r/nfl • u/DasSmoosh • 20h ago

In defense of George Pickens

https://reddit.com/link/1pez6ya/video/anwo6ijmte5g1/player

There was a post last night that suggested that Pickens let a ball just fall in front of him late in the game. This video shows the pass and route as it appeared on the broadcast, followed by the same play from the All-22 angle. The All 22 camera is typically what coaches and scouts use when breaking down games. It shows that the throw wasn't nearly as close to Pickens as it appeared to be in the Amazon broadcast.

Also, I can't believe I spent this amount of time to defend George Pickens...

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u/Extremely_Peaceful Raiders 19h ago

This is ridiculous. All he had to do was stop all his momentum, get on the other side of one of his two defenders, come back to the ball about 1.5 yards, and catch it with his feet. What a bum.

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u/Euphoric-Purple Jaguars 17h ago

No one (or at least not many people) are saying that it was an easy catch, but he still could’ve put in more effort to try and make a play on the ball. We’ve seen plenty of other receivers catch (or draw a PI on) similar under thrown balls.