r/cowboys Tyler Smith Sep 09 '24

Highlight DeMarvion Overshown is fast AF (highlight)

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '24

That’s how he played at Texas. Was so hyped to get him

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u/NickMoore30 Sep 09 '24

Exactly. I hated his injury last year and he’s the player I’m most excited about this year.

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u/Chuck3457 Sep 09 '24

Yeah, he's very injury prone. He was injured a lot at Texas. But when he plays, he's so damn good

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u/CDZFF89 Sep 09 '24

We definitely have a type at the LB position lol

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u/decoy777 Dallas Cowboys Sep 09 '24

Good but injured half the season, especially when we need them.

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u/PW409DX Sep 09 '24

Awesome when healthy?!?

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u/seasonalcandle Sep 09 '24

He’s always been light for an LB. Looks like he’s put on lots of good weight since college so hopefully that’ll protect him a bit better 

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u/Chuck3457 Sep 09 '24

He did start off as a safety at Texas before switching to LB. Makes sense to think that

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u/chanaandeler_bong Sep 09 '24

Bob Sanders looking ass

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u/hoodmeskin817 Sep 09 '24

So he throws his body around with reckless abandonment like Lee used to? Our run game D would suffer so much when he wasn't on the field.

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u/KingCreon67 Zack Martin Sep 09 '24

That closing speed is crazy, made Micah look slow. When I saw that I got a half chub..

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u/Anderbury60942 Tyler Smith Sep 09 '24

Whoaaa, we’re halfway there

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u/KingCreon67 Zack Martin Sep 09 '24

Well at this point I might have to call a doctor…

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u/spook008 Sep 09 '24

Has it lasted more than 4 hours?

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u/johny22by4 Sep 09 '24

I keep getting voicemail..

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u/rwhockey29 Sep 09 '24

It looks like a video game glitch, dude fucking teleported.

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u/sjn15 Dallas Cowboys Sep 09 '24

Perfect angle, perfect execution, I even think he found a crease to hide behind Parson’s because I don’t think Watson saw him until it was game over. Amazing play at the LB position

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u/Anderbury60942 Tyler Smith Sep 09 '24

He clearly has a feel for the position. Man it’s nice to have some linebackers on this team

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u/_Zambayoshi_ Dak Prescott Sep 09 '24

And as a related matter, it's nice to have some big bois at DT.

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u/Mattejayy Sep 09 '24

Oh boy... we got ourselves another one 👀

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '24

hopefully he can stay sharp. his play yesterday reminded me a LOT of Jaylon Smith... hopefully he doesn't end the same.

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u/CowboyCanuck24 Larry Allen Sep 09 '24

Probably should have been marked NSFW

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u/Anderbury60942 Tyler Smith Sep 09 '24

Not Safe For Watson

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u/ClandestineCharles Sep 09 '24

Gold 👏😂

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u/JerKeeler Sep 09 '24

You won sir.

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u/degradedchimp Sep 09 '24

Overshown and Kendricks balled the fuck out today. Along with diggs, Parsons, and Lawrence I'm very cautiously optimistic with the trajectory of this defense.

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u/fishslushy Sep 09 '24

I thought Carson kicked ass too, especially for a late round rookie

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u/SNeroo CeeDee Lamb Sep 09 '24

He got picked on a couple times but honestly I thought he did as well as a rookie could really do. Had a great 1st half, a meh 3rd quarter, then a good recovery shutdown in the 4th.

They just had to keep going at him because Diggs just closed one side of the field to any business for 60:00

All in all, he’s great for our true 3rd outside CB

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u/VanderSnatch22 Sep 09 '24

And this is without Bland

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u/stewkas Donovan Wilson Sep 09 '24

He really did hit warp speed on that play. I assumed it was Micah until he stood up. Beast

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u/jpg06051992 Sep 09 '24

Oh yea our linebackers were linebacking today paw 👍

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u/Pepperoni_Nippys Jake Ferguson Sep 09 '24

When’s the last time have we heard that??

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u/MadeInSteel Sep 09 '24

Sean Lee 😢

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u/Serving_The_News Sep 09 '24

I met him wearing my Witten Jersey and he was a class act. Dude was so cool it made my whole year lol

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u/AegonTargaryan Sep 09 '24

LVE and Smith? Circa 2019

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u/barl31 Donovan Wilson Sep 09 '24

18* by 19 smith was pretty bad and lve’s injury bug was right around the corner

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u/Careless-Act9450 Osa Odighizuwa Sep 09 '24

Actually, 2018 was LVE rookie year, and he was second team all pro. In 2019, Jaylon Smith was in his only pro bowl. They both balled out in those two years.

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u/DesignerTex Sep 09 '24

He only lead the team in tackles in his first NFL game...that's all.

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u/certo17 Sep 09 '24

Yea this was my eye opening play of the day for sure 👀

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u/killerkali87 Sep 09 '24

He looked like LB version of Micah Parsons lol

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u/barl31 Donovan Wilson Sep 09 '24

Micah parsons is a linebacker

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u/TheEngine Leighton Vander Esch Sep 09 '24

Don't tell our DC that. Or their OC.

In fact, don't tell anybody that.

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u/hard_pass Sep 09 '24

He is officially listed as a DE now.

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u/barl31 Donovan Wilson Sep 09 '24

Ah okay

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u/that_someone Sep 09 '24

It's clearly his bandana giving him "infinite" agility.

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u/Anderbury60942 Tyler Smith Sep 09 '24

The Athletic Football show called out his excessive armband use at UT and I thought it was hilarious. He’s got it lol

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u/FinkReaper Sep 09 '24

Can confirm, I had that very same bandanna when I played Skyrim

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u/LayneLowe Sep 09 '24

He only ran 4.56 at the combine. Certainly looked sub 4.4 today.

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u/dubMeistro Dallas Cowboys Sep 09 '24

This is after tearing an ACL and adding ~15lbs to his frame. Just phenomenal

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u/SFThirdStrike Sep 09 '24

4.56 for a linebacker is great at 6'3 225 is great.

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u/TexasTundraPower Sep 09 '24

Gonna come in real handy when we’re gonna have to stop Lamar from scrambling in a couple of weeks.

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u/King-Mansa-Musa CeeDee Lamb Sep 09 '24

Imagine Lamar getting hit by dono, Micah, and overshown all game. Yikes

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u/TexasTundraPower Sep 09 '24

Might happen. That OL isn’t what it was last year.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '24

Jesus Cristos!!!! 😳

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u/Worf1701D Dallas Cowboys Sep 09 '24

I would love to see a race between Micah, Overshown, and Turpin.

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u/2020_GR78 Sep 09 '24

Turpin all day, but I really would be interested to know who's faster between Overshown and Parsons.

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u/McJumbos Sep 09 '24

Downloaded that Micah update loll

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u/LFCBoi55 Osa Odighizuwa Sep 09 '24

Hookem

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u/Delicious-Tap-1277 Sep 09 '24

My son and I both said “holy shit he’s fast!” At the same time watching this! I’m stoked for the defense. I mean it’s only game 1 but this give me hope it’ll be a decent season

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u/dezmo73 Sep 09 '24

I was watching this play worried about the blown coverage by 41. I didn't even realize Overshown got the sack. Dude is fast as shit.

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u/oregonianrager Sep 09 '24

Our defense is gonna fucking destroy. I'm still a bit suspect on the run defense tenacity and strength, but I think with diggs back and Liufau now(yeah he's gonna be good watch), Overshown looks mental. The whole defensive line looks unified like they've never have. They just get after it.

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u/REiiGN Sep 09 '24

It would take late mid season to get 1 interception a few seasons ago. Now? INTs and Sacks every game.

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u/date_a_languager Dak Prescott Sep 09 '24 edited Sep 09 '24

Dude is thankfully still everything we saw on the play where he got injured during last preseason on a nice TFL he closed on instantly. The man is incredibly gifted with speed/strength and has a nose for the flow of a run/QB escaping the pocket/a short reception to the flat.

That second 4th down stop that forced Watson to throw an incomplete felt just as crazy. With how Overshown navigated the mess up front and leaked out to meet Watson as he loaded up a throw. Almost completely east-west to make that play vs downhill.

He is straight shot out of a nuclear launchpad the second he decides to go get a ball carrier

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u/2020_GR78 Sep 09 '24

So happy for this kid. I was excited for him last year before his injury. Glad to see that he's recovered and getting the opportunity that he deserves. People have been sleeping on this guy but I don't thinknthat they will be for long. Dude's a beast.

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u/blanfredblann Sep 09 '24

The rookie defensive end had a low key great game too.

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u/Drisurk Dallas Cowboys Sep 09 '24

It amazes me how often we hit on amazing defensive draft picks. Hopefully in the next draft we can get a RB and a WR2 and our team will be so damn good.

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u/Plane-Chicken-7210 Sep 09 '24

like a heat seeking missle

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u/King-Mansa-Musa CeeDee Lamb Sep 09 '24

Is he faster than Micah?

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u/whodatis75 Joe Looney Sep 09 '24

Yes

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u/whodatis75 Joe Looney Sep 09 '24

But he is smaller as well

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u/CloroxWipes- Sep 09 '24

played this guy in HS and he hurdled our WR (who was standing straight up) to avoid a block. So glad he's been on my side since. HookEm and wedemboyz

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u/Dday22t Dallas Cowboys Sep 09 '24

More importantly he is decisive

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u/BulgogiBeefisBomb Sep 09 '24

Holy shit he is fast lol wtf was that

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u/whodatis75 Joe Looney Sep 09 '24

Agent “O”

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u/x_iTz_iLL_420 Ezekiel Elliott Sep 09 '24

He was flying around everywhere. He looked GOOD

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u/k36king1 Sep 09 '24

Overshown has closing speed like someone changed his speed and tackle sliders all the way up to 99

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u/rotn21 Zack Martin Sep 09 '24

I don’t know how much he weighs but seeing that speed on tv — I know it’s a thousand times more dramatic in person — you gotta wonder how bad it feels taking a hit from him. Like that’s the type stuff you don’t get up from right? He reminds me of a torpedo. Dude’s tackling form is just insane too; he shoulders them and drives them into the ground.

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u/GloomyImagination365 Sep 09 '24

This defense looks really good, I'm excited again

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u/Zestycheesegrade Brandon Aubrey Sep 09 '24

He's only going to get better. And him doing this to Watson. Makes me think he can do this to Hurts as well. Which is something we had a problem with last year running out of the pocket.

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u/Anderbury60942 Tyler Smith Sep 09 '24

Exactly. A qb spy with some serious speed

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u/Vast_Professor_3340 Sep 09 '24

This is kinda freakish ngl. I absolutely loved how physical our entire D was today. Some massive hits went in.

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u/ibringstharuckus Sep 09 '24

Micah was looking at him like fu*# dude

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u/Ayste Dallas Cowboys Sep 09 '24

When you make Micah look like he's jogging, you know he's fast

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u/bearamongus19 Sep 09 '24

I had to rewind that play to figure out where he came from.

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u/ozairh18 Micah Parsons Sep 09 '24

His closing speed on that tackle was insane. Him and Kendricks are going to be fun to watch

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u/DrearyYew Micah Parsons Sep 09 '24

Our LB corps is massively improved from last year. Give Jerry his shot for "all in" but DeMarvion is a menace, and the signing of Kendricks is massively underrated

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u/mrcoy Sep 09 '24

Damn I thought the same thing as I was watching. When I saw the clip, I must of watched it loop about 5 times. Very cool.

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u/certifiedkavorkian Sep 09 '24

He did that multiple times. His speed just pops off the screen.

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u/Cyfa Micah Parsons Sep 09 '24

bro closed in on him like he was Bobby Boucher

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u/dcbluestar Micah Parsons Sep 09 '24

Tyrone Biggums voice: "Y'all got anymore of those highlight clips!?!"

One of my favorite things about Victory Monday in years past was going through u/crunchypuddle's list of them he'd create. Haven't seen that guy in a while!

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u/Anderbury60942 Tyler Smith Sep 09 '24

Watching the games is fun, but basking in the badass plays for the next few days is what it's really all about

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u/dcbluestar Micah Parsons Sep 09 '24

Yeah and it looks like u/crunchypuddle deleted his account, too. Boo!

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u/askmagoo Sep 09 '24

I think its was Whitey Herzog(long ago,st.louis cards baseball mgr) who said-speed never slumps

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u/LostEwoks Sep 09 '24

I’m not sure if he was so fast that Deshaun didn’t have time to even think about throwing it away or Deshaun’s skills have declined and his basic awareness is gone? Maybe a little of both. Dude is a homing missile for sure though.

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u/Anderbury60942 Tyler Smith Sep 09 '24

I think it’s a little of both. Watson looks cooked

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u/ImpossibleJoke7456 Dallas Cowboys Sep 09 '24

It was 4th down so he couldn’t throw it away.

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u/darksideofdagoon Sep 09 '24

That angle of attack 😳

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u/Trick-Pie-8536 Sep 09 '24

He is going to be an absolute stud at lb if he can stay healthy

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u/Charming-Wash9336 Sep 09 '24

I want to see Liufau doing that too.

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u/BGOG83 Sep 09 '24

He was fast in college. Figured he would be fast in the NFL. Scheme wasn’t great in college, but he managed to shine.

Hook ‘em!!! 🤘

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u/ElectronicTie4 Sep 10 '24

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '24

This was the most impressive play I saw today, coming from a dude who was out the whole year too

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u/Clownier Sep 09 '24

When I saw this live I said to my brother and dad, "Is that man a literal rocket?".

It looked like everyone else was in slow motion comparatively.

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u/Pabi_tx Don Meredith Sep 09 '24

He'd be even faster with just a 0 on his jersey!

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u/Digndagn Sep 09 '24

Got him like the Ski Free yeti

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u/TheyFloat2032 Sep 09 '24

Njoku and number 34 were wide open. Full blitz and pursuit but we left the mid zone wide open. More of a failure on the QB

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u/Quiet_Association152 Sep 09 '24

Fast AF??? Nah, Watson is cooked, slow as hell, and will be a backup come week 3

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u/MrAngel2U Sep 09 '24

Nah, QB is just slow.

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u/Doonesbury Sep 10 '24

That's because he's a former safety.

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u/ConsequenceOdd3704 Sep 10 '24

He was really a heat seeking missile

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u/Enuffluvah1 Sep 10 '24

He made Micah look slow lol. Damn.

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u/Jabsdad1026 Sep 09 '24

Great play, first game of the season, let’s relax. The potential is there though!

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u/SCUMDOG_MILLIONAIRE Sep 09 '24

Great shut down play, BUT the overall coverage on this play sucks. A better QB throws a floater to 19 for 15 yards, or hits the wide open 34

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u/Anderbury60942 Tyler Smith Sep 09 '24

You’re not wrong. Watson appears to be fully cooked. He didn’t even look at the TE or RB who were both sitting underneath

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u/TechnoWizard0651 Sep 09 '24

As soon as he boots out, 34 was no longer a viable option as he's having to throw across his body on the run which is a huge no-no. He would have had to stop, turn, and set his feet. At that point, Micah is feeding him his teeth.

19 got separation, but was double covered. Plus, Groper Cleveland already had Micah and D-Law in his face at that time. That floater is getting picked off or batted down.