You said he wasn't scrambling but sliding so that means Quick didn't have to break off his route and no he was running a slant if he was running a drag he would have been in front of the end zone not in the middle.
No, he was running a drag. I watched the play on coach's film. Quick was in the end-zone because we had two receivers on opposite sides of the field running drag routes to create a natural pick. Quick was going to collide with the defender covering Kendricks. To avoid that, he went over the top of him which led him up-field. That's actually what caused the coverage bust. The DB covering Quick thought the other DB was going to switch. The other DB thought that he was supposed to stick with his man. Both of the DBs ended up on Kendricks leaving Quick wide open.
I did say he was sliding. I specifically said "for example" when referring to the scramble drill. It was an example of WRs being expected to break off their routes to help out their QB regardless of whether there is an option drawn up in the play to counter your point that WRs only have options if there are options drawn into the route. WRs are given discretion in the NFL to make decisions on the fly that make the QB's job easier.
Neither one of us know what should have happened on that play but when Goff stares down Quick for 5 seconds before he throws the ball and it's still incomplete then that's on the qb. Quick was open from the start of that play and Goff saw him the entire time an elite smart qb would have thrown the ball as soon as he saw him open
No. This isn't accurate. The reason why I put the blame on Goff is because he didn't set his feet before throwing. It makes it impossible for me to judge whether it was an inaccurate throw or whether he was expecting Quick to sit down.
Goff was absolutely right to hold the ball, move in the pocket, and then throw to Quick. There was nobody around Quick. There was no reason to rush the pass. In fact, he still ended up rushing the pass which is why I put the blame squarely on him. On a play like that, once you identify the WR, you take your time and make the play as easy as possible for both of you. There's no reason to rush that throw.
When Goff spotted Quick, he was on the left-side of the pocket with Quick running right across the field. It would have been silly for him to throw it then. His body wasn't properly positioned, there wasn't a clear throwing lane, and there was no pressure on the play.
He made the right decision to take his time, move in the pocket to create a throwing lane, and get his body positioned properly. The one mistake he made was not taking the time to stop and set his feet before throwing.
