He should have knocked it down, PERIOD
Agree. It’s not “three flies up” or whatever it’s called nowadays. What’s frustrating is that it was picture perfect defense up until the reception. We covered receivers, contained and forced Purdy out and away and left him no option but to make a desperation heave into a crowd of two receivers and three defenders.
If Reek would have disrupted the play, it would have been called a horribly dangerous decision by Purdy.
The hard part is you can compile certain stats to make Riq look above average during the course of a season, but the real ones have the
it factor. Hard to describe, but you know it when you see it. It’s the guy that maybe has an uncharacteristic shitty game, but rises to the occasion in high pressure moments.
These dudes live for it and it’s not coachable. I get the feeling that while the great CB’s yearn to have ball thrown at them when the game is on the line, Riq prays they don’t.