Chris Simms’ All-22 Team for NFL Week 7

October 26, 2016   ·   Chris Simms   ·   Jump to comments

Sean Taylor’s eyes darted to an unoccupied space between the hash marks. Then, they fixated back on me.
I knew I had the late, great safety right then and there. 
My game "in the zone" didn’t play out like a Disney movie action sequence. But somehow, I picked up on Taylor’s split-second glance from 30 yards away. I recalled from film study that he was stepping up as the "robber" safety to protect the seam, and I immediately knew my best way to counter that (and an oncoming blitz) was to drop a fly route to Edell Shepherd.
That feeling—where defensive backs can’t disguise coverage and throws can’t fall incomplete—is what keeps top quarterbacks in the classroom. Guys such as Aaron Rodgers, Matthew Stafford and Andrew Luck all study like fiends for the smallest detail that could jog that state of hyperawareness back online.
None of those three guys reached the level of my latest all-22 quarterback, though. Or the 21 other ...

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