Corey "Philly" Brown's 'Endzone Drop'

[tiger7_88]

 

The ball never hit Brown in the hands. If you look at these pictures then the one in my first post where it shows the ball completely vertical in between his forearms you can easily determine with 100% certainty that the ball was tipped. The first time it hit Brown was when it hit his shoulder after the direction and spiral had been changed. Nobody in human history could have possibly reacted and adjusted quick enough to catch this ball.

Just goes to show that pictures can be interpreted differently by different people.

To me, the 4th picture down shows clearly that the ball is still in a spiral AFTER it passed the defenders hands (the ball is behind the defenders hand at this point).  The subsequent fumbling around of the ball in the following pictures is because of Brown's gator-arming effort to catch the ball.

You seem to think you've found the 2nd shooter on the Grassy Knoll.  I think you are as heatedly conspiratorial (and wrong) as those who believe in the 2nd shooter.

[t96]

Tip or no tip an elite WR goes up and gets that ball before the defender even has a shot at making a play on it.  That way they either have the only chance to catch it or they draw the PI call because the defender will be forced into them.   I know thats easier said than done but, ideally, thats what would have happened on that ball instead of CB just waiting for it to float into his fingertips.  SS was one of the best at doing that despite being smaller/shorter than just about everybody he was going up against.  

People can't just teleport 3 feet in a split second...

[firstdayfan]

He dropped the ball because the defender blocked his view of the ball with this hand.  For anyone who's ever been a receiver on any level this is extremely difficult to do, but not impossible.  I'd give him a pass but I still feel like he has underwhelmed throughout the preseason.

[Ricky Spanish]

He dropped the ball because the defender blocked his view of the ball with this hand.  For anyone who's ever been a receiver on any level this is extremely difficult to do, but not impossible.  I'd give him a pass but I still feel like he has underwhelmed throughout the preseason.

Now that I can understand. 

[Cary Kollins]

The end zone catch would have been a great play, one I've seen Steve Smith make countless times. I don't knock Brown for not making the play.

The other "drop" that went right through his arms was pretty terrible. I guess he took his eye off the ball at the last second. That was pretty egregious.

[CRA]

he had a huge wide open drop the series before right after the Stewart drop 

[Roebling]

Just means there are too many dumbasses out there that see what they want despite being incorrect. When a small group says something, that opinion grows among the others  and spreads like wildfire. The record needs to be set straight. However, it won't help that much here. Many already have made up their minds and will not change despite the evidence. They don't want to hurt their pride. 

I think its okay to say he had a bad game. I don't think that makes people "dumbasses." Some people will be a little to harsh and have a knee-jerk reaction to it, but that's because he has been receiving hype and was expected to step up with KB going down. The first game we see him after KB, he plays poorly... These type of reactions are going to happen. They always have. 

[CRA]

To be fair, Olsen admitted that it was his fault and that he should've been where Cam was throwing. Bad route running on a timing route led to that pick. 

yep.  QBs get blamed for every pick.  I'd say a third of the time it is on WRs.

[CRA]

All this over one preseason game?

I think some of the expectations of Corey around here might not actually fit who he is as a player. He's a UDFA only entering his second NFL season.

well that will be a reoccurring theme all season....we have a bunch of guys that should be 3 or 4s playing as 1s and 2s.   

[uncfan888]

well that will be a reoccurring theme all season....we have a bunch of guys that should be 3 or 4s playing as 1s and 2s.   

To be fair, most teams would be in the same boat if they lost their ttop receiver. If funchess pans out to be a solid #2, then our 3s and 4s are what they're supposed to be

[CRA]

How many Donald Lafell drops/tipped balls ended up in interceptions? 

well those become obvious...

WRs not being where a QB expects them just make it appear to be horrible throws.  

[nctarheel0619]

You people crack me up. The ball was tipped and not a single player in the history of the league could've caught it.

you were the moron before he draft that said Anglor, KB, and Philly Brown would've made us a Top 10 receiving corp.  please just stop posting.  You're so homerish and ridiculous its asinine.  

[nctarheel0619]

He may be a homer, but sometimes I wonder why you even root for the Panthers and if you even like anyone on the team. 

Sorry I'm a realist.  I love Luke, TD, Norman, Tillman, Star, Short, and Williams.  I like Anderson, Stew, CAP, Cam, Funchess, CJ, Thompson.  There's many I don't care for.  Or I just think are average.  Sorry that threads are started about average-terrible players in my opinion.  Bene is also one of the players I love.  

[Proudiddy]

My apologies...  I did not go off of other people's word, I myself assumed that he had three drops because i remember three drive killing plays on which he was the reciever, so after the game I remembered them all as being drops.  He had two drops (TD included) and the first bad play was him catching a ball inbounds and then landing with both feet almost halfway across the boundary lol.  It showed absolutely no field awareness and looked like a sloppy route as well.  So, there...  it wasn't three drops, it was two drops and a horrible catch LOL.

 

ALSO, while rewatching the game,I looked back at the drop in the end zone and it appears clearly that the ball was not tipped.  It changed trajectory when it hit him in the chest,whereas if he was going after the ball with his hands like a natural reciever should, it never would have had the opportunity to do so.