Look, Keelan can be down about it. It's true, he didn't seem to realize the ball was coming his way.
But I've since watched that play numerous times. Keelan destroyed Sharpe on the route, and when Sharpe recovered, he was INSIDE of Keelan. Then you had a safety sprinting towards Keelan from the middle of the field.
ALL CARSON HAD TO DO WAS THROW THE BALL TO THE PYLON. The possibilities are that Keelan sees it, and makes the catch...or the ball falls incomplete. But you can see from Keelan's route that he is gently veering to the outside. There is no way in **** that the safety makes the pick, nor does Sharpe make the pick, if the ball is just thrown higher and farther and more to the outside. With an incompletion, we are still in the game. With a touchdown, we win.
I'm not sure why Keelan, after beating Sharpe on the route, wasn't looking for the pass as soon as he got past Sharpe. Regardless, Carson threw a terrible pass given that coverage and Keelan's route.
Sad.
Why is the ball not thrown to the second circle? If Carson does that, the safety never gets to it before Keelan does, and Sharpe never undercuts for the pick.
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