Wasn't even close. Even if he HAD caught and tackled him...it would've been a TD on the next couple of plays from the 1-2 yd. line. That had no bearing on the game. Sorry, big Fluke, but no dice on this one.
Exactly. The way DJ is telling it, you would think that there was less than a second left. At the very worst, we would have kicked a FG which would have sent the game into OT.
yeah, the pursuit was impressive and shows how quick he is, but he barely got a hand on TJs hip and at that point, TJ was at the 3-4 and moving fast. if he would have gotten more purchase, he may have caused TJ to stumble, but with the momentum that TJ had i don't think it was really possible for him to actually bring TJ to the turf from behind without fully wrapping him up, and that still wouldn't have been a guarantee.
Yeah I didn't read him to say Bama would have lost. He was just saying Mingo made a heck of a play to come close to preventing the score.
i remember that my jaw was on the floor as soon as i saw him catch the ball with open field in front of him. at least to me, the second he touched the ball, there was no question he was in for 6
Same here. I'd just bought a big screen (my first) and when I saw it unfold I nearly went on myself.
I'm not saying he wasn't being sincere, but they were in Ohio and he was saying something nice about a friend who just joined the Browns.
Mingo's value as a DE was his speed, (around 4.5 I believe), and long arms/body since he was never that big weight wise. Looking at the film he reacted as soon as he saw TJ catch the ball in the backfield and took a good angle to be able to make a desperate dive but with TJ's momentum at the 3-4 yard line he would have fallen into the end-zone anyway.
Give me a cellphone and an undisclosed location...I'll tell him. I'll be about 50 feet away and will have a megaphone, but I'll tell him!
