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I'll go as far to say that without the gloves, he doesn't make the catch. Great body control and adjustment, but he had a major assist with the actual catch.
The greatest catch ever!!!
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I'll go as far to say that without the gloves, he doesn't make the catch. Great body control and adjustment, but he had a major assist with the actual catch.
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No, the gloves enabled him to make the catch more than finger strength. Anyone who is familiar with those gloves has to seriously doubt that he makes the catch without them. They stop the ball dead with the slightest contact, unlike skin.
Of course, I'm partial to #4, but Beckham's catch was cleaner than tOSU's Devin Smith's catch in 2012.
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DHB would like word with you on how much the gloves help with catching the ball. I've worn the gloves, they do give a good amount of grip. But you still need insane amounts of hand eye coordination, not to mention body control (being interfered with the entire process of the catch), to pull off a catch like that. Finger strength to squeeze the ball, flexibility to keep going back and stretch that far while maintaining that grip, it all plays into that catch. You're putting TOO much into the gloves.
If it was the gloves, these catches would be common place. Receivers have been wearing gloves for 20 years, and from being a receiver and wearing gloves, they mean nothing without proper hand placement and eye-hand coordination.
Insaniti, that catch is incredible on youtube! I'm splitting hairs here. Both catches were at the absolute extent to where the receiver could reach and jump. The youtube the player is jumping with the ball on the same line and has his entire body in line as he makes the incredible catch. He's in the middle of the field and the defender doesn't contest the catch. Odell's ball was behind his line he jumped and had to reach laterally to get his hand on the ball. Plus he was fighting off a defender that effected his momentum, and he was at the sideline and still managed to keep both feet in bounds. 3 fingers at the extent of his catching radius. Personally, I give the degree of difficulty edge to Odell.
Insaniti, that catch is incredible on youtube! I'm splitting hairs here. Both catches were at the absolute extent to where the receiver could reach and jump. The youtube the player is jumping with the ball on the same line and has his entire body in line as he makes the incredible catch. He's in the middle of the field and the defender doesn't contest the catch. Odell's ball was behind his line he jumped and had to reach laterally to get his hand on the ball. Plus he was fighting off a defender that effected his momentum, and he was at the sideline and still managed to keep both feet in bounds. 3 fingers at the extent of his catching radius. Personally, I give the degree of difficulty edge to Odell.
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definitely, but the youtube catch is the only other catch I can think of where the athleticism is even close to being on par. Beckhams catch is beyond insane!
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No, people are putting too much into the one-handed aspect of the catch which you see every week, if not every game in the NFL. Plus, it was a long ball and had much less on it than a quick slant or timing route.
I coach youth level. Put those gloves on a 10 year old (no finger or hand strength) and it makes all the difference in the world as far as receiving ability.
It was a great catch but IMO, the hands part was not as impressive as one where the receiver has to reach back and haul in a pass on a quick slant with one hand.
Can you honestly say you think Beckham still catches the ball without the gloves? I confident he doesn't.
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*ahem*......um, troglodyte? The NFL isn't composed of 10 yr old children.
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as much technology has improved things such a receiver gloves over the last 20-30 yrs, you can't convince me that the catch is any less spectacular because of his wearing them.
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And I'll go so far as to say that receivers have been wearing gloves, for decades, and I STILL have never seen someone control a ball, at that angle, while being interfered with, right on the sideline, with such a small percentage of his hand gripping the ball.
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Any chance we can get a pair of them gloves for Ike when he comes back?
My favorite athletic catch was made by Swann going down the side line. He had to leap catch the ball out of bounds and twist his body to get his feet down in bounds with most of his body over the boundary line. This was also done in the era of bump and run and no defenseless receiver rules. As to mechanical aids the stickum era was about the worst, Hollywood Henderson had so much smeared on his jersey that it could catch a football.
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And it isn't comprised of professional athletes of wide-varying finger strength either. Again, take the gloves off and he doesn't make the catch. Much like a 10 year old and a more routine but difficult catch. Beckhams body control is more impressive.
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You're 100% sure of this?? How can you know beyond a shadow of a doubt?
I agree with that. It was the greatest in Steelers history, and perhaps Super Bowl history. I never forget seeing it there and being in total elation!- Joined
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I'm not 100% the sun will rise tomorrow. But I strongly suspect the reason the ball didn't either bounce off or roll off his finger tips is because he was wearing gloves designed for catching a football.
I also strongly suspect Lester Hayes would not have intercepted 13 passes in 1981 (or whenever the hell it was) had it not been for stick-um.
Call me crazy. Or better yet put on a pair of those gloves and practice one-handed catching and compare it without them and honestly ask yourself if the gloves played a role.
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I agree that was a great catch but it's not like it was the 1st time it happened........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IWHTxoEEfQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IWHTxoEEfQ
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not quite the same, but still amazing in its own right
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That's not even Troy's best catch lol
http://www.nfl.com/videos/pittsburgh-steelers/0ap2000000148692/Troy-Polamalu-one-handed-interception
Gotta love Troy. But, it seems like after he makes an interception, he's wondering what to do with the ball. Unless of course Carson Palmer is on the field.
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Great catch but half the credit goes to the gloves. These new receivers' gloves are like having glue on your hands. There is no way that catch is possible without that glove.
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astonishing catch, top three or four all times
It definitely was a great catch. But, I really see no way you can make that catch unless those gloves are extremely sticky or he had something else on his hands. He didn't even have all fingers on the ball. I remember seeing receivers for a team (can't remember which) using a towel during a timeout. I instantly thought it must have had something sticky on it. It wasn't raining or hot out so they had no reason to dry their hands. Reminds me of stickum back in the day.
That interception was nothing. No way he makes it without those gloves on...
Exactly. His athletics alone, to put him in position to make the catch, has to be added while grading the catch. Best ever, IMO.
Beat me to it. Agree, sir...
Not sure I agree fully - WR's and DB's wear the same gloves. Why do we see "so many" dropped INT's??? If this is your argument - offer to buy Ike a supply for the remainder of the year...
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