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[QUOTE="Libero2, post: 3619108, member: 2812"]
I appreciate the efforts. It just blows my mind how these people can think that our coaches are simply incapable of mentioning “don’t take a sack” or “when you throw the ball away hit the upper deck.” When the pressure is on, people panic and make mistakes. That’s part of what separates average athletes from great ones. The ability to remain calm and think straight and rationally and then execute under pressure is what defines the “clutch gene.”

some people have it, some people don’t. Hockman freaked out so bad yesterday he threw an incompletion backwards out of an endzone for a safety. That gaffe is just as bad (and in some ways worse) than Rex’s 3rd down play. But nobody is talking about it, because Hockman got his act together and did enough to win the game after that.

Rex ’ed up. Everyone, including him knows it. But lots of athletes have made similar mind boggling gaffes throughout history and nobody is suggesting they weren’t coached to avoid it.

a couple weeks ago, Brady forgot it was 4th down. The Chris Webber timeout. The Penn State kid who score a td earlier this year and immediately regretted it and same with Todd Gurley the next day for the Falcons. The guy who ran out the back of the endzone for the Lions years ago.

the gaffes are all epic and all from much more higher profile athletes than Rex. Pressure gets to everyone eventually and it got to Rex in the worst way at the worst time yesterday.
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