inside field goal range. \u00a0Although McCown hasn’t shown much success in taking chances in the past, playing conservative doesn’t help the Jets score points (which may or may not be a good thing in the long run).<\/p>\n 3)\u00a0 This screen pass is sponsored by the Christian Hackenberg school of accuracy. \u00a0Instead of placing the ball on the outside shoulder of the receiver, McCown throws the ball to the inside, which forces the receiver to reach back and drop the ball. \u00a0The Jets had set up a good screen as well with downfield blocking, so a significant gain is thwarted with this errant pass. \u00a0It’s not a horrible pass, but the positioning of the ball ruins this play. \u00a0McCown doesn’t throw down the field well, so he has to be accurate in these short throws to survive being a starter, and he fails on that end here.<\/p>\n 4)\u00a0 This might be one of the biggest issues from lack of playing time in the pre-season, which has caused a lack of timing with his receivers. \u00a0On this play, Stewart is open for a quick pass, but McCown wisely chooses to stay away because it’s 3rd and 9. \u00a0However, McCown makes a horrible read by locking in on Jermaine Kearse from the start of this play, which causes him to miss Stewart bringing the safety from the middle over. \u00a0McCown is staring down Kearse, misses the safety, and almost has the pass intercepted. \u00a0Kearse is open on the play, but the timing of this play is off with McCown. \u00a0Either, he has to pass the ball early when the safety won’t be in reach of the ball, or he has to make the next read in his progression, which would be a pass to either Stewart or Anderson. \u00a0Another horrible read by McCown, and this pass could have easily been intercepted.<\/p>\n 5)\u00a0 Do the Jets have a penchant of signing QBs that can’t go through progressions? \u00a0Once again, McCown is staring at Anderson from the start of this play. \u00a0It’s one of the few times he decided to take a risk, and it almost backfired. \u00a0The main issue with this pass is the placement of the ball, which is to the inside, when it should be to the outside shoulder of the receiver. \u00a0The corner back has help on the inside with a deep safety and linebackers underneath, hence why his back is turned to the sideline, so he can contain the receiver inside. \u00a0 Notice the route of Anderson, as he slants inside and then turns up field on a go route. \u00a0The whole point of the slant inside is to get the defensive back to move inside with him, and then beat him to the outside before he can react. \u00a0Unfortunately, Anderson makes his move too early (by design or by mistake) because the corner back has no reason to bite as hard with linebacker help underneath. \u00a0If Anderson had reduced the distance a bit more between the defender and himself, the separation would have happened on the double move. \u00a0The second aspect of the move is to get on the outside of the defender, away from the single high safety in the middle. \u00a0Anderson accomplishes this aspect of the route (albeit with no separation) yet McCown makes a horrible throw to the inside, which again could have been intercepted.<\/p>\n 6)\u00a0 Another play, another stare down of Kearse. \u00a0This is quickly approaching Fitzpatrick-Marshall level of intimacy. \u00a0McCown is staring down Kearse on this play, and the Bills have him played perfectly. \u00a0While in the midst of looking at Kearse, McCown misses a cutting Anderson, who may have had room to turn up the field. \u00a0Once, McCown realizes that Kearse is covered, he moves up in the pocket and misses a wide open ArDarius Stewart to make a safe pass to Robby Anderson, who is promptly tackled before he gets close to the first down marker.<\/p>\n 7)\u00a0 This is the two point conversion failure. \u00a0The mistake made here isn’t as egregious as the others since the Bills had this play defended well. \u00a0The issue here is the decision making with the positioning of this pass. \u00a0Bilal Powell seems to be the primary target on this play, but he’s well covered. \u00a0McCown realizes that he can’t make the pass to Powell, and thus passes it to Anderson. \u00a0However, the positioning of the throw is absolutely horrible. \u00a0When McCown moves on from Powell, Anderson has a defender right behind him with open space towards the sideline and no one in front of him. \u00a0There are defenders running across the field since the whole play is slanted towards the right side of the formation. \u00a0So why would McCown throw the ball behind Anderson? \u00a0If he lobs the ball towards the sideline, Anderson has space to run after it, and while the defender is right behind him, at least there is no one directly in the path. \u00a0Instead, McCown forces the ball back inside, where it’s promptly intercepted by a defender and the conversion fails. \u00a0This is just a baffling throw, where it took a low percentage option out of the picture for a zero percentage option.<\/p>\n 8)\u00a0 This play doesn’t count since there was a penalty on the Jets (albeit it was declined), but it again shows the lack of awareness. \u00a0It’s 3rd and 3 play, and the Bills are showing single high safety. \u00a0The defender on the outside receiver to the right side of the formation backs off, which should indicate that the short pass has a good chance to be completed. \u00a0Instead, McCown locks in on Stewart with this play, and makes an errant throw. \u00a0It’s probably a good thing the throw was to the outside of Stewart, because there was a defender waiting to pick off the ball to the inside. \u00a0In his haste to make the throw, McCown misses a wide open tight end running down the field as well on the other side.<\/p>\n 9)\u00a0 This is just a bad throw by McCown, and Anderson doesn’t help him out with a nice catch. \u00a0The Bills have outside leverage on Anderson, and the safety to the inside is preoccupied with the tight end. \u00a0Anderson gets a free release and is wide open for a pass. \u00a0 This is the type of pass a QB has to hit the receiver in stride so he can run with momentum in the open field. \u00a0However, McCown throws this ball behind Anderson, who slows down to reach back and low for the ball, but can’t come up with the catch. \u00a0This is an absolutely horrible throw, in a situation that should have gained a huge chunk of yards for the offense.<\/p>\n 10)\u00a0 This is an interception thrown by McCown, but not all of the fault can be attributed to him. \u00a0This is first and foremost, a horrible play by the offensive line. \u00a0Remember the 4 wide defensive outlook the Bills have been showing all game? \u00a0They showed the same look but the offensive line didn’t block two of those guys. \u00a0In essence, five offensive lineman blocked two defenders on this play. \u00a0Bryce Petty probably felt some phantom back pain while reviewing film on this play. \u00a0With two free rushers coming towards McCown, this is a doomed play from the start. \u00a0Robby Anderson is running open on this play, but McCown can’t put much behind the throw while taking the hit. \u00a0 It lands here in the bad passes article because of the negative outcome, but this play is ruined by the bad offensive line play.<\/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>\n<\/a><\/p>\n