Interception No. 6 – at Oakland
Game Situation: Second Quarter | 0:25 on the clock | Raiders 7, Broncos 3
Down and Distance: Third and 5 | Oakland’s 9-yard line
What Happened: On third down, the Raiders bring pressure up the middle. From the moment of the snap until the time he throws the ball, Manning has 1.65 seconds to make a decision; he makes a poor one. When he releases the ball, no one is open; he should have simply thrown it away and settled for the field goal. Instead, Manning forces the ball into triple coverage, trying to hit Owen Daniels, where it’s picked off by Charles Woodson.
Daniels is at the 2 or 3, with plenty of traffic around him. DT on the corner or CJ in the flat would have been the right read.
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Cause: Mental Error – Nobody was open that quick, but No. 18 didn’t want to settle for another short FG. Instead, he tried to force the issue, guessed wrong and was picked off.
