re: Etling vs Chattanoogie (Every throw)

A ball thrown HIGH OVER a player behind them calling said event and "underthrow" and "a FACT" is indeed moronic.

What we have learned:

You have no concept of what an underthrow is

You have no concept of what constitutes a fact

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Not really

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Yes really. Just because they weren't stride for stride doesn't mean they weren't on him. They weren't running with anybody else.

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If Etling puts a little more on that pass, the two trailing DBs never get within 7 yards of Chark or the ball and Chark takes that one to the end zone. Since the ball was under thrown, Chark had to slow down and come back to the ball, allowing it to be a contested catch and the two trailing DBs to look more in position than they were.

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Does it matter if they were close on him or not? By the time the ball got there, all four were surrounding it. Chark had to damn near take it from one of them.

Your definition of "literally on him" seems to be pretty liberal. If you consider players that had 0 chance to make a play as "literally on him," then he had 11 guys "literally on him." Two of those guys were a non-factor, which is what's important when judging Etlings decision.

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Does it matter if they were close on him or not?

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Is this a serious question?

One of them was barely in the camera by the time Chark was starting his deceleration to make the play. The other guy was play watching. Of course it matters how close the defender is to the play.

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By the time the ball got there, all four were surrounding it. Chark had to damn near take it from one of them.

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You're conflating the decision to throw with the actual throw itself. I made the distinction clear in my argument. If that ball is caught at the 18-20 instead of the the 25, I doubt the closest defender even touches Chark.