Our first clip comes from the Panthers’ final drive in Week 10 at Green Bay. Trailing by eight, the offense was playing to extend the game into overtime, and sadly sabotaged themselves a couple of times on this drive.
Moore does his part on this snap by creating separation on a simple go route against corner Kevin King. Now it’s up to Allen to provide an accurate throw.
Allen instead throws far too late for Moore to make a play on the ball. Perhaps the increasingly snowy conditions helped affect his timing, but the pass should’ve been thrown just after Moore broke out of his route. Allen had the right idea with the spot, the problem is that it should’ve gone there a lot sooner as to avoid being disrupted.
This is one of two examples of Allen missing Moore against the Titans. While coming from the Panthers’ last win of the 2019 season, a couple of huge plays were left on the field as Moore was being targeted, this being one of them.
This is a touchdown into the dirt. If Allen is able to put more juice onto this pass, Moore is able to add another score to his highlight reel. The bad placement from Allen, however, forces this into a 50/50 jump ball, and it’s broken up by the Titans corner.
Example #2 from the Tennessee game comes on the opposite side of the field, with Moore once again lining up outside left.
As was the case with the other two clips, Moore is able to get a step on the DB, and while this isn’t the easiest throw in the world, it’s enough of an open window that an NFL quarterback should be able to deliver it to the receiver’s wheelhouse.
The pass is woefully underthrown, and Allen is fortunate to get away with a dropped interception as Moore turns into a DB and breaks the pass up.
This, again, is a potential touchdown that instead falls to the ground. The timing is fine, but there isn’t enough mustard on the throw – that’s a shame when Moore has to make adjustments on a play where he got open for six points twice in one game.
With that said, Allen did put in a couple of impressive throws down the field, which we will look at below.
As with the other clips, Moore is once again Allen’s target.
Moore creates separation on this play, and this time…
…Allen is able to return the favor with a perfect throw.
This comes into an even tighter window than the previous three plays, and Allen is able to lay this in beautifully over the cornerback for the 39-yard pass play. Ultimately, I chose this pass as Allen’s best Deep Ball of 2019.
For this example, we return to the Titans matchup, where Moore is – shocker – lined up to the left on the outside.
As with the other clips, Moore has no problem leaving the DB behind.
This time, however, the safety over the top comes in to attempt to disrupt the pass. So for this play to work, Allen will need to throw to Moore’s back shoulder where only he can make a play play on the ball.
Thankfully for Moore and the Panthers, that’s exactly what Allen did.
The chance of any quarterback, let alone Allen, hitting Moore in stride over the top on this throw is slim, so nice job by him for being able to get this to Moore’s back shoulder for 32 yards. This ranks as one of Allen’s better throws on the year and helped Carolina eventually put the ball into the end zone.
All things considered, however, Kyle Allen’s 2019 season was one that started out as a success only to fizzle as the year progressed. And on deep passes – something that Newton was consistently criticized for – Allen left a lot of plays on the field, missing Samuel and Moore often on plays where a few touchdowns could’ve been scored.
Some fans have begun to contemplate how different things would have been had Cam Newton been the quarterback on these throws, but regardless of whether or not he returns to Carolina in March, it’s clear that the Panthers are in need of a quarterback that can leave less deep plays on the turf in 2020.
