Which safety was supposed to help on Keyshawn's "TD"?

[NOVA 22]

...if any? Was Henry supposed to be all alone?
That's one of the plays we'd still be talking about had Key held on.

Also - Did Davis ever have to make a play on a deep ball last night?

 

[Yeagermeister]

...if any? Was Henry supposed to be all alone?
That's one of the plays we'd still be talking about had Key held on.

Also - Did Davis ever have to make a play on a deep ball last night?

Since it was on the left side of the field I would assume Davis unless him and Roy flipped sides on the play.

 

[Cowboy4ever]

...if any? Was Henry supposed to be all alone?
That's one of the plays we'd still be talking about had Key held on.

Also - Did Davis ever have to make a play on a deep ball last night?

It man on man on the Key play,, no help. I hope last night was just an off night for Henry, but Key seemed to have him beat a few times, a couple resulted in Penalities and the drop. I think key surprised the d by runing some ups and deep patterns.. not just the short stuff. And no, the only ball that a safety made a play on was the INT by Roy.. nothing else was deep.

 

[Stautner]

I believe we going with a pretty heavy blitz and were likely blitzing one of the safeties (probably Roy).

 

[StanleySpadowski]

Henry was man to man as it was a safety blitz but I do think I saw Coleman flash by after the play was over.

The only potential bad play by a safety was the ball that hit Newman in the backside. I don't know which safety had responsibility but Newman passed him off to no one and then made a great recovery. It wasn't interference, the ball hit Newman before he made contact with Johnson and "looking back" is a common misperception.

 

[rgcowboys]

coleman

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Henry was man to man as it was a safety blitz but I do think I saw Coleman flash by after the play was over.

The only potential bad play by a safety was the ball that hit Newman in the backside. I don't know which safety had responsibility but Newman passed him off to no one and then made a great recovery. It wasn't interference, the ball hit Newman before he made contact with Johnson and "looking back" is a common misperception.

I agree. Which ever safety had responsability totally didn't get there. I do think it could have been called face guarding but there was no contact. Newman released him and looked back for the ball, saw the ball in the air and just turned and ran. He was digging hard, head down, when the ball arrived. It was amazing he new when to time his jump on that because he certainly didn't look back at that point. Working off of the WRs reactions I think. Good play but also a little bit lucky I think.

 

[Bryan8284]

It was Coleman on the left side deep on that pass to Key.

 

[joseephuss]

I think face guarding was not called because there was still a significant cushion between Key and Newman when the ball arrived. Face guarding usually called when the defender is right on top of the receiver.

Carolina called a lot of short passes or had to dump the ball off short all night. There weren't very many opportunities for big gains for the Panthers.

 

[Stautner]

You can't call interference without contact, and the contact occured AFTER the ball hit Newman, so pass interference did not apply.

As for "faceguarding", don't hold your breath waiting to hear an official make that call. You wont hear it - there is no such penalty.

The only application for what you call "faceguarding" is when contact is made. If contact is made and the DB is facing the ball and making an attempt to catch it then it is incidental contact and there is no penalty, but if he makes contact with his back to the ball then it is pass interference (not "faceguarding").