I already explained my position in the original thread. I think a lot of people are underestimating how much added difficulty there is to catching footballs in general when a DB is right on you. When the DB isn't draped all over you, it's just different. Go try it in a park with a couple buddies, one of which is shadowing you. Go practice showboat catches uncontested vs. contested.
Hell, I'd probably rank Richard Sherman's sideline tiptoe interception as a better catch than ODB's. It's a much easier catch in terms of the football being caught and hauled in by his hands, no doubt there, but the overall situational awareness and with his toes JUST BARELY able to stay in-bounds, I'd say there was more overall skill on display. He recognizes what's happening, comes back to the ball, and catches the thing A YARD OUT OF BOUNDS, keeping the tips of his toes in.
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Look, again, all due respect to ODB but he had nothing distracting him as the ball was coming in. The DB was in the dirt, he wasn't close to the sideline, all he had to worry about was grabbing the ball. You remember when your grade school teacher had you try patting your head and rubbing your stomach simultaneously the first time, and that crap was hard as hell? Paying attention to different things simultaneously is not easy. The human brain does it poorly.
Frankly, half the receivers in the NFL - starting and otherwise - have made practice/TC catches like ODB's. Guys are more tempted to make the showboat one-handed catches when it's not a real game.
Here's a video titled "10 Catches Better Than Odell Beckham's SNF Touchdown":
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#3 and #1 in this video trump ODB's, for sure:
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You guys remember how we all got annoyed when ESPN immediately used the Fail Mary catch to drum up a far bigger controversy than was warranted over that catch? The media loves doing that with anything they can. It brings them more revenue and relevance. ODB is a young star receiver in the largest market for a sports team in existence. They stood to make more bank by calling it the greatest catch ever, or a contestant for one; and many people fell for it hook, line, and sinker.
It is NOT a greatest-ever contestant.
