amazing catch. however it didn't need to be that difficult. i think he got turned around or maybe lost it in the lights for a second. the receiver has pleanty of time to see the ball coming and adjust. there were no players around him so i'm not sure why he was so out of position. maybe he just wanted to make it much more difficult so he could show off his atheletism and tell all the critics suck it!
amazing catch. however it didn't need to be that difficult. i think he got turned around or maybe lost it in the lights for a second. the receiver has pleanty of time to see the ball coming and adjust. there were no players around him so i'm not sure why he was so out of position. maybe he just wanted to make it much more difficult so he could show off his atheletism and tell all the critics suck it!
The funny thing is, as amazing/difficult as that catch was, had he dropped it, people would've been saying things like "The same ol' ZR, Concrete Hands, etc." and ignoring that fact that it was extremely difficult. I'm just glad he caught it, so he can earn some respect.
I think the laws of inertia would apply. He's moving at sufficient speed and with a noticeable right body lean. The ball is approaching over his left shoulder. Which means the ball's angle and motion coincides with the right lean of the body. What happens then is the catch matches and flows with the right striding movement similar to entering a curve on a track field. Then ZR actually slightly modifies this to a more forward stride while still moving right in relation to the field orientation. If you look at where he ends up it is the right side of the field as he crosses the goal line. Of course Amerson's pursuit encourages his maintaining this action to both outrun and prevent the pursuit from catching him.
Not to sound like a smartass or something but you can actually see what I described. It certainly doesn't take an iota from ZR's remarkable agility shown with this catch. The fact he had to look up and over his shoulder and still make the catch, for me is the most amazing part of the catch. The eye-hand coordination for this, I find to be stunning.
For those who haven't seen it, this is a still shot of "White Lightning's" amazing, almost physics bending catch. From this angle, there should be no way that he remained upright but somehow he did. To me, this picture makes the already great catch just that much more amazing. Well done, ZR. Keep up the great work.
