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Theo Wizzago
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I've seen this happen hundreds of times over the many years and always thought it's a simple "fail" of a vision check by the returner. Am I right or is there more to this?

(play); https://glb.warriorgeneral.com/game/replay.pl?game_id=3116123&pbp_id=888750

I mean... coffin corner kickoffs?
Edited by Theo Wizzago on Jan 11, 2023 09:16:03
 
Altech
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I don't think there's a magic bullet for these.

In this case, given that's a HH CB returner, I would guess lack of acceleration (agility) didn't get him to the ball fast enough. Combine that with a low level kicker with no hang time....

He seemed to get a decent jump on the ball, and ran in the right direction. Those are 2 big things that happen with vision checks. You do occasionally see returns where the dot doesn't move for a tick or two, or takes a bad angle.

 
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I've always thought it was poor vision.
 
Theo Wizzago
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Originally posted by DiMo28
I've always thought it was poor vision.


Me too. Everytime I see this it's like the returner overruns the 'catch zone', allowing the ball to land behind him and bounce away. (BTW, anyone ever notice ALL missed kick/catch's like this ALWAYS has the ball bouncing straight down the field? I mean... fumbles bounce EVERY-which-way. Any direction. But kicks and punts always go in straight lines. )
 
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Fucking roach
 


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