bat the ball down

ChalkyDog · 09-25-12, 01:13 AM

The Lions agree with this.

Deuce · 09-25-12, 01:14 AM

Should have been a PI call anyhow regardless.

DiggityDaggityDo · 09-25-12, 01:16 AM

Exactly, you learn this in pop warner. Why try to catch the ball for an INT stat when you can bat the ball down and get your team a win?

Ernie Mccracken · 09-25-12, 01:19 AM

Bat it down if you're in single coverage. Catch it if you're in a crowd. Jennings did the right thing as he would have otherwise risked batting the ball directly into tate's arms.

neverstoppers23 · 09-25-12, 01:29 AM

lol. yeah. if he bats it down, and then it gets caught, people will say why not just grab it!!!!!!!!!!!!! roar!!!!!!!!!!

the fact is jennings made the play, and tate then took two arms on the ball only when jennings fell to the ground.

iQon · 09-25-12, 01:31 AM

Originally posted by ChalkyDog

The Lions agree with this.

You're just citing a fluke play that happens maybe 1 out of 1,000 times in the NFL.

Ernie Mccracken · 09-25-12, 01:35 AM

Originally posted by iQon

You're just citing a fluke play that happens maybe 1 out of 1,000 times in the NFL.

Nope. Clown. Look at how closely this play resembles the one from tonight. Do not bat the ball in the direction of a receiver.

brainsurgeon702 · 09-25-12, 01:48 AM

Originally posted by iQon

You're just citing a fluke play that happens maybe 1 out of 1,000 times in the NFL.

Exactly. Thank you

ChalkyDog · 09-25-12, 01:52 AM

Originally posted by iQon

You're just citing a fluke play that happens maybe 1 out of 1,000 times in the NFL.

Except it happened in the Jaguars game last year when Mike Thomas caught the ball for the TD. It happeened last year in the NCAA, in a game where Russel Wilson played, those are just going off memory. I simply gave an example of a play that literally happened less than 24 hrs ago.

The real football instruction has been stated, you try to catch in crowd.

BTW, how many times has this happened, where the official literally cost the game. He did the right thing and intercepted it.

iQon · 09-25-12, 02:55 PM

I say "you're citing a play that happens 1 out of 1000 Hail Mary situations in the NFL"...

they offer examples of college games. Then they give me one NFL game from last year. another Sunday where the guy clearly miss-timed his jump and never had control over the ball.

But where's the rest?

Exactly.

you're just making my point for me.

rdegk15 · 09-25-12, 02:56 PM

No need to bat the ball down when you make a clean and clear interception.

Mr. Doughnut · 09-25-12, 04:30 PM

Originally posted by iQon

You're just citing a fluke play that happens maybe 1 out of 1,000 times in the NFL.

Wait...and the play from last night wasn't a "fluke play that happens maybe 1 out of 1,000 times"???

recon1 · 09-25-12, 04:36 PM

Old school training was bat the ball down. Now, they teach it as being "situational" reference MD Jennings, he did the right thing...the refs did not.

iQon · 09-25-12, 05:18 PM

Originally posted by Mr. Doughnut

Wait...and the play from last night wasn't a "fluke play that happens maybe 1 out of 1,000 times"???

that's not even the same situation, genius. The player blew it for the Titans, a ref stole a game from Green Bay.

and since we're talking about REFS, no... that never happens because the regular refs

A) would have caught Tate pushing that guy and there would be no need to worry about who came down with the ball
B) the sideline ref would never just come in and overrule a backline judge in that situation. thw backline judge wouldn't just rollover and concede to the sideline ref, either.

do some of you even WATCH football?

Mr. Doughnut · 09-26-12, 01:08 AM

Originally posted by iQon

that's not even the same situation, genius. The player blew it for the Titans, a ref stole a game from Green Bay.

and since we're talking about REFS, no... that never happens because the regular refs

A) would have caught Tate pushing that guy and there would be no need to worry about who came down with the ball
B) the sideline ref would never just come in and overrule a backline judge in that situation. thw backline judge wouldn't just rollover and concede to the sideline ref, either.

do some of you even WATCH football?

You either missed my point or are clearly a moron. If a batted ball being caught for a TD is a "1 in 1,000 play" then why isn't an intercepted ball being simultaneously caught a "1 in 1,000 play"?

The intelligence quotient of this board astonishes me sometimes.