IF.........
We can play "what-if" forever with any NFL game. Watch.....
IF Bettis does not fumble, this thread never exists......
Pretty cool, huh
True, but the fact remains, if he cuts back he's gone for a TD.Why is this so difficult to understand?
i think on any play where the runner runs untouched through the line and gets to the second level, at some point he is one move or one broken tackle away from taking it to the house, but most of the time, the defensive back either makes the tackle, or forces him to the sideline, or does something to slow the runner enough to allow other defenders to make the play. so while harper may have been one cutback away from a TD, presenting your argument in such a way that you're basically saying "
all he had to do was cut back and it's a TD" take away from the spectacular heads-up defensive play made by Roethlisberger. The reason the play did not result in a Colt TD was Roethlisberger's great play, not the fact that Harper stupidly forgot to cut the other way.