Texans Hail Mary play was wayyyy to close

[jblaze2004]

 

[Reality]

I said the same thing after it happened .. people have no idea how close it was.

They're not even considering the receiver who almost grabbed it when it fell near the ground.

 

[Carson]

All Hooker needs to do is bat it down. Why go for the pick

 

[Reality]

All Hooker needs to do is bat it down. Why go for the pick

Coaches should be screaming "KNOCK IT DOWN! DO NOT TRY TO CATCH IT!" constantly going into a final play.

 

[JBS]

George Pickens needs to be defending these plays - seriously

 

[slick325]

Oh boy!

 

[windjc]

More low IQ stuff.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

All Hooker needs to do is bat it down. Why go for the pick

Stats

 

[Carson]

Coaches should be screaming "KNOCK IT DOWN! DO NOT TRY TO CATCH IT!" constantly going into a final play.

After the Baltimore loss, this fan base would be broken if we lost on that

 

[LouBrown]

Same as every other Hail Mary lol

 

[Surfguy]

yea....quit trying to catch it and bat it down. it went through a cowboy's hands and almost into two texan players' hands. a loss like that would have bankrupted me as far as cowboys are concerned.

 

[remdak]

I didn't like the strategy of sending nobody at all after the QB. Send 2 or 3 and try to get a little pressure. Stroud had no pressure or impediments in his way of throwing that ball.

 

[Praxit]

....dont worry fellas, I'm sure that will come up during game film recap.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Same as every other Hail Mary lol

Came to say the exact same thing…..they all “look” close like this lol.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

I didn't like the strategy of sending nobody at all after the QB. Send 2 or 3 and try to get a little pressure. Stroud had no pressure or impediments in his way of throwing that ball.

I mean I get dropping everyone back in coverage what I don’t get is day delayed rushers….that does nothing.

 

[aikemirv]

All Hooker needs to do is bat it down. Why go for the pick

Well if it goes straight between your hands you don't have a lot of hope for just trying to knock it down either!!!!

 

[plymkr]

I thought he caught it initially. I breathed a huge sigh of relief when the Cowboys players were gesturing “no good “ the Jim Nantz said the game was over.

 

[fivetwos]

I posted something somewhere today along the same lines.

That was like a coin flip for a win. You’ve got the middle of the field covered but allow Stroud to set up perfectly for his pass. At least try to make him fling it a bit or throw off his back foot. That was a weirdo call that they are lucky worked.

If Houston scored on that all the other bonehead stuff would be called out today. Really, really close to a very different day

 

[Vintage]

Interceptions lead to accolades.

Accolades lead to higher pay, hosting bonuses, etc.

So, no, it’s not surprising that a player would risk a win/loss for better individual stats in pursuit of being paid more.

 

[erod]

Hooker deflected it, so it wouldn't have been caught. I think he tried to bat it down.