Matthew Stafford’s long touchdown strike to Quintez Cephus in the comeback win over Chicago came on a play that wasn’t designed to go to the rookie wideout.
That’s one of the findings from Touchdown Wire’s Mark Schofield in his video breakdown of Stafford’s impressive outing versus the Bears in Week 13. Schofield demonstrates why the play was schemed for Stafford to go elsewhere, but his ability to quickly reset under pressure and uncork the longest air yardage throw completed all week made it work anyway.
All three throws diagrammed here in the video breakdown have a common theme: Stafford keeping his eyes down the field and open to options, then delivering a perfect strike.
Another fourth quarter comeback from Matthew Stafford. Gonna dive into three throws from the W.
*Moving, resetting and letting it fly
*Because they were inverted
*Arm angles and climbing the pocket pic.twitter.com/6oObIOxpTq— Mark Schofield (@MarkSchofield) December 8, 2020
