@Timmy! posted:FWIW, this is how I view the Love/Heath incompletion:
Love is being payed $20+M; Heath's salary is about 2% of that.
It's much more incumbent on the QB to deliver an accurate throw than it is for a depth receiver to make an acrobatic catch.
I noticed a play the Rams ran last night that looked amazingly similar to the Heath attempt; same route, they both made their break from right-to-left, etc., but their receiver was much closer to the numbers as opposed to the sideline.
That makes me wonder if Heath didn't run a route correctly, since McVay's and MLF's offenses are supposed to be similar.
See it at :22 here
It was a C- level throw and a D+ level catch. If that throw goes to a starting caliber WR, it's a catch and we don't even remember it. Yes, you can convincingly argue that a better throw needs to be made so even a practice squad receiver can catch it easily, but you have to have some margin for error. Maybe they can get Lazard back on the minimum for those types of situations (and he's a very good blocking WR).
Darnold was terrible last night, but the TD pass to Hockenson was a terrible throw and Hockenson adjusted like it was nothing.