I personally find catching the ball easier when I don't simultaneously drop myself to the ground. That could just be me though.

Side by side of how Tony Pollard and Restrepo each handle an inward pass while running to the outside.
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  1. You’re comparing the pass catching skills of a running back and wide receiver. I would hope Restrepo would be better at it. Because if the opposite was true we’d have problems.

    Edit: Also Restrepo got a more accurate ball thrown his way.

  2. All my friends mock me, but I truly believe Cam sees the game faster than our current receiving core. I’ve seen so many examples that look like misses, but really could be the reciever not being on the same page as Cam. That’s why I believe Cam will have a big leap in year 2. He’ll have an off-season to get the receivers on the same page. 

    I’m probably deceiving myself.

  3. I remember watching a video years ago about how Andy Reid coached the QB scramble play and how he set up Mahomes for success while working with the WRs. Of course a lot of that probably came from Andy Reid having McNabb who really helped start transforming the QB position in the NFL. Ward needs a coach that can do something similar. Allow Ward to move through multiple reads, use his legs to get outside if nothing is open, and have reliable WRs that know how to do a scramble drill. He has the tools to be utilized similarly to Allen and Mahomes, but needs a coach and needs talent around him.

    I say we keep Spears a couple more years, drop Pollard, and find a better pass catching RB in the draft. If we traded down and got a ton of picks then I wouldn’t hate going for Jeremiah Love as long as we get an Edge first and a WR with the first second round pick. Trade down, get Reese/Bain in the top 5-7 picks, get Love with a pick around 15-20, and then get Brazzell with the 33rd pick and I’d be buying three jerseys in the offseason and counting the days to rookie camp.

  4. Pollard also takes a small hop AWAY from the ball, for some unknown reason. Not the best ball by cam, but we gotta have better playmakers to help him out

  5. Running back who isn’t good at catching the ball does not catch the ball as well as a wide receiver.

    Really groundbreaking stuff.

  6. It’s not a one-to-one. Could the pass be more accurate? Yeah. Does Pollard misplay it? Yes.

    I am personally more concerned with Elic. He has looked downright bad since the first Colts game.

  7. Pollard seems like a great guy, and I appreciate what he’s done here. We are just in a very hard place with rbs. Spears would be the obvious choice with his catching ability, but the man isn’t able to run behind the line. We need an actual bell cow in the back field, and I’m hopeful we go for Breece Hall in the offseason. Cause the one thing I don’t want to see in the draft is a rb taken high.

  9. The pass to Pollard was terrible. He should have caught it but the Restrepo is a receiver and had a better ball.

  11. You are comparing a throw from a clean pocket that is out in front of Restrepo (he does a great job coming back to the ball) to a throw across Ward’s body where Pollard has to change directions.

  13. Pollard is standing still and jumps the wrong way. If he’s stays put, he’d have probably done the same thing as X

  14. Cam needs to be more accurate. But our playmakers don’t ever make plays. When was the last time you can remember one of our receivers or backs catch a ball that was slightly away from the body, not 100% on target, or even a bad throw they made a play on? Every other team in the league has players who make those plays even some of the time. I truly don’t know the last time it happened with ours. Cam needs to be more accurate but the ball hitting you in both hands is inexcusable, running back or not, he still hits the jugs and needs to make the catch. Same with Elic

  15. I like how not only is this not a side by side comparison, but is also comparing a catch by a WR in the middle of the field from a QB with a clean pocket with a drop by a RB near the sideline while a QB is scrambling. What is the point that you’re trying to make? That it is more effective for the titans to give their QB a clean pocket to throw to his WRs, than it is to rely on their RB to make a catch from a QB running from a collapsing pocket?

  16. Sounds like a case is being made for a complete housecleaning of the front office.

  17. Man the fact that OP watched both these clips AND edited them together and thought that they were pretty much the exact same play is wild

  18. I feel like I’m being gaslit by this comment section. Pollard clearly sets his feet before Cam throws the ball and then moves his feet and hips away from the ball. He didn’t have to change his direction at all and that the throw was terrible. It’s not great, inside and maybe a little low, but Pollard did everything possible to make it worse.

  20. This is a desperate attempt here folks good God!

    I’ve never seen so much adulation for a practice squad level guy in my life

  22. When I saw the play I felt like Cam expected Pollard to stay still but he started drifting as Cam was throwing it.

  23. these are def different. one is coming back to the qb. that changes things with direction

  24. Pollard was expecting it in the numbers and adjusted to a horrendous throw late. Restrepo was on a comeback and the much better pass wasn’t behind him but was leading him in the direction to avoid the defender. Pollard should have caught that but it is the QB fault. Restrepo literally ran the play the way it was designed. Ward is horrible about hitting receivers in stride especially on cruising routes. This exposes the receiver horribly.

  25. It’s okay. Cam had a bad game. The throw to Pollard should have been better. I’m not a Cam hater, I think he will be the guy, but imo this was his worst game as a pro. I came away feeling more frustrated than any game this season, almost to the point of complete indifference. But everyone has bad days and hopefully he’ll show more progress next week.

  27. I was pissed at the broadcast on this play, ripping on ward when Pollard completly misreads the pass and doesn’t understand Cam has to throw in the gap, not toward the defender. He could have stood still and caught it but lunged away from the ball instead.

  28. Y’all make way too many excuses for these guys.. If the balls hit your hands catch it..

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