Dropping the Ball at the 1/2 Yardline

[Colts And Orioles]

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I watch a lot of college football, and a lot of pro football.

And for the life of me, I can't tell you how many times I have seen Division-I college football players and NFL football players drop the ball before crossing the goal-line.

I'm not exaggerating when I say that I have seen this happen at least 10 or 11 times in the last 5 years ...... and those only include the games that l I l watch ...... I'm sure that it probably has happened several dozen times in the last 5 years throughout college and pro football.


I really don't understand it, and I'm not just saying that because a player on my favorite team just did it today ...... every time I see it happen, I just cannot believe that players that have been eating, breathing, and sleeping football for the better part of their lives keep on doing this over and over again.



Taylor wasn't the first player to do this on a big stage, and he won't be the last ...... for those of us who will continue to watch a good deal of both college and professional football, it will happen again, and again, and again ...... because for some reason, a lot of players will never learn.

o

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

o


I watch a lot of college football, and a lot of pro football.

And for the life of me, I can't tell you how many times I have seen Division-I college football players and NFL football players drop the ball before crossing the goal-line.

I'm not exaggerating when I say that I have seen this happen at least 10 or 11 times in the last 5 years ...... and those only include the games that l I l watch ...... I'm sure that it probably has happened several dozen times in the last 5 years throughout college and pro football.


I really don't understand it, and I'm not just saying that because a player on my favorite team just did it today ...... every time I see it happen, I just cannot believe that players that have been eating, breathing, and sleeping football for the better part of their lives keep on doing this over and over again.



Taylor wasn't the first player to do this on a big stage, and he won't be the last ...... for those of us who will continue to watch a good deal of both college and professional football, it will happen again, and again, and again ...... because for some reason, a lot of players will never learn.

o

And a good team, a team with a real foundation, an real identity, a real system of leadership and a team that has a goal of winning, would not tolerate said players hurting their team.

We are going to be sitting at home again this year, and it is very easy to draw a straight line for that back to Jonathan Taylor. Fuck that dude!

[albany ed]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

And a good team, a team with a real foundation, an real identity, a real system of leadership and a team that has a goal of winning, would not tolerate said players hurting their team.

We are going to be sitting at home again this year, and it is very easy to draw a straight line for that back to Jonathan Taylor. Fuck that dude!

Small poll, who thinks he should be fined?

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by albany ed

Small poll, who thinks he should be fined?

Replace the N with R and I am cool with it.

Get him off this fucking team!

Tired of fucking players like him. Tired of 2 fucking linemen standing there watching as the DE breaks on the ball instead of knocking his clock off as he is sprinting. Tired of fucking players like AD Mitchell that can't be bothered enough to acknowledge their own incompetence.

Tired tired tired---- of CHRIS BALLARD FOOTBALL PLAYERS!

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

And a good team, a team with a real foundation, a real identity, a real system of leadership and a team that has a goal of winning, would not tolerate said players hurting their team.

We are going to be sitting at home again this year, and it is very easy to draw a straight line for that back to Jonathan Taylor. Fuck that dude !!!

o


In 1992, Leon Lett allowed the ball to be knocked out of his hands just before he crossed the goal-line in the Super Bowl against the Bills.

In 1993, Leon Lett cost the Cowboys a game on Thanksgiving Day with a boneheaded play in the final seconds of the 4th quarter by touching the ball after the Cowboys had blocked a field goal attempt, which gave possession of the ball back to the Dolphins. The Dolphins then proceeded to kick the game-winning field goal as time expired.

The Cowboys won the Super Bowl in 1992, 1993, and again in 1995. Leon Lett was a starter on the Cowboys' for 9 seasons, from 1991 through 1999. Jimmy Johnson was a great coach, and the Cowboys were a great team from 1991 through 1996 ...... so what you are asserting is not necessarily true.

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[IndyNorm]

You're right. JT isn't the first and won't be the last player to drop the ball celebrating before he crosses the goal line (apparently a Bungles defensive player did the same thing against the Tits today). But JT probably is the highest paid player to have done so.

It just boggles my mind that these dumbfucks prioritize trying to look cool on social media over doing their fucking job that pays them millions of dollars.

[sherck]

Originally Posted by IndyNorm

You're right. JT isn't the first and won't be the last player to drop the ball celebrating before he crosses the goal line (apparently a Bungles defensive player did the same thing against the Tits today). But JT probably is the highest paid player to have done so.

It just boggles my mind that these dumbfucks prioritize trying to look cool on social media over doing their fucking job that pays them millions of dollars.

I just cannot image that somewhere along the lines in pee wee football, middle school, high school, college or the pros that it was not drilled into them again and again, "TWO FEET INBOUNDS."

Okay, yeah, I know college is one foot inbound but you get the concept. ONE - TWO. Two steps is a catch. Two steps is a possession. Two steps in the endzone is a touchdown.

It absolutly boggles the mind that pros don't carry the football across the goal line, put two steps in the end zone and THEN do their stupid celebration by doing whatever with the football. After they scored.....

I just had to laugh. I am so over being mad about the Colts because I would just be mad all the time. We are never sniffing success again with current leadership or AR as the QB.

[CletusPyle]

It is similar to a mic drop, it is arrogant and is intended to show up the opponent.

[dwilli57]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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Taylor wasn't the first player to do this on a big stage, and he won't be the last ...... for those of us who will continue to watch a good deal of both college and professional football, it will happen again, and again, and again ...... because for some reason, a lot of players will never learn.

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I believe players learn. If it happens once, it never happens again by the same player (that I know of).

I remember DeShaun Jackson did that playing for the Eagles in 2008. Fortunately it didn't cost them the game.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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Taylor wasn't the first player to do this on a big stage, and he won't be the last ...... for those of us who will continue to watch a good deal of both college and professional football, it will happen again, and again, and again ...... because for some reason, a lot of players will never learn.

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Originally Posted by dwilli57

I believe that players learn. If it happens once, it never happens again by the same player (that I know of.)

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My point about players never learning has to do with the fact that the idiocy about dropping the ball at the 1/2-yardline has been going on for decades, and somehow these feeble-minds continue to do it ...... not whether or not once they do it will they ever do it a second time.

So no, Jonathan Taylor DID NOT learn ....... any player who ever did this one single time did not learn from the fact that this nonsense has happened more than 100 times in the last quarter century, yet they still continue to do it.

So, the fact that Taylor did it in the first place is evidence that he (and each and every player who ever did this even one single time) never learn.

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