MichaelValentino
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Roger Staubach often said that it was also partly his own fault- Jackie Smith was so wide open Roger didn’t throw it as hard as he normally would have and slightly under threw Smith. Still should have been caught.
It was a beautifully executed play. Lambert blitzed and Scott Laidlaw stuck him and stood him up in his tracks. Staubach took something off the pass, but come on, nobody and I mean, nobody, in gold and black would have dropped that ball that night. Smith has to bring that in. Jay Saldi was injured during the season, or he'd have run that route and I'm sure would have brought it in.
If I recall correctly, on the previous play, Billy Joe DuPree blew up a Steelers DB (Donnie Shell, I think) and hit him so hard he knocked him into Dorsett - preventing a walk-in touchdown. It truly was an ugly and most unfortunate game - and it stands out as the most painful sports memory of my lifetime, a game I'll never get over.