More on Sanders (it hit him in the fucking hands after all) but throw itself could have been about 2-3 inches lower to make an easier catch. It was also a very tight window...but the throw was catchable and didn't hit a bloU defender until it bounced out of JT's hands. The first int was more on Quinn, but Mitchell didn't seem to be running his route with much urgency...and seemed contact shy all day. I'm thinking Mitchell is nursing some sort of minor injury that hopefully is 100% by the time we go to coug high.
I think there is blame on both Ewers and Sanders for that INT. Ewers throw was a bit high and inside, which led Sanders directly to the OU safety sitting on that route (chest and ribs exposed). That is pretty much the definition of hanging your receiver out to dry.
And, I think Sanders alligator armed it a bit knowing he was about to get blasted by the safety. He could have made the catch if he caught it clean the first time, but even if he did it may have gotten jarred loose on the hit. That type of throw is asking a lot of a receiver when a defender is sitting in the route and going to blow them up within a fraction of a second of the ball getting there.
I'm just glad Sanders didn't get concussed or break a rib on the play. We need him healthy the rest of the year. In the end we blocked a punt for a TD right after, so that INT didn't end up hurting us.