The Hunt Play

[67Stang]

Now that we can laugh it off.....this is kind of an issue that has been suspected on here for a long time. Our OL does not appear overly bright. How can you not know that you can't catch the ball right there as a unreported OL? Then dude could have been seriously hurt the way he landed on his head and neck the way he went after the end zone on a play that was going to be called back. I ain't gonna lie, I was laughing my ass off.....but this does raise some serious questions about coaching/player IQ (as it relates to football), and if that limits what can be taught/learned.

Maybe I am overthinking it, but that play could have seriously bit us in the ass.....luckily it didn't.

 

[mrbunglez]

Now that we can laugh it off.....this is kind of an issue that has been suspected on here for a long time. Our OL does not appear overly bright. How can you not know that you can't catch the ball right there as a unreported OL? Then dude could have been seriously hurt the way he landed on his head and neck the way he went after the end zone on a play that was going to be called back. I ain't gonna lie, I was laughing my *** off.....but this does raise some serious questions about coaching/player IQ (as it relates to football), and if that limits what can be taught/learned.

Maybe I am overthinking it, but that play could have seriously bit us in the ***.....luckily it didn't.

Was worried about his safety, but it did give them another 3rd down try.

 

[K-Rob]

I see it as an opportunity to put something clever in the playbook.

 

[BahamaFinFan78]

I was asking these questions on another post. Did he forget that he can't catch it? Did he think it was going to be intercepted? Did he think it had been tipped? Was it just a brain fart?

 

[Miami 13]

I’ve never seen an OL just go after and catch a pass on a screen before. Even tipped passes they usually bat it down but sometimes they will catch and run. It was bizarre and if Harbaugh was a man of the people he would of declined the penalty and let the TD stand.

 

[67Stang]

I see it as an opportunity to put something clever in the playbook.

LOL, great minds think alike....so was I.

 

[Travis34]

It was a fun play like you said, but it does make you wonder

I mean Gaskin was right there too, Hunt just stole the ball away, like dude, why aren’t you just looking to block someone for the screen??

 

[Travis34]

I see it as an opportunity to put something clever in the playbook.

That Tua to Gaskin “flea flicker” right back to Gaskin was pretty sweet

 

[67Stang]

It was a fun play like you said, but it does make you wonder

I mean Gaskin was right there too, Hunt just stole the ball away, like dude, why aren’t you just looking to block someone for the screen??

Ya, it was set up pretty nice.....if Gaskin gets that pass and Hunt lead blocks, that is a TD.

 

[67Stang]

That Tua to Gaskin “flea flicker” right back to Gaskin was pretty sweet

Ya, I guarantee we see that play again this year, from another team.

 

[C l u t c H 385]

I'll have to look again but Hunt and Gaskin kind of collided I think. There was no way Gaskin was gonna catch it. It may have just been an instinct to catch a ball flying at you, also if it happened to be tipped, gravy.

 

[jtsacksyou]

Now that we can laugh it off.....this is kind of an issue that has been suspected on here for a long time. Our OL does not appear overly bright. How can you not know that you can't catch the ball right there as a unreported OL? Then dude could have been seriously hurt the way he landed on his head and neck the way he went after the end zone on a play that was going to be called back. I ain't gonna lie, I was laughing my *** off.....but this does raise some serious questions about coaching/player IQ (as it relates to football), and if that limits what can be taught/learned.

Maybe I am overthinking it, but that play could have seriously bit us in the ***.....luckily it didn't.

On the flip side, if he doesn’t catch it and take it to the house, it’s 4th down. If he catches it, and doesn’t take it to the house, they decline the penalty and it’s 4th down.

 

[EPBro]

Ya, it was set up pretty nice.....if Gaskin gets that pass and Hunt lead blocks, that is a TD.

Gaskin was not catching that.

Hunt basically gave us another 3rd down try.

 

[LargoFin]

It's just like Ross and Grier. You just have to roll with it and love them.

 

[AJDUHEJETKILLER]

its like when my wife said, thats it, thats your last drink, and I hear Last call and order one anyways. Sometimes its instincts and bad ones at that.
Ball came his way and he just said lets go. I agree Gaskin was not going to catch it.

Play never should have happened, we should have punched it from the 1 way before that.

Still fun to watch. Hate them birds.