Comments on: M.D. Jennings: It’s tough to learn something from Monday night

By: goatlava

goatlava — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:01:32 +0000

Beelicker,
You, my friend are wrong. In the endzone the player only has to show possession first. Thats even in midair. He doesn’t even need to land on his feet afterwards to show continued possession. Know your stuff before you run your mouth and look like an idiot or just learn to read. That way, you’ll know the real rules.

By: goatlava

goatlava — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:56:21 +0000

Wow, this unjust call really did a number on Jennings. He needs to know he won and it will only make him stronger. Stay up Doc!

By: realfann

realfann — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:51:26 +0000

Knocking it down toward all the guys below him would have been a really stupid thing to do.

Can we assume Josh has never played football in his life?

By: ordinaryday6

ordinaryday6 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:58:47 +0000

So they can knock it down like the titans did and they can catch it anyway? Or like in the jags game last year? There is nothing certain in football.. I’d think you’d want it in your possession.

By: ben444

ben444 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:51:53 +0000

You have to knock the ball down, away backwards anything but go for the interception. How many time has the worked over the times it hasn’t? My guess is a ton. M.D. Jennings messed up and is going to be the next Jerett Bush. Bench him for being an idiot.

By: keepitsimplestoopid

keepitsimplestoopid — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:26:40 +0000

Given that it’s a known strategy to place other receivers nearby specifically to catch a batted ball, I do NOT fault Jennings for trying to intercept the ball.

For all our talk about split-second timing and gut instincts, I’m happy to leave it up to a player like Jennings to make that decision.

I’m sure he would have happily given up the interception if the official had called OPI like he should have. an OPI call would have short-circuited the whole Touchdown/Touchback issue.

The lesson is that the greedy owners and hypocritical Player Safety Godfather Goodell put dollars before safety, and dollars before integrity.

The lesson is that the ref lockout was a bunch of manure, and Green Bay was the last to hold the bag.

By: beelicker

beelicker — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:15:56 +0000

It isn’t a complete “catch/INT” until the player controls the ball & is down with it, so any defender catching that ball also allows any & all offensive players the chance to also establish simultaneous possession before the “catch” is complete.

Ripping the ball away & to the ground or out of bounds would have been the more fundamental play. DB should have been trying to get that ball to the ground somewhere out of the endzone, preferably behind him.

By: nicopenelope

nicopenelope — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:46:23 +0000

The Packers did see a hail mary right before halftime in the playoff game last season vs. the Giants. Result of the play….Giants touchdown.

By: nonetruerthanblue

nonetruerthanblue — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:41:18 +0000

How is this possible? At least learn that in a Hail Mary…knock the ball down or away instead of catching it. PeeWee 101

By: gbmickey

gbmickey — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:28:57 +0000

Should have knocked it down? Why? Everyone in the country knows he caught it including Seahawk fans and haters. You are left with this riduculous excuse because saying Tate caught would make you look like a fool like him.

How many of you seen the Sports Science piece. For those who missed it they blew up the video and it showed Tate was never close to catching the ball. Matter of fact a second Packer defender had touched the ball more than Tate.

At least it appears there was a silver lining.

By: 2ndaryinsanity

2ndaryinsanity — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:10:29 +0000

Please! Saying defenders should always bat the ball down on a hail mary pass is just dumb. It doesn’t always work, and there are multiple examples of that. I’d say the bigger lesson for the Packers is to keep their QB from being sacked 8 times in the 1st half. If the offense had done its job, the replacement ref’s ridiculous screw up wouldn’t have mattered.
That being said, I feel terrible for the Packers. Despite all of their mistakes, they had fought back and were in a position to win the game. Unfortunately the ref’s were the 12th man in Seattle. Hopefully this loss doesn’t negatively impact the rest of their season.
Trying to look on the bright side….this put so much egg on the NFL’s face that a deal was reached with the real ref’s sooner than expected.

By: gpack22

gpack22 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:08:18 +0000

@gtodriver;

If that old man Driver of yours would’ve caught the TD pass that hit him in both hands this wouldn’t have been an issue regardless of the call.

By: sbc85

sbc85 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:58:28 +0000

Wasn’t there a play two years ago, Jags vs. Texans, where the last play was a Hail Mary, the Texans defender tried to bat down the ball and he did so right into the Jags receiver’s hands? I believe it was Mike Thomas. Sometimes batting it backfires too.

By: gtodriver

gtodriver — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:53:02 +0000

With no one behind him, it would have been easier to bat it backwards than try to catch it (with the intended receiver in position to also try and catch it).

If he’s unwilling to learn from experience, history may just repeat itself.

By: freakish213

freakish213 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:47:16 +0000

So let me get this straight. If Jennings were just a more fundamentally sound player all nothing bad could have happened? I understand players are taught to bat the ball down, but how did that work out for the Titans? The real problem was not that a player messed up. The problem was that some under-qualified officials messed up a few times on one play. This story is really pretty stupid. Everyone knows what went wrong and imagining an alternate universe where things didn’t happen the way they did is a waste of time and space.

By: hatesycophants

hatesycophants — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:33:48 +0000

No mention of the other teams that got screwed? Quit crying! It’s part of the game. What about their other two losses? Who do they blame for them?

By: jtbndy

jtbndy — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:31:45 +0000

The whole always “knock it down” theory is garbage. If you know you can catch it (and he did), why give the other team a chance at catching a batted pass.

Coaches typically know this and typically have a receiver standing at the goal line to catch the batted down ball. Just look at the Detriot game.

By: tessluvsfootball

tessluvsfootball — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:28:36 +0000

Batting it down didn’t work well for the Titans in Sundays game against the Lions. No standard defense on a hail mary…play the best you can.

By: PackersHome.com

PackersHome.com — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:14:43 +0000

Yep, because knocking it down worked great in the Titans/Lions game.

By: packerken2000

packerken2000 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:08:10 +0000

It’s not like Detroit benefitted from someone batting the ball instead of catching it. Or Jacksonville last year. Teams are practicing and sending someone in late specifically to catch the tip/bat down. The game is changing.

By: douc66

douc66 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:07:32 +0000

calloustongue says: Sep 27, 2012 7:54 AM

It’s easy as observers to say he should have knocked it down, but looked what happened with TEN vs DET when the DB knocked it down and it went for a TD.

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Not to mention a game whereas I believe it was Jacksonville against Houston(?) where a player tried to knock it down, got a deflection and the receiver caught it for a TD and they was screaming ‘he should have intercepted it’. These things cuts both ways; however, I agree with Packers fans, the wrong call was made and the league upheld it because to overturn it would have led to the opening of Pandora’s Box.

By: broncofan313

broncofan313 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:03:56 +0000

Easy to say swat it down instead of go for pick but look at lions game titans swatted it down and Titus young caught it I’ve seen that 2 times this year Jennings isn’t to blame at all

By: faris213

faris213 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:02:49 +0000

Ask the titans how well knocking down the ball worked for them last week, and the texans last year. If you have a chance to intercept the ball, why not pick it off and guarantee no one else has a chance to catch it.

By: bigdon1024

bigdon1024 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:01:59 +0000

Ask the Titans if that is correct 100% of the time……..

By: dfeltz

dfeltz — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:00:31 +0000

Before Monday Night, I had learned to knock the ball down on a Hail Mary. He still hasn’t learned that?

By: calloustongue

calloustongue — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:54:39 +0000

It’s easy as observers to say he should have knocked it down, but looked what happened with TEN vs DET when the DB knocked it down and it went for a TD.

He did the right thing, he intercepted the pass and was the first with control and possession before Tate wrapped his arms around him, not the ball. Can’t help that the refs screwed him.

By: jimyritz

jimyritz — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:53:31 +0000

Knock it down, yes…but the Packers got screwed…The wrong call was made and the League did nothing about it…

By: chrismatthewsucks

chrismatthewsucks — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:53:30 +0000

Learn how to lose. Seahawks win.

By: mikecal645

mikecal645 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:52:37 +0000

Hard to say he should have just knocked it down after what happened in the lions game the day before.

By: yousuxxors

yousuxxors — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:50:25 +0000

bat the ball down… dont intercept it