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Pretty good read here on an old friend.
Sterling Moore, hero of last year's AFC Championship Game, looks on from afar this year - NFL - Don Banks - SI.com
And fuel for one of our favorite debates here:
Sterling Moore, hero of last year's AFC Championship Game, looks on from afar this year - NFL - Don Banks - SI.com
"Honestly, I really hate seeing that play replayed, because it always brings up how close I was to losing the game for us,'' he said in a phone interview from his home in Dallas on Tuesday. "Literally that's the thing that crosses my mind the most. When I saw the ball go by me, I really thought I had lost us the game and our chance to go to the Super Bowl. And that feeling comes back to me every time I see that ball in the air.''
Moore was a bit desperate even before the play began, because he said he and safety Devin McCourty never got the defensive play call before the 2nd-and-1 snap at the New England 14, so they were playing somewhat blind, unaware of what coverage the Patriots sideline wanted them in.
And fuel for one of our favorite debates here:
"We had a drill that we used to do at the end of practice with the receivers where we were just literally playing their hands. We don't look back for the ball as a DB, it's just when their hands go up we try to break through their hands. And that's what came up late in that game, with the game and the season on the line. For me, it was the only time throughout the season that situation came up. That moment was the only chance I had to do that all season.''
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