UK guy reacts to NFL GREATEST CATCHES

[@michaelforbes4547]

2:29 You were right. Randy Moss chose to catch it that way, because Moss was disgustingly talented and one of the best receivers to ever play. Good eyes on that.

[@yoinkhaha]

Yeah, that was legit Moss just showing off the skill level.

[@cliffrusso1159]

Just found your channel, really good content. Welcome to the US. React to NFL best hurdles.

[@zacheryhedrick4558]

Absolutely spot on about the one handed grab by randy moss honestly would love to see you do a reaction to a video of his best on and off the field moments. He was one of the nfls all time great characters as was chad Johnson I think getting to see some of the live emotions and fun the players have in it would bring a lot more passion and understanding to the game for you. Keep up the good work

[@jimforehand7571]

After you check out the best hurdles video and the rules videos I've seen suggested down here (which i highly recommend myself) you might wat to check out the best lateral plays of all time.

[@captain_crunk]

I'm always entertained watching someone discover the NFL and its athleticism, speed, and brutality. Most people think rugby is about as rough as it gets, but it's not even close. My younger brother was a linebacker at Colorado State for 3 years until a knee injury ended his football career. He played rugby for CSU his final year of college and said it was a great way to get some exercise in without having to worry much about injuries. And obviously injuries do happen in rugby, but it's much more controlled without pads.

[@actmyage2149]

Just found your channel. American Football (which is not synonymous with NFL -- a common mistake non-US folks make -- NFL is the top professional league of American Football; some of the clips in these compilations come from college teams) is easy to explain in a few minutes, but desperately hard to understand the rules (there are a huge quantity of very nuanced rules). This is the opposite of a sport like Baseball, which takes quite a while to explain, but once understood, you'll comprehend almost any game you watch. In the nationwide NFL broadcasts, the networks will frequently retain the services of a rules expert whose job it is to understand all the nuances of the game and explain why certain penalties may apply to certain situations. In these highlight videos, it's difficult to answer the question, "Is this hit/play legal?" because we're only seeing a few seconds of footage from a single angle. Also, the question of when (what year) the play occurred changes things. The NFL and school leagues have been trying to reduce the number of catastrophic injuries and concussions, so the rules have been modified over the past twenty years or so. Horse-collar tackles, head-to-head hits, and certain other moves deemed high risk are no longer allowed. However, the game remains brutal on the body, and broken bones and concussions remain a reality for players anytime they suit up. The pads and helmet, by the way, are not there to prevent injury; they are there to essentially to prevent life-threatening and life-ending damage. Injuries are expected; death and paralysis are, thankfully, rare. I've subscribed, so I welcome seeing more of your work.

[@jamesmitchell7093]

The field is 100 yards long. 300 feet

[@FAMCHAMP]

Here you go I'll post 2 links to help you understand the game rules and how the league is ran American Football game rules kzbin.info/www/bejne/epXaoWR-rqp5iKc And since I can't post the second link for some reason The video is called "Sports 101 Guide to the NFL" by the youtuber named Lurks Lessons

[@kevin_l_tran11]

Definitely check out Ninh Ly’s rules of American Football. Doesn’t explain everything but covers the basics that can help you understand

[@WelbyIsYourGod]

Both flags you called out were PI (pass interference) on the defense when the defender makes contