on the Isabella 55 yarder

[Russ Smith]

this will sound bad because it was a huge play but am I alone in thinking if he just kept running right he would have scored? he cut it back left and that little change of direction seemed to give the defenders a bit longer to get an angle and eventually catch him.

Great play but live and on replay it seems to me if he just keeps running he scores untouched.

https://www.azcardinals.com/video/isabella-turns-on-the-jets-for-55-yard-gain

 

[swagron]

If he runs straight it’s a td. Him changing directions both slowed him down and gave the defenders a better angle.

 

[ProdigalSun]

At least he’s visible these days

 

[Mainstreet]

Still he caught the ball and made a big play. I give him that.

 

[b8rtm8nn]

I think he felt that the defender had a step on him initially

 

[GatorAZ]

I think he felt that the defender had a step on him initially

Yeah I think the FS would’ve forced him into #26. It would’ve been close though.

 

[SoonerLou]

I was watching two games at once.

The Isabella play happened before time this play happened.

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Andy doesn't have that kind of accelaration and burst. Even on the TD against the 49ers he was almost caught. Still we're better off if Andy trusts his speed. However, he's still really fast so I wondered why he didn't get further...


And @Jetstream Green @Russ Smith the reason he didn't run right?

He caught it with his body. If he uses his hands he catches the ball in stride and possibly outruns the guy.

 

[Southpaw]

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[Crimson Warrior]

Izzy's stock is on the rise (thank goodness).

 

[Chris_Sanders]

I am sure that is what the film room is for with a rookie who has barely played

 

[blindseyed]

And if Fitz doesn't get tackled he scores a TD lol
So much split second decisions going on in a game , he got a huge play I'm happy with that catch

 

[football karma]

you see what they liked about him

some really nice short space shifty-ness and speed

88 and 55 yard RAC in two games

 

[conraddobler]

I don't know who 26 was but on that play he seems a LOT faster than Izzy. I think he made the exact right move cause the safety would of slowed him down plenty for 26 to catch him had he gone right I think he'd of been tackled at most 5 or 10 yards from when he was going to have to dodge the safety to the right and by going left he got a lot more yards in my opinion.

Runners are typically right about this when it's a case of those kinds of angles in the open field, yeah behind the LOS runners will do dumb things like cut back but that's just because they don't like their options and are hoping something opens up and it doesn't.

In this case it's binary left or right choice and their brains do all the calculations that fast it's pretty cool really.

 

[Garthshort]

Maybe he would have scored, or maybe not. But, at least his "game" is moving in the right direction.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

I was watching two games at once.

The Isabella play happened before time this play happened.

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Andy doesn't have that kind of accelaration and burst. Even on the TD against the 49ers he was almost caught. Still we're better off if Andy trusts his speed. However, he's still really fast so I wondered why he didn't get further...


And @Jetstream Green @Russ Smith the reason he didn't run right?

He caught it with his body. If he uses his hands he catches the ball in stride and possibly outruns the guy.

Andy DOES have that kind of acceleration. You don't become a 100m champion without it.

 

[SoonerLou]

Andy DOES have that kind of acceleration. You don't become a 100m champion without it.

You're talking track speed.

Don't get me wrong its really great. Just saying in pads (so far) I've seen Hardman accelerate to another level.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

You're talking track speed.

Don't get me wrong its really great. Just saying in pads (so far) I've seen Hardman accelerate to another level.

Acceleration is acceleration. You say he doesn't have it, I say that he does. I even have a track record to prove it. pun intended

 

[Vacard]

31 wouldve tackled him if he didn't changed directions.

However against the Cardinals, he would've scored.

 

[Bkbobo]

The one thing Andy has excelled since high school, he can stop on a dime, redirected and turn it back on.

 

[football karma]

after a Zapgruder like analysis of the film, I conclude no, he wouldn't have scored if he had kept going

Murray's pass was just a tad behind him, and he had to hesitate slightly to catch it.

If the ball had been out in front of him, then maybe Russ is right.

 

[GoldGloveschmidt]

Vernon Hargreaves got cut from his team because of this catch

 

[daves]

after a Zapgruder like analysis of the film, I conclude no, he wouldn't have scored if he had kept going

Murray's pass was just a tad behind him, and he had to hesitate slightly to catch it.

If the ball had been out in front of him, then maybe Russ is right.

We'll never know, but this seems likely.

On the other hand, had Murray cut toward the middle of the field at the end of this play, it seemed to me that he could've scored!
https://www.azcardinals.com/video/kyler-murray-best-plays-vs-buccaneers-in-week-10

...dave

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

We'll never know, but this seems likely.

On the other hand, had Murray cut toward the middle of the field at the end of this play, it seemed to me that he could've scored!
https://www.azcardinals.com/video/kyler-murray-best-plays-vs-buccaneers-in-week-10

...dave

I thought that in real time. A move like Fitz made cutting back into the field in that OT game against the packers.

 

[Russ Smith]

We'll never know, but this seems likely.

On the other hand, had Murray cut toward the middle of the field at the end of this play, it seemed to me that he could've scored!
https://www.azcardinals.com/video/kyler-murray-best-plays-vs-buccaneers-in-week-10

...dave

I thought so too but they showed another replay where there was a safety there. Still he might have gotten another 10 yards and if he makes the safety miss, he's gone.

I'm still ok with it, I want him to protect himself so if he gets the first down and leaves some yards out there to get out of bounds I'm ok.