Very small margin for error, THAT's the story ....

You talking about. He was as open as you can hope for. That is a routine catch not a highlight reel catch

Were the better team today. We made so many stupid mistakes. I think we were lucky to tie.

Let’s hope Leo is healthy for next week.

In comment 15932735 g56blue10 said:

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You talking about. He was as open as you can hope for. That is a routine catch not a highlight reel catch

If he were 6-5 it would have been a routine catch.

because I was livid with him at the time. But I was corrected that he wasn't taunting the defense but actually cheating the great play. What gets me is all the stupid crap they allow after TDs and interceptions with the whole defense running down the field they throw a flag for this when the intention wasn't to taunt the D is just BS . Lesson learned and too bad the vet player did it and it IMO cost us a win.

It more than that. We have no margin for error and we need virtually all the big plays to go our way. This record with this talent is pretty remarkable.

And coming down hard on your back, and controlling the ball when you hit (every time) - then, have somebody sniveling about it (I don't think the coaching staff is going to do that).

In comment 15932735 g56blue10 said:

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You talking about. He was as open as you can hope for. That is a routine catch not a highlight reel catch

I don't think its a routine catch. He had a worse miss earlier where he didn't fight through the defender. He could've probably gotten a PI at a minimum.

but I can guarantee you every team has lost a lot of players this year, It's the nature of football. I think today they had a lot of starters back in the lineup so they really can't say that is a factor today.

In comment 15932786 JerrysKids said:

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but I can guarantee you every team has lost a lot of players this year, It's the nature of football. I think today they had a lot of starters back in the lineup so they really can't say that is a factor today.

We’re without our top three WR and five of out top six DBs. Missing two of our top four DL, our starting TE hadn’t played in a month and our starting OLB hadn’t played in two months. Yeah, no factor at all. Unbelievable.

In comment 15932764 Manny in CA said:

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And coming down hard on your back, and controlling the ball when you hit (every time) - then, have somebody sniveling about it (I don't think the coaching staff is going to do that).

If you're an NFL receiver, you say that's a catch you have to make. It hit both of his hands. Not every catch made is easy.

Let’s not say routine but it doesn’t qualify as a hard catch either

Taunting = stupid = margin for error that turns games.

Lack of ball skills made it appear more difficult than it needed to be.

I think a lot of it was the fact that he ran to a location where there were several defensive players before his move.

In comment 15932927 OntheRoad said:

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I think a lot of it was the fact that he ran to a location where there were several defensive players before his move.

Who all seemed to disregard him except the ref.

on a good team.

So not making that catch is unfortunately understandable

That people seem to expect way too much from.

Hes actually really strong depth on a good team.

In comment 15932961 Ten Ton Hammer said:

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That people seem to expect way too much from. Hes actually really strong depth on a good team.

It’s really interesting though, I can’t think of a player at this level who lacks the ability to catch like this. I always think of Bill Wash (in Finding the Winning Edge I believe) saying that when scouting WRs, their ability to catch isn’t something you look for because all college WRs more or less have good hands. Slayton would be a superstar if he had a skillset that’s taken for granted at this level.

In comment 15932961 Ten Ton Hammer said:

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That people seem to expect way too much from. Hes actually really strong depth on a good team.

1000%

And our qb is throwing to a trash heap group of wrs. Bless their heart they all play hard, even slayton who can be frustrating is a success story. Guy is a 5th round pick who will last in the nfl. Rick James is a walk on talent who will earn good money as an nfl wr. But they can’t be the prominent wrs on an nfl team. The corners we put out there on D are of the same ilk. Every week we’re up against THAT nearly impossible to overcome problem yet so many go right to Daniel Jones when he doesn’t clearly outplay the opposing QB.

The OL is ok. Maybe ok. Jones has a guy breaking down on him nearly every play but ok fine, we can stop with the excuses if it makes some of you happy and say that the worst OL in the east is “ok.” Fine.

I give up. But I’ll say it again, some of you better make peace with Daniel jones as the nyg QB because he’s probably going to be back next season. And he probably should be.

Jones is making chicken salad out of shit. 20 ppg is not good, but it’s not terrible either and we’d be terrible if we had a turd at qb.

It’s Thomas at LT. Barkley at rb. Jones at qb. Neal is a young player to watch. Huge upside but a rookie. Gates who knows. Bellinger is back ok cool. And that’s IT. Everyone else is virtually worthless.

On D it’s the two young edges. Lawrence and Williams. Ward is a hard worker but doesn’t really give the D any kind of advantage. Love at safety. Nothing else until jackson and C come back.

That’s it. That’s everyone worthy of any kind of praise.

Hit him right in the chest for a walk on TD. Dropped. And yet Slayton is a bum for a not making a highlight reel catch? Good WRs drop more than you think. He was asked post game why he didn't run through and perhaps paused a bit necessitating the jump. But the catch itself was very tough.

In comment 15933143 Kanavis said:

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Hit him right in the chest for a walk on TD. Dropped. And yet Slayton is a bum for a not making a highlight reel catch? Good WRs drop more than you think. He was asked post game why he didn't run through and perhaps paused a bit necessitating the jump. But the catch itself was very tough.

I don't know who is arguing that it wasn't a tough catch. He did all the hard parts well - he was open, adjusted for the ball well, caught it at the highest point, etc. The embarrassing part is that he failed to secure the ball, the routine part of the catch.

The more frustrating part is that Slayton is doing this on a weekly basis. He's too inconsistent. The drops are happening too often.

The Slayton drop was when he prepared to land and attempted to stick the ball in his belly but the thighs came up to help deaden the falls impact and jarred it loose and he couldn’t resecure it.

There is little oom for error. And stupidity. And that includes having your best corner returning punts and your best safety getting a hurt driving an ATV.

In comment 15933143 Kanavis said:

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Hit him right in the chest for a walk on TD. Dropped. And yet Slayton is a bum for a not making a highlight reel catch? Good WRs drop more than you think. He was asked post game why he didn't run through and perhaps paused a bit necessitating the jump. But the catch itself was very tough.

OK great. And he still isn't that good and when he's the best WR on the team and the division is stacked with talent Darius Slayton won't do as you're #1 WR.