IDK exactly when that snuck in. This is the first i have heard of it, but reads have been poor since 4.3. Perhaps it was coded that way, but hot reads function kinda like that. When hot reads happen now, as rare as they are, the passes are quick and always to the back.
If regular reads are as you guys say it is.....it fits the qb always missing that drag underneath...By the time hes clears the lb ... the qb is only reading long passes by then.