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re: Eric Reid...I think I had forgotten how good of a defender he was.

Posted on 7/31/26 at 9:59 am to
Posted by Hondo Blacksheep
Member since Jul 2022
3570 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 9:59 am to
That's really what it came down to ... while it is true that the Bama receiver was down before Reid acquired possession, he did not himself possess the ball bc he was bobbling it all the way to the ground, so it was a free ball that had not yet hit the ground and available to either player for possession.
Posted by Veritas
Member since Feb 2005
11324 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 10:04 am to
Bama game he was unreal
Posted by The Eric
Member since Sep 2008
24720 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 10:09 am to
Great LSU player. Hate that he hitched his wagon to the shitbag Kaepernick though.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
72925 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 10:24 am to
quote:

There a famous picture of him running out of the tunnel in DV holding the American flag. I don’t know WTF happened to him in San Francisco after he entered the league.


I havent spoken to him in quite a while but we were friends for several years and lost touch about half way through college. He was a great guy, very intelligent and obviously very athletic. He had a great and supportive family as well. They were well liked and respected.

Whatever happened in San Franscisco would have been of his own accord and probably genuine. I dont think hed have been easily bought or talked into any kind of political movement if he didnt really support it. I dont suspect he ever harbored any anti-america sentiment. I personally dont put much thought into any of it. He was a great guy, and from what I have heard still is.
Posted by Tifway419
Member since Sep 2022
2422 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 10:33 am to
His brother is my company’s rep for ADP (or was), great guy too. His other brother went to Stanford for football, so obviously all raised well by their parents.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
96300 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 12:41 pm to
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while it is true that the Bama receiver was down before Reid acquired possession, he did not himself possess the ball bc he was bobbling it all the way to the ground, so it was a free ball that had not yet hit the ground and available to either player for possession.


This is unassailable application of the rules to this particular play. There is no reasonable other interpretation. The receiver did NOT possess the ball on contact with the ground and the first person to possess it was clearly the defender.

Period.
Posted by grape nutz
sesame street
Member since Mar 2006
4020 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 5:09 pm to
Smart kid, good family, great player, stupid life choice. Live and learn but a costly lesson.
Posted by chadr07
Rapides Parish
Member since Jan 2015
14850 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 5:41 pm to
No, it’s apparent you clearly don’t remember Chad Jones. Or he banged your gf one of the two.
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
25379 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 9:53 pm to
I just remember for a few years it seemed if a team tried a long pass against us it was a 50% chance it was gonna get intercepted.
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