The truth very likely is, the coaches were trying to give both Andy and KeeSean some meaningful snaps, but with playing as much 11 and 12 personnel as they were on offense, and with DeAndre Hopkins, Larry Fitzgerald and Christian Kirk ahead of them, neither Andy nor KeeSean was going to get full time reps, or anything close to it. Well, if you recall, it was the reverse last year, with KeeSean getting the early play and Andy getting it later on. Some fans are also claiming that Andy Isabella “fell out of favor” with the coaches and that KeeSean Johnson beat him out at the end of the season. It wasn't Isabella not being able to "get up to the pace of the playbook", it was the coaches and Kyler Murray not being able to get up to pace with their fastest receiver by not throwing to him on time off of his breaks and by consistently under-throwing him on deep passes. Notice how Russell Wilson times this similar throw on play 1 of this video (to a TE, which gives them better spacing):.These kind of adjustments come through time and many reps in practice.If so, this play could have looked like the most famous quick post in Cardinals’ history: Larry Fitzgerald’s 4th quarter TD in the Super Bowl that gave the Cardinals the lead. Adjustment: make a pre-snap nod for Andy to run a “quick post” pass here because of Hill’s cushion and because of the way Hill is shading his cushion to Andy’s outside shoulder.What Kirk should have done is either make a more athletic move to get off the press or, when bottled up, just stay tied up at the line of scrimmage so as to keep the “quick out” door open for Isabella.It’s totally unfair of fans to blame Andy Isabella for this pick six.In retrospect, the Cardinals should have lined Isabella up closer to the right tackle. The Cardinals’ WRs way too often had issues of poor spacing and this takes the cake.2nd problem is: Christian Kirk ruins the whole scheme by getting tied up in press coverage, which causes Isabella to slow his route for fear of running right into Kirk.1st problem is: pass comes out far too late. Notice the cushion that Rams’ CB Troy Hill is giving Isabella.This is a play that should be an easy “quick out” completion 10 out of 10 times. Thus, when Andy isabella put this stunning performance on tape versus Georgia, it verified Isabella’s ability to play well versus top-level competition. The question with Isabella was the level of competition that UMass played, which was actually stronger than people think, playing SEC schools like Mississippi St. Metcalf had the luxury of playing opposite current NFL star WR A.J. Theses stats are further amazing when once considers the context that Andy Isabella was double and triple teamed on a regular basis being by far the top playmaker at UMass, while D.K. Metcalf: 67 catches for 1,228 yds., 18.3 ave., 14 TDs, no rushes.When the Cardinals compared Andy Isabella’s college production to D.K. Metcalf had been hampered by neck injuries, which for taller WRs is a red flag and why Metcalf slid to end of Round 2. The irony is that both Kevin White and D.K. Metcalf - but, at the time, the Cardinals thought they already had their tall 6-3, 216, 4.3 WR in Kevin White who shined in an Air Raid offense under Dana Holgersen at West Virginia. Sure, right now it appears that the Cardinals made a big mistake by taking Andy Isabella over D.K.
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