letekro
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I’m not trying to be a know-it-all, but did you read my breakdown? I think the photos clearly prove he in fact did not NEED to contort his body at all. He did not leave his feet either when the ball hit his hands (clear evidence in the photo of the ball just inches away and his feet being planted.). It’s an illusion caused by his immediate reaction to dropping the ball, which was to contort his leg and body towards the bounced ball. The contortion was a decision by him after the drop to try to regain control, not the cause of the drop.
It’s really clear by the photos. Contortion did not cause the drop (see gifs above). Ball placement did not cause the drop (see straight on photo above as well as multiple angles). There is only one thing that stands out as the reason for the drop and the reason for the awkward body rotation. It’s that his hands are on the nose of the ball, causing the ball to not only become dropped, but also ricochet in a different direction. Since the ball bounces hard off his hands and lands hard and off to the side, it appears that the pass itself was off-target, but it wasn’t.
I made 2 points: 1. It was a good throw 2. It was NOT the type of catch Welker routinely made. Which of those do you disagree with?