brooksey1;3718128 said:tough to fall down in that situation, easier said then done.
Romo_To_Dez;3718152 said:He should have the Football I.Q high enough to look for defenders coming from behind. He put Newman in Position to get smoked in the first place
bkight13;3720015 said:If he goes down at the 12 to protect the ball, we probably get a FG at best and NO still gets the ball with 2 minutes left. As they showed, plenty of time to score. IF Roy scores a TD, we're up by 11 and in a much better position to win.
DC Cowboy;3720031 said:Exactly, I am 6'5" and played WR, if I was running full speed like he was, I can't imagine just falling down, maybe a slide, maybe.
tyke1doe;3719624 said:Uh, no, you don't.
I've never seen a receiver turn his head right and left while being pursued by a defender. Besides, if you've run track as a sprinter, you are instructed never to turn around because it slows you down.
Roy did what you're supposed to do - switch the ball away from the defender. He just didn't know Malcolm Jenkins was bearing down on him.
Furthermore, Roy Williams is looking to score. People who say he should have fallen down don't understand football. There wasn't 3 seconds left in the game. There were 3 minutes. Roy is doing what any other receiver would do, try to get as many yards as you can and try to score.
He was simply stripped of the ball. It happens.
Receivers make mistakes. Randy Moss has. T.O. has. Andre Johnson has. Miles Austin has. Calvin Johnson has.
It seems that fans can't live with the mistakes. But these players live with mistakes and the criticism of fans who have no clue what it's like to play in a big-time pressure cooker like they do. These players will remember this the rest of their lives and probably dream about it over and over and over again.
It really is amazing how many posters here don't watch the games or have no clue how the game works isn't it?Bleu Star;3720076 said:Really???
Let me explain it to you.
It was 3rd & 6 at our own 42... If he goes down at the 12 we get a new set of downs with 3:02 left on the clock up by 4 points. I'm not sure where you find your rationale, but in my book that places the team in a very good position to win the game. We run it down their throats and make them burn timeouts. Worst case scenario, we kick a field goal with little to no time on the clock and take the game to overtime... Best case scenario, we gain 12 yards and put it away in the last few minutes thanks to the clutch play of Roy Williams who made a catch longer than 6 yards and realized the importance of clutching the ball with two hands while getting as many yards as possible.
SDCowboy85;3720217 said:It really is amazing how many posters here don't watch the games or have no clue how the game works isn't it?
Agreed. He was going for the touchdown. No player in the NFL would have just went down in that situation. They would've tried to knock that touchdown in.SDCowboy85;3720217 said:It really is amazing how many posters here don't watch the games or have no clue how the game works isn't it?