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ChadTower:

--- Quote from: JamIt on October 22, 2008, 01:16:03 pm ---From my (now) Fantasy football perspective, I'd wish the Eagles would scoop and score given any opportunity  ;D

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Next time draft the Buccaneers.  They are the masters.

Malenko:
I was taught fall on the ball. Coach said "its better you fall on it and not go anywhere then for the other team to get it".

hypernova:
What's the difference?  NFL players can't even properly fall on the damn thing.  It still manages to pass through two or three sets of hands.  It really baffles me how a ball can be practically motionless on the field, and some idiot comes flying in and can't grasp the thing.

I would say in the middle of the field, you'll see more falling, but outside the tackle box and where the lines clash, where the quicker players are, they will attempt a scoop.

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: hypernova on October 22, 2008, 10:54:03 pm ---What's the difference?  NFL players can't even properly fall on the damn thing.  It still manages to pass through two or three sets of hands.  It really baffles me how a ball can be practically motionless on the field, and some idiot comes flying in and can't grasp the thing.

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Try it sometime.  Footballs bounce in unpredictable ways, you are moving at 100% effort with no regard to precision, and every other player isn't going for the ball.  Every opposing player near but not close enough to the ball is taught to ignore the ball and hit you.  So maybe you have a perfect bead on the ball when you dive for it but that changes when the first person dives at your legs, the second one at your back, and the third at your head.

shardian:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on October 23, 2008, 08:39:53 am ---
--- Quote from: hypernova on October 22, 2008, 10:54:03 pm ---What's the difference?  NFL players can't even properly fall on the damn thing.  It still manages to pass through two or three sets of hands.  It really baffles me how a ball can be practically motionless on the field, and some idiot comes flying in and can't grasp the thing.

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Try it sometime.  Footballs bounce in unpredictable ways, you are moving at 100% effort with no regard to precision, and every other player isn't going for the ball.  Every opposing player near but not close enough to the ball is taught to ignore the ball and hit you.  So maybe you have a perfect bead on the ball when you dive for it but that changes when the first person dives at your legs, the second one at your back, and the third at your head.

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This was perfectly shown during the Michigan/Penn State game. Penn State player tried to scoop a ball at like the 5 yard line. A Michigan player flew in and went straight for his legs as he touched the ball. Michigan ended up keeping the ball.

If he would have fell on it, Penn State would have had 1st and goal.

That reminds me of another point that makes me wonder the logic of teaching scoop in higher levels of the game. In the NFL, even the defensive ends are damn fast. The second it takes a skill player to lean over to get the ball would let a linebacker or tight end close almost 10 yards. It is almost impossible for a fumble to land more than 10 yards away from a group of players.

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