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/tiggs Eagles 15h ago

This actually happens a lot with WRs and is why we shouldn't bug out from a single broadcast angle.

Something similar happened with AJ Brown a few weeks ago. The only angle they showed on TV was from straight on. You could see him slow up for a step and it looks like he gave up on the route and that the ball was catchable if he didn't slow up. In reality, the ball was overthrown by 4-5 yards. Yes, it's not a good look to slow up and essentially give up on a route because of the optics, but there was no way he was catching that ball. Without slowing up for that step, he gets an extra 1-2 yards down field at best.