this was one of the funniest plays of the week for a variety of reasons. he's accelerating out of bounds! lol

every now and then i still get legitimately surprised by how many people have certain takes. legit shocked how many people are defending this (on the grounds it's necessary to shield the defender, which is a benefit but does not outweigh the cost when you are still elevating at the catch point and have this much hangtime, this close to the sideline). legit can't imagine seeing great contested catch WRs like evans/adams/chase doing something like this. not shocked to be called dumb on here, but shocked so many people see this play and convince themselves one benefit outweighs what it comes with. (it's actually incredible how close burks came to completing this play, because that high up he was basically dead in the water. and again, it's just definitely not the right way to go about approaching a high throw, regardless of how extending invites a potential breakup. it's a tough play either way, but the latter is way, way easier to complete.)

why did he jump so high? i write a lot about WRs making hard plays look easy, and easy plays look harder. not saying he makes the catch otherwise, but i know this isn't optimal.

Tim Patrick is such a good blocking WR he started blocking downfield when Geno had extended but was still a full 5 yards behind the LOS with no real angle to scramble, so Omar Cooper lost his first career TD to an OPI (but got it later!) Teams play the darnedest players

The story is “Najee Harris released for criticizing rotation” but it should be “Solid effort from Najee Harris to handwave how terrible he’s been, legit props for trying, but coaching staff isn’t blind”