The law of nature had to be broken by Jefferson.
I have also watched it many times. It wasn't 4th and 18 for Beckham's catch, but he didn't have a defender all over him. There is a part that just doesn't add up when you go over it step by step We will reach to it.
Simpson described football as a "savage ballet." There is something savage about this catch and play, as well as being one of the more graceful things you will ever see. Jefferson and Lewis are trying to remove the football from each other in a similar fashion. After all, the game is at stake. Rarely does this type of balance, touch, and strength crash into each other.
The nonsensical part is what I mean. It's not that we could do this stuff. Jefferson getting between Lewis's hands and on the ball with just his right hand adds up. It was up for debate at this point, because it is one hand vs two and Jefferson is at full stretch, which isn't the best way to exert the most amount of strength. He should have been able to remove the ball from his grip. We have seen this before.
Jefferson was able to bend his wrist when he curled his hand around the ball after they both came down. It is understandable as well. All of us can see it. They enter a portal into theBermuda Triangle and are sent back to Buffalo.
As they fall, the ball turns to the ground with Jefferson touching the horizontal axis of it. Think about holding a football like this and how it will hit the ground when Lewis comes off. Jefferson cradles it like Dr. J, but he never tackled it to the ground.
The impact and Jefferson's force on the ball caused Lewis to lose his grip on the ball. If you let go of one end of a rubber band, the ball and Jefferson's arm should shoot back to his body. While all of this is going on, Jefferson is able to hit the ball from the opposite direction.
It doesn't. The ball is in Jefferson's hand. He could have balanced the ball on his hand with his hand between the ball and ground. If his hands are so big and strong that he can squeeze a football with it and not have it hit the ground, that is hard to believe. Some combination of the two is what it is. I can't say. I can't shoot it. He brings it back to his body after he catches it.
Lewis' hands came off the ball. It should have been a balancing act to protect the ball from the impact of the ground. That didn't happen. Some higher force, be it a god or Jefferson's powers, was used to exert it. It is not hard to believe.
There will come a time when a fan of another team in the same division will happily frolic in the Vikings blowing another amazing and unforgettable moment that is supposed to be a sign of a magical season. Minneapolis Miracle II is included. The catch might not have been the craziest one in the game. How can this happen to a Buffalo team that is supposed to be the change of the Bills history?
The catch needs to stand on its own, even for a short time, as one of those rare moments where it felt like time was running out.