DeacDaddy
Hoping Against Hope
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If someone is an NFL-caliber athlete, especially a DB, chances are they were the best player on every team they have ever been on until maybe college if not further. That means that, regardless of where they play in college/NFL, in high school and lower they were the QB, RB, WR, and probably the kicker. That is ~13 years of practices, games, and camps. They know the fundamentals of the sport like catching the ball.
That's like giving a baseball pitcher a pass for having to cover first base. Yes he is a pitcher now, but from t-ball through little league and high school he was also the first baseman, shortstop, center fielder, catcher, and probably the DH. Dude knows how to cover first base, it isn't any different in MLB than it is in little league.
Sure, but by that same argument pitchers should be good at batting and we know they generally aren’t.
Reid had to make a bang bang play and he pulled it in as well as he could. It’s just unfortunate that the way it happened gave any room for doubt. Still shouldn’t have been overturned.