seems reasonably plausible
Re someone's "animation", on what basis is it "plausible"?
Any animation necessarily comes from someone's imagination. As such, it is a cartoon in the sense that it doesn't relate or mirror reality.
The accident aircraft's flight data has not been released. The only basis for a plausible animation is driven by flight data from the QAR or SSFDR, period.
It isn't possible to portray this accident with any meaningful fidelity until the flight data drives the animation.
I would dismiss anything else; that is, if we're serious about finding out what occurred, what position the flight controls were in and what they did and when, what the stab trim was, and so on, we have to wait for the flight data before taking any animation work seriously.
FWIW, I don't think the position of the gear would have made a difference to the outcome.
Also fwiw, the level of discussion is disgusting and disrespectful to posters and readers alike. As professional airmen who do this work and who are speaking in public, by all means differ but please gentlemen, raise the bar.