Weird how you quoted me, yet somehow asserted I said something I never said.
how is that even possible? You quoted me, and that statement, sentiment or even basic concept appears literally nowhere in the quoted text.
You’re right, and I agree; players shouldn’t quit on a play.
But players should absolutely have field awareness & awareness of their surroundings.
walls don’t jump out in front of players. Players run into walls.
they usually don’t make that mistake a 2nd time.
last night’s play was an example of a player losing focus and forgetting his surroundings - it was dumb, and it was his fault.
Sure, he gave it his all - he never quit on the play. But once you know it’s an uncatchable ball going out of the back of the end zone, yes - absolutely “give up” on that play, because only an idiot or a golden retriever chases a ball off of a cliff. And I’d have more sympathy for the dog, because a human should know better.
smart football means having awareness of surroundings. That wasn’t the NFL’s fault.