Thursday, February 28, 2013

Really J.J.?

I hate to rehash this moment for 49er fans but I saw an awkward moment on the NFL network today when the NFL AM anchors interviewed Super Bowl hero Jacoby Jones. They asked him to go back through the infamous kickoff return for a touchdown to start the 3rd quarter. During this playback they told him to "walk them through" what happened. I kid you not, they froze the frame on this (without the spot shadow)...



As you can see Jacoby is breaking through for his dead sprint to the end-zone  Jones stated "there was great blocking."
The foul being committed is better seen here a step later...



As Jones breaks away these two players are nearly tackling Miller which is a DIRECT path for Jones to take the kickoff to the house. Miller is being held for nearly 15 yards in live playback!

Even after the fact it is amazing the blindness that people are willing to have in such moments that took place on the worlds biggest stage. The 49ers lost the game, the Ravens should have never been that far ahead but there is no doubt that plays like this helped the Ravens cause tremendously. The fact that a network with the NFL logo representing it can show such blatant errors in the game and say nothing about it is not only awkward but disappointing.

This was one of two major mistakes that I said were more damaging than the final "no-call" on Crabtree. The other being the 2 turnovers (INT by Kaepernick, fumble James).

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