Simon

They had a knack for making everything hard. I remember them pouring baby oil all over the Twister board to make it more challenging.

Well, this thread certainly went in a surprising direction

Pulling on it won't really make it any longer

He tried but could only do one

Well at least his triceps are OK...

I agree with most of this but I think there is one other thing worth adding. Since Day 1 he has absolutely shown a knack for recognizing coverages, finding soft spots and making himself available for Allen when things break down. He's never going to run by man coverage or present match-up problems for defenses, but his innate understanding of what's happening on the field could make him a more reliable receiving threat than his limited speed would indicate. Maybe sort of the Mack Hollins of TEs.

Hurts might hit his garage instead

On 1st down!

You guys forget this is the Chargers.

Dude is a freaking machine

Also, if they do score a TD, you've now got 4 downs to work with instead of 3.

Yeah, blowing him up there could have kept him in bounds with a running clock.

It's not an act

He's lucky DeJean didn't end his night on the sideline.

No, they've been doing that for a while to shorten games (and fit more commercials in). It does stop in the last 5:00 of the game. (and maybe the last 5:00 of the half?)

Yeah, I've got a pocketful of lectures hidden within loving snark ready to go when they do it.

I know it will be loaded box after loaded box, but I'd love to see Saquon go off on these guys tonight.

That's a great point that I'd never even considered. And I've actually had more than one HS player make cracks about it to me. 😧

Guys have absolutely learned to do baseline tests at less than full effort to leave themselves wiggle room. And not just in the NFL either; the practice has filtered down to lower levels as well.

Damn, I hope it's not Cole Bishop. That Utah thug life make a young man do crazy ****.

Let's just go ahead and fold this right into your other McDermott thread you started.

Allen led him like he often does on those flares and with the issues Johnson seemed to be having I wonder if his lack of traction kept him from accelerating into the throw. When Josh is in the zone and wheeling and dealing like he was, it's uncommon to see him miss a throw like that.

This is not an effort to defend him, but it is possible that he wasn't necessarily being lazy; it could be that he just hasn't figured out yet how to change that long stride in order to play effectively on a frozen field.

I suspect the incomplete one may have had more to do with Ty Johnsons cleats than anything else.