Rico Jump Ball Play

[Ken]

It was not his fault...watch the play again...the corner hangs on his left shoulder with his right arm and jerks him down. Not to mention his left arm is holding his left arm from closing.

Give the kid a break...it should have been first and goal at the 1.

 

[bodi]

RICO IS USELEESS

 

[atlantacowboy]

It was not his fault...watch the play again...the corner hangs on his left shoulder with his right arm and jerks him down. Not to mention his left arm is holding his left arm from closing.

Give the kid a break...it should have been first and goal at the 1.

Welcome to the NFL. Thats par for the course on jump balls.

 

[CATCH17]

Wait... Rico actually got blame for that? Lol what?

 

[Kaiser]

It was also contact 6 yards from the line of scrimmage.

 

[jrumann59]

Well the legend of Rico has grown so much, he is supposed to be able to jump over AT&T stadium with a 330lbs lineman draped on him....

 

[The Quest for Six]

Time to turn the page on Rico, that experiment is not working.

 

[Ken]

Wait... Rico actually got blame for that? Lol what?

Just look at the repluer to this thread within minutes....lol

 

[T-RO]

I saw both Rico and Dak get blamed in the game day thread.

 

[BulletBob]

Somebody call the Hall of Fame voting committee. If we do it quickly enough and show the visual evidence, maybe we can get that play expunged from his career highlights.

 

[Richmond Cowboy]

On a side note, I noticed Slay was hanging all over our receivers.

 

[CATCH17]

Time to turn the page on Rico, that experiment is not working.

Is it his fault?

You guys who criticize him like to ignore the fact he hasn't been put in a position to succeed at all.

Swaim has been forced down on this offense for a month and all pre-season and finally he did something yesterday that was basically all Linehan catching the D by surprise.

 

[Ranching]

RICO IS USELEESS

Don't bite your tongue....

 

[CooterBrown]

that was a bad pass. a fade should be a lob not a fastball.

 

[irishline]

It should have been a penalty, no doubt. I don't blame him for that play. I blame him because people keep saying he is a physical monster who no one can stop in this situation. His legend is beyond ridiculous. Look at that picture: That monster got out jumped by a man listed at 5'9" (almost a foot smaller than him) and out muscled by a man listed at 192 pounds (almost 90 pounds lighter than him).

If Lawson had straightened his arm his apex would be higher than a man a foot taller than him. A higher pass wasn't going to help.

Nothing against the kid, he is just not a football player. He is not the "physical monster" people keep talking about. Move on already.

 

[kskboys]

It was not his fault...watch the play again...the corner hangs on his left shoulder with his right arm and jerks him down. Not to mention his left arm is holding his left arm from closing.

Give the kid a break...it should have been first and goal at the 1.

Looked to me as if he failed to get enough depth in his route. Those type jump balls are thrown further back in the end zone. Rico lost the battle w/ the S and wasn't where he was supposed to be. Just my take on it.

 

[gimmesix]

It was not his fault...watch the play again...the corner hangs on his left shoulder with his right arm and jerks him down. Not to mention his left arm is holding his left arm from closing.

Give the kid a break...it should have been first and goal at the 1.

Sometimes they call the contact on that, sometimes they let them fight it out, especially if the offensive player is pushing an pulling as well.

Truth is that Rico has to use his size advantage to overpower the DB, body him out and got get the ball. That might not be a fair expectation, but it's his role. You can't call that play if you can't expect your much bigger player to win the ball.

 

[kskboys]

that was a bad pass. a fade should be a lob not a fastball.

Ah, so you saw the playbook so you know that a fade was called? Great stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Brax]

It was not his fault...watch the play again...the corner hangs on his left shoulder with his right arm and jerks him down. Not to mention his left arm is holding his left arm from closing.

Give the kid a break...it should have been first and goal at the 1.

The legend of Rico, what a joke.

 

[TheCoolFan]

Refs aren't gonna give respect to someone like Rico who has barely even played in the league. They're not calling anything on a no-name TE there 9/10 times