luuked
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Come on, the ball already hit Cooks right hand in that picture. If Gilmore wasn't holding Cooks arm he uses both his hands to catch that. Now if he drops it after Harmon hits him, you can rightfully call him out. But not for how it currently happened.
The ball hit him right in the chest, he could have easily clutched it with his right arm and then used the other that just got free to fully secure it before Harmon arrived. I am sorry but no matter how much you want to defend him on this.. for me this is a drop.
Please watch the 1st replay shown on the broadcast of the Gilmore INT again, please watch it in real time. It's not possible for Cooks to body check Gilmore or whatever. Cooks put as much effort as possible to stop Gilmore with the little time he had to react.
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Cooks was in good position to break up the INT by Howard. Howard pushed off. Hindsight is 20-20.
It is too late because he lacked the awareness to account for the defender. This is a running theme with him.
He is looking back at the ball at this point already:
And yet he still somehow runs by Gilmore who in contrast has perfectly anticipated the trajectory. This is followed by a half-assed attempt to correct for it by swinging his arm
This is exactly the same issue as with the Howard INT. He somehow is not able to anticipate the defender jumping in front of him and then gets to a point where momentum makes it impossible to do much.
Lack. Of. Awareness.
So you're angry with Cooks with his Super Bowl LII performance so you're going to **** on him for every little thing. Let it go man. He wasn't the only reason we lost that game.
I am not angry at all at Cooks. And I have never said he was the only reason that we lost the game so please dont move the goalposts on all of this. I have just given you examples where he screwed up on the big stage repeatedly which is something that was asked in this thread.