Cardsfaninlouky
ASFN Lifer
He wasn't backpedaling, he was standing in a good defensive stance to make a play on the ball. He was looking at the TE & the ball, didn't even have to collide with the dude. All he had to do was take like 1 step & stick his hand in there avoiding contact & knock the ball down.When i saw the play in real time, i thought just maybe he was afraid of getting penalized for hitting a defenseless receiver. Had he gone up for the ball, it would've been a huge collision. The receiver was basically between him and the ball, so he would've had to annihilate the guy. But after watching the replays, it seems he just froze, not knowing what to do... which does not bode well for his ability to play the position.
...dave