02-28-2016, 01:24 PM
(02-28-2016, 01:15 PM)Shepdawg Wrote: This is a strawman argument. The ball did not arrive later. So it is merely a hypothetical scenario. The counter argument is regardless of the timing of the ball arriving, there is NO WAY that Burfict would have been able to make a play on the ball. Antonio Brown is a FAR better athlete than Burfict, and Brown barely got his hands on the ball. Clearly you're not suggesting that Burfict at 260ish pounds, and his amazing 30 in vertical leap (before the knee surgery) is best off trying to make a play on the ball that he CLEARLY knows he has no chance reaching, than to make a play on the Antonio Brown are you?
Sorry, but I doubt anyone else on the boards, nor any of the Bengals coaches, nor Vontaze Burfict would agree that he should be playing the ball on a high throw against pretty much any wide receiver in the league, outside the small gadget players like Baby Hawk, let alone against the player that has caught more passes over a 3 year span than any other player in the history of the NFL. I trust Vontaze Burfict to understand his limitations as an athlete, and make the adjustments to his game to compensate for them.
Since you wish to play the "WHAT IF" game with the ball arrive a bit later, let's also lower the pass by say 3 inches, and then let have Burfict make the play on the ball instead of Brown. MOST LIKELY the result would be Brown making the catch with the ball sailing 8 or so inches over Burficts outstreched hand. Burfict making contact with CLEW, and Brown breaking free.
You completely missed the point. all I was saying was that since Burfict clearly saw that there was not going to be a catch he couls have doen somethingopthjer than dip his shoulder to take a shot at Brwon. It is possible for NFL players to make body adjustments in the much space. It is not like they just launch themselves from 5 yards away with no control over their bodies. I see them do it all the time.
