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Justin Zimmer on Taron Johnson's Pick-6


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Next Gen Stats had Justin at 18.5+ mph and the only DT clocked higher this season is Aaron Donald.  Justin was the first Bill to get to Taron for the celebration and, more importantly, I think he tipped that pass.  The deflection slowed it down and made it land short.  If so, I would want him written into the story of one of the biggest plays in Bills history.

 

 

Justin Zimmer with the Tip (2).jpg

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36 minutes ago, JESSEFEFFER said:

Next Gen Stats had Justin at 18.5+ mph and the only DT clocked higher this season is Aaron Donald.  Justin was the first Bill to get to Taron for the celebration and, more importantly, I think he tipped that pass.  The deflection slowed it down and made it land short.  If so, I would want him written into the story of one of the biggest plays in Bills history.

 

 

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Great play and effort. Poyer took out Brown, and White took out Jackson - the only two real threats to stop Johnson (except #78... wtf was he doing?!) 

 

Also... first Bill to Johnson to celebrate was Hyde with him slamming Johnsons face off the camera/screen lol... shakes the dang feed!

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1 hour ago, Conlan58 said:

Great play and effort. Poyer took out Brown, and White took out Jackson - the only two real threats to stop Johnson (except #78... wtf was he doing?!) 

 

Also... first Bill to Johnson to celebrate was Hyde with him slamming Johnsons face off the camera/screen lol... shakes the dang feed!

 

I felt a bit sorry for Taron there - it looked like he had a good pose lined up for in front of the screen, but Micah was all over him like a rash before he could do it. And the screen is pretty tough by the way it got hammered by the Bills D as they mobbed him. ;)

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1 hour ago, Conlan58 said:

Also... first Bill to Johnson to celebrate was Hyde with him slamming Johnson's face off the camera/screen lol... shakes the dang feed!

 

I often marvel at how players don't get hurt during impromptu celebrations like that.  My first reaction was don't hurt him!  At least he could see him coming in the TV...

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Lamar Jackson is a terrific player, but he surprisingly gave up chasing Taron at the Bills 30. Sure, maybe he figured Tre was going to screen him off anyhow, or he wanted to save it for the next series -- blah, blah. But everybody here who's watched Josh the last 3 years knows that Josh would have run down Taron -- or died trying. Sometimes it's not so hard to measure heart. 

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1 hour ago, wjag said:

 

I often marvel at how players don't get hurt during impromptu celebrations like that.  My first reaction was don't hurt him!  At least he could see him coming in the TV...

 

1 hour ago, SageAgainstTheMachine said:

 

I've seen a couple torn ACLs from players celebrating and posing after a sack.  

 

59 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:

Some baseball player got his career submarined.  I think Kendrys Morales.

 

 

I did a search to find which of the Gramatica kickers hurt himself celebrating (Bill on a 42 yard, 1st quarter field goal) and found this:

 

23 Athletes Injured While Celebrating

 

Last one I saw that made me think of this was when Mongo pile drove Lee Smith after his TD catch.

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49 minutes ago, Stranded in Boston said:

Lamar Jackson is a terrific player, but he surprisingly gave up chasing Taron at the Bills 30. Sure, maybe he figured Tre was going to screen him off anyhow, or he wanted to save it for the next series -- blah, blah. But everybody here who's watched Josh the last 3 years knows that Josh would have run down Taron -- or died trying. Sometimes it's not so hard to measure heart. 

That’s probably a bit much 

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4 hours ago, JESSEFEFFER said:

Next Gen Stats had Justin at 18.5+ mph and the only DT clocked higher this season is Aaron Donald.  Justin was the first Bill to get to Taron for the celebration and, more importantly, I think he tipped that pass.  The deflection slowed it down and made it land short.  If so, I would want him written into the story of one of the biggest plays in Bills history.

 

 

Justin Zimmer with the Tip (2).jpg


thats just the camera angle. Ball wasn’t tipped. Jackson’s pass goes to the left of his hand 

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Zimmer ran a 4.85 40-yard dash, at 300#.  That's pretty impressive.  The good news is he's under contract for next year.  Can't wait to see him with a full off-season.

 

BTW, I didn't realize he was originally signed by the Bills as an UDFA back in 2016.

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1 hour ago, Stranded in Boston said:

Lamar Jackson is a terrific player, but he surprisingly gave up chasing Taron at the Bills 30. Sure, maybe he figured Tre was going to screen him off anyhow, or he wanted to save it for the next series -- blah, blah. But everybody here who's watched Josh the last 3 years knows that Josh would have run down Taron -- or died trying. Sometimes it's not so hard to measure heart. 

There wasn't anything Jackson could do to catch Johnson with Tre giving Johnson an escort. Sure he's fast, but hardly the type to run through someone to make a play

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