But you're still arguing the very point I'm making. It's easy by comparison to other things that pros do, but it's still the pros and nothing is actually easy by the truest definition of the word. If it were, then you and I would not be mere amateurs. You mean to tell me you wouldn't be out there making the millions and winning the championships if you could? There's a reason why we're amateurs and they're pros. There isn't a single thing you could probably beat Harper doing because at the end of the day, just being in the NFL is hard. Two of my many bball coaches used to talk all the time about how any twelfth man on any NBA roster would mop the floor with our best player. That's because it's hard to be in the pros and just because the guy is coming off the bench doesn't mean he doesn't have skill.
So does your argument have some merit. Sure. But I still think you're trivializing way too much for the purpose of your argument. Brandon Bolden talks about ST's and how it takes a special mindset to play on the coverage units or as a KR or PR. You have eleven guys coming at you full speed and you have to process where they are when the ball reaches a certain height to know whether or not to even try to field it. You then have to judge their distance again right before the ball gets there. You ever heard the term "feeling the footsteps?" That's never more true than when you're waiting for that ball to drop. I know all these things because I played PR when I played football. It's not the hardest thing in the world to do, but it takes a lot of concentration and is still something that not everybody can do. At the end of the day, I stand by my statement for sure, especially considering, and I say again, that guys better and more experienced than Harper have made that same mistake. It happens and I say again, it was not the reason NE lost the game.