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<blockquote data-quote="jaybadger82" data-source="post: 496935" data-attributes="member: 6211"><p>It seems like you've been talking about playing smart more so than about playing tough.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Here's another <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylRq0RxiKKA" target="_blank">example</a> of a failed knock down that also happened in the last couple years. There are certainly others. Outside of the Green Bay/Seattle game, I don't recall any hail mary plays ending with an interception being ripped from a defender's hands and ruled a touchdown. Perhaps you can find some examples for me.</p><p> </p><p>Armchair fans like to think it's easy for a defender to knock down a Hail Mary like they're spiking a volleyball. It isn't that easy. There are lots of moving parts/physics at work, often a gaggle of players in the vicinity of the football, and there are plenty of things that can and do go wrong. <u>Basically, the "just knock it down" strategy isn't nearly as axiomatic as some like to think in these situations.</u></p><p> </p><p>The game ends when the ball is intercepted too. And in some circumstances, intercepting the ball is more intelligent than attempting the knock down. Why rely on effectively batting the ball- or that an opposing player won't grab the ball before it hits the turf- when a defender can secure the football (and the outcome) in his own hands and chest? -If the ball hits a member of my secondary in the chest, I sure as hell want him to wrap it up rather than try to knock it down and hope nobody's around to grab the rebound. The officials cost us that game, not Jenning's decision to catch and hold a ball that basically hit him in the face.</p><p> </p><p><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/mad.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" data-shortname=":mad:" /> I still get incredibly pissed when I think about the end of that Seattle game... I'll stop talking about this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jaybadger82, post: 496935, member: 6211"] It seems like you've been talking about playing smart more so than about playing tough. Here's another [URL='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylRq0RxiKKA']example[/URL] of a failed knock down that also happened in the last couple years. There are certainly others. Outside of the Green Bay/Seattle game, I don't recall any hail mary plays ending with an interception being ripped from a defender's hands and ruled a touchdown. Perhaps you can find some examples for me. Armchair fans like to think it's easy for a defender to knock down a Hail Mary like they're spiking a volleyball. It isn't that easy. There are lots of moving parts/physics at work, often a gaggle of players in the vicinity of the football, and there are plenty of things that can and do go wrong. [U]Basically, the "just knock it down" strategy isn't nearly as axiomatic as some like to think in these situations.[/U] The game ends when the ball is intercepted too. And in some circumstances, intercepting the ball is more intelligent than attempting the knock down. Why rely on effectively batting the ball- or that an opposing player won't grab the ball before it hits the turf- when a defender can secure the football (and the outcome) in his own hands and chest? -If the ball hits a member of my secondary in the chest, I sure as hell want him to wrap it up rather than try to knock it down and hope nobody's around to grab the rebound. The officials cost us that game, not Jenning's decision to catch and hold a ball that basically hit him in the face. :mad: I still get incredibly pissed when I think about the end of that Seattle game... I'll stop talking about this. [/QUOTE]
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