Dropping the Ball at the 1/2 Yardline

[BCN#1]

Just my 2 cents but over here in the "Kingdom", I get a lot of La Liga (Barca fan of course) and Premire League games as my son follows Chealsea after seeing Tedd Lasso... (thats Soccer for you US folks).

They use goal line technology with sensors in the ball the moment it hits the goal line, a signal is sent to the umpire/refs via wrist band (buzzing) that signals the ball broke the plain. Takes the guess work out bad angles, etc.

Just sayin it seems to work well here and may be worth a look by the NFL to fix fucked up ref calls.

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

He's only good at one thing; running the football. He can't run routes. He can't catch. He can't block. He can't hold on to the football. I've never heard him once, say that he would like become a complete RB, and improve in any those areas. Now he's become the equivalent of a football dumb ass.

JT can go fuck himself. He's selfish prick who got his, and thinks that he doesn't need to improve.

Draft a RB in 2025 as his eventual replacement.

He had decent receiving stats his first 2 seasons: 36 receptions for 299 yds and 1 TD in '20 and 40 for 360 and 2 TDs in '21 Since then he hasn't done much though, so probably a combination of him regressing along w/ the QB and change of offense.

Can't argue w/ the pass blocking comments. He's horrible at that.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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For the record, I have always been a big Jonathan Taylor fan ...... and I still am.

He's very talented, and I hope that he is back with the team next year.

If he ever drops the ball at the 1/2-yardline again, I'm going to blow up his fucking car in the parking lot.

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This video was made immediately after the Colts' loss to the Broncos last week ....... and in the first 45 seconds of this video, the narrator explains the situation precisely.



"We gotta put the ugly behind us for ourselves ...... NOT for Jonathan Taylor, but we gotta do it for ourselves. You can't let that kind of negativity eat you up from the inside out, don't allow it, so we're not gonna allow it. We're gonna move on. The Titans come up this weekend, there's a 7% chance of making the playoffs, so were gonna move on ....... BUT, we're still within the 24-hour period of it happening, so we ARE gonna talk about it, AND THEN we're going to move on."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb-Yi4sj7IY



More importantly than US FANS putting it behind us, Jonathan Taylor put it behind him and had one of his best games of the season to salvage the Colts' 7th win of 2024 ...... the Colts' playoff chances are almost non-existent, but the last thing that we need is for them to crawl up into a ball and give up in the home-stretch of this maddeningly frustrating season.

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[Colts And Orioles]

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NFL executives, coaches, and scouts have dropped Jonathan Taylor down 2 sports from last rankings (from #5 in 2024 to #7 in 2025.)

Even if Taylor rushes for more than 2,000 yards in a single season, I'm going to blow up his fucking car in the parking lot if he ever drops the ball at the goal-line again while wearing a Colts uniform.



Execs, Coaches, Scouts Rank NFL’s Top 10 Running Backs for 2025

(By Jeremy Fowler)

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...s-best-rushers

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[ChaosTheory]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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NFL executives, coaches, and scouts have dropped Jonathan Taylor down 2 sports from last rankings (from #5 in 2024 to #7 in 2025.)

Even if Taylor rushes for more than 2,000 yards in a single season, I'm going to blow up his fucking car in the parking lot if he ever drops the ball at the goal-line again while wearing a Colts uniform.



Execs, Coaches, Scouts Rank NFL’s Top 10 Running Backs for 2025

(By Jeremy Fowler)

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...s-best-rushers

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70 people submitted "at least one" ballot among the 11 groups. Very scientific. Bijan Robinson - highest rank: 1, lowest rank: unranked. Haha.

Not that I want the attention on our guys, honestly... but JT was one of three RB's averaging 100+yds/gm (102.2). Next in line was Robinson at 85.6y/g.

17-game pace was 1737yds and 14tds.

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

70 people submitted "at least one" ballot among the 11 groups. Very scientific. Bijan Robinson - highest rank: 1, lowest rank: unranked. Haha.

Not that I want the attention on our guys, honestly... but JT was one of three RB's averaging 100+yds/gm (102.2). Next in line was Robinson at 85.6y/g.

