Accomplishment? Lol, I'm not trying to diminsh anything, only being objective in how i assess.....which is something we know you and a few other have trouble being. Burrow had 275 yards passing b/c the safeties were too busy shading coverage over the top of Chase...So even when he was in man with Chase, he wasn't really... That's why Boyd was able to go off for 105 and a touch and Higgins went off for another 93 yards...and as you so astutely pointed out, the bulk of what Higgins had was on Sauce. Like i said NO PROBLEMS...& he's not even being asked to do as much.
You're showing your bias through and through.
Sauce was in one on one, man coverage on two consecutive plays.
He broke up the first one.
He was right there on the second one, with an arm pulling on the receiver's left arm.
The receiver ran a great route.
He used his big body and his left arm to shield off the spot where the ball was coming to.
And he exploded at the last second, catching the ball with one hand.
That was as great a catch as any.
Burrow had no pressure in max protect (it was just a two-man route) and places the ball in the perfect spot.
The single safety, had he shaded over to this side, would have been in position to really break up the pass.
That's asking a lot of a rookie CB, man coverage with next to no help.
Now, if that was a fade forward, it would have been required for the CB (Sauce) to defend it all by himself.
On a two-man route like this one, the single safety has to read the QB.
He's got to see that Burrow was locking in to the Z from the start.
The safety did arrive, but instead of putting the force on the ball, he missed, and put his helmet on the receiver's helmet instead.
Sauce didn't get any help there.
And you're telling me that he wasn't asked to do much.
Totally laughable.
Higgins wasn't eating.
He made a great catch.
Burrow had no pressure and he delivered a pinpoint pass.