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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles (Post 326449)

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Regarding the chip, I don't think that it would have prevented the sack, but it is possible that it would have been the difference between Richardson getting demolished like he did and Richardson just receiving an ordinary tackle/sack ...... David Ojabo was going full speed with no impediment right from the snap of the ball until he met Richardson ...... a chip would have made him start his momentum over again a couple of steps closer to Richardson than from where he originally started his route to the quarterback.

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Watch the replay from all angles, and I don't believe that the injury was a result of the sack alone. I believe that it was another example of AR's immaturity, when he tried to slap the defenders hand away, when the defender was going for the ball.

The AR injury concerns are warranted, for sure. I'm not sure this play should necessarily exacerbate that beyond the initial facepalm.

It's preseason, so they're not going to play through much of anything. We already lived through the apocalypse when he missed like three days of mini camp with soreness. Now the world ended again, except he's full participation at practice two days later.

The thing to worry about on the play is the missed read. He needs the continued experience.

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Originally Posted by YDFL Commish (Post 326451)

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Where are these different angles available to watch in which you can see that his right pinky was injured due to a slap at the defender's hand ???

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Originally Posted by ChaosTheory (Post 326440)

They confirmed post-game that it was a 5-man protection. Giddens was supposed to run the flat and be the hot guy if pressure came. Neither him or Warren were assigned to chip anybody on that particular call.

AR said he thought the Nickel was where the pressure might come from, so he never looked right.

Luckily there was no break or tear. He'll be sore, but he's not out. He said he couldn't squeeze right away, but after a few plays, he was ready to go back out.

Well, maybe this is the best case scenario. He gets rocked, hurts his finger to the point where he's taken out but it's nothing serious, and maybe, just maybe, he remembers to hit Giddens when he sees the unblocked guy coming to him.

Probably not, but hey, I still want to have faith in this guy.

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Originally Posted by Oldcolt (Post 326448)

People all over the net are overreacting to this.

No kidding. The hot takes about a play in a preseason game are just baffling to me.

He was back at practice so I like hearing that

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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles (Post 326455)

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Where are these different angles available to watch in which you can see that his right pinky was injured due to a slap at the defender's hand ???

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On YouTube. I'm not saying definitively that the slap of the hand is what caused the injury. What I'm saying is that the video evidence along with human nature suggests that is what happened.

1. Unless AR's hand was hit by the helmet or perhaps the shoulder pad of the defender, or AR was breaking his fall, then I don't see anything that suggests that the injury was a result of the hit itself. I see no video evidence, that any of the above occurred.

2. What player in their right mind, who has a painfully injured hand, then takes said injured hand just to slap an opponents hand away, risking further injury?

Kurt Warner with a pretty good breakdown of the play here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvln9S4aWRY

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Originally Posted by YDFL Commish (Post 326451)

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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles (Post 326455)

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Where are these different angles available to watch in which you can see that his right pinky was injured due to a slap at the defender's hand ???

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Originally Posted by YDFL Commish (Post 326460)

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Where on youtube do you see these different angles that you said there were? I couldn't find various angles of the hit.

You recommended that I watch it from all of the angles, so just tell me a specific video/videos in which I can see these various angles that you say shows Richardson slapping at the defender's hand with his own right hand. I'm not doubting that you saw it, I would just like to see it, too.

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