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Good point, I bit.
Santana Moss, master of the Invisible Punch. If you watch carefully there's also an Invisible Suplex, and Invisible Arm Bar, and Moss hits Grant over the head with an Invisible Trash Can while flying off the Invisible Top Rope.
People see ghosts, aliens, Elvis, the Virgin Mary in grilled cheese sandwiches, and clouds that look like Larry King. You saw a punch. Good for you.
What- are you auditioning for stand up comedy here? Go open a thread in the free for all and practice yer shtick.
Yeah and I just thought that it was a very cool play from a great player being football and all. Takes a fellow Bears fan to appreciate this!
I have another video I can go check out when I get home. I don't know if it's any better than this one but I'll check it out.
First of all, lighten up. Second, I've seen replays on TV and the internet of this play probably two dozen times and your assertion is the first indication I've had of this "punch". It's far from obvious. Like I said above, I'll take another look at this via a video I downloaded when I get home. If I agree with your assessment, I'll tell you as much.What- are you auditioning for stand up comedy here? Go open a thread in the free for all and practice yer shtick.
word yo!
ummmmmmmm............ that's the wrong clip, that clip is of the gamewinner, the one that is in dispute is his first TD catch.
I agree, I think the contact is a byproduct of the spin move. Still a great catch-n-run for a TD.Bri said:
I was looking at the feet.
I've watched my replay, and honestly the best you can say about it is that it's inconclusive on this. There's definitely some contact, but it looks like Grant grabbing for jersey to make a tackle and Moss essentially throwing his arm out to help the spin move and to separate from Grant. The main reason why that defender went down is because Moss stopped on a dime and spun while Grant had as it turned out approached too fast and overran the play.
Almost exactly like he did on the game winner.I won't judge Grant for being outplayed in a one-on-one, open field tackle situation (hey, at least he made contact), but the misplaying of that last pass was just atrocious.
I have no reason do defend Grant, but I think this has more to do with Moss's amazing body control and athleticism and overall football talent than it does any particular shortcoming on Grant's part. Moss has an unbelievable ability to change direction, sometimes only slightly, when the ball is in the air or in the open field. He's simply amazing. Gibbs refers all the time to his "long ball reaction skills", the first I've heard of that term but it makes sense based upon what I see of him. For example, on the first of the two Dallas TD's last year in that crazy finish to the MNF game, Moss was lined up outside of the right numbers when he first looked back to see Brunell's pass, and when he caught the ball he had not only completed running the rest of the way downfield into the end zone, he'd also broken almost to the dead center of the field, about even with the right goal post in order catch that ball. His burst going laterally was so great that Roy Williams, who had a bead on him and for all the world should have laid him out in the end zone right when the ball arrived, completely missed him because Moss was moving so fast right to left on the field. You can see what I'm talking about here; wait for the end zone angle to see his full route.Sidewinder16 said:
