NE vs NYJ - Late Hit

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by APG

If I remember the play correctly, the Jets' player contacted the returner after he had crossed the boundary and was clearly going to be OOB.

"Clearly" - there's the difference. Geno Smith was simply running out of bounds. On the NYJ/NE play, the interceptor was heading out of bounds and appeared to be letting up ... then suddenly decided NOT to go out of bounds and picked up a few extra yards. THEN, when he was out of space and just about to be hit, he jumped backwards out of bounds and was hit during that jump.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

"Clearly" - there's the difference. Geno Smith was simply running out of bounds. On the NYJ/NE play, the interceptor was heading out of bounds and appeared to be letting up ... then suddenly decided NOT to go out of bounds and picked up a few extra yards. THEN, when he was out of space and just about to be hit, he jumped backwards out of bounds and was hit during that jump.

Mangold didn't begin his dive at the knees of Talib until Talib was over the boundary line.