17-game pace was 1737yds and 14tds.

This is the problem. JT looks all-world when you just base it on stats. When you actually watch him play, and see that he sucks at pass blocking, sucks at pass catching and sucks at situational awareness, then you're left scratching your head.

Also, I suspect but can't confirm, that he also sucks at route running. Maybe someone else can enlighten us on that aspect of his game?

[ChaosTheory]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

This is the problem. JT looks all-world when you just base it on stats. When you actually watch him play, and see that he sucks at pass blocking, sucks at pass catching and sucks at situational awareness, then you're left scratching your head.

Also, I suspect but can't confirm, that he also sucks at route running. Maybe someone else can enlighten us on that aspect of his game?

Point taken, but it's not like I haven't watched every Colts snap for 20+ years. Eyeball test certainly factors in for me. Also, I agree stats can mislead, but rushing yards aren't exactly the same as interceptions or sacks which can flat out lie.

He's no Edge in pass pro, for sure. And his hands aren't very good. He's got a near identical drop-rate to Saquon Barkley. And nobody gave a shit about that last year because he's an elite rusher.

That's about how I feel about JT to some degree.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by apballin

Replay after replay ..… I’ve still yet to see clear conclusive evidence he didn’t get in the endzone ...... here’s the pylon camera ???

Every other instance this has happened the player dropped it a yard or 2 early, l and it was clear and obvious.

Until you show me a view down the line I still say that ball crossed before he dropped it.

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I agree that there is not conclusive evidence that Taylor dropped the ball before the nose of the football touched the imaginary plane, but this portion of your post is not true ...... I don't think a player has ever dropped the ball 2 full yards or even one full yard before it crossed the plane of the goal line in all of the times that which I have seen this happen. It is almost always 1/2 of a yard or less when they have done it. It's almost always very close whenever it happens. It has often been clear and conclusive when a player dropped the ball early, but it's almost always 1/2 of a hard or less (1/3 of a yard, or a foot.)

My thread title says the 1/2 yardline, but that was just a general description of the overall scenario of this occurrence ...... in Taylor's case, MAYBE he dropped the ball at about the 6-inch line, but again, I think that you are correct is asserting that there is/was not any clear and conclusive evidence that it did come out of his hands prior to it crossing the plane of the goal-line.

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[apballin]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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I agree that there is not conclusive evidence that Taylor dropped the ball before the nose of the football touched the imaginary plane, but this portion of your post is not true ...... I don't think a player has ever dropped the ball 2 full yards or even one full yard before it crossed the plane of the goal line in all of the times that which I have seen this happen. It is almost always 1/2 of a yard or less when they have done it. It's almost always very close whenever it happens. It has often been clear and conclusive when a player dropped the ball early, but it's almost always 1/2 of a hard or less (1/3 of a yard, or a foot.)

My thread title says the 1/2 yardline, but that was just a general description of the overall scenario of this occurrence ...... in Taylor's case, MAYBE he dropped the ball at about the 6-inch line, but again, I think that you are correct is asserting that there is/was not any clear and conclusive evidence that it did come out of his hands prior to it crossing the plane of the goal-line.

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Danny Trevathan(broncos) picked Joe Flacco (ravens) and returned it for an apparent TD until closer review showed him dropping the ball just as he crossed the 2 yard line.

My point is the farther away from the goal line the easier it is to confirm.

Desean Jackson not only dropped it early but it landed behind him, again making it clearly evident

JT made a colossal mistake by dropping early but I’m still not convinced it wasn’t a TD

[albany ed]

Originally Posted by apballin

Danny Trevathan(broncos) picked Joe Flacco (ravens) and returned it for an apparent TD until closer review showed him dropping the ball just as he crossed the 2 yard line.

My point is the farther away from the goal line the easier it is to confirm.

Desean Jackson not only dropped it early but it landed behind him, again making it clearly evident

JT made a colossal mistake by dropping early but I’m still not convinced it wasn’t a TD

It is a shame. I would have liked to see how that game played out if the Colts had a 20 to 7 lead. It's possible they still would have been overwhelmed by the 24 straight points the Broncos scored, but maybe not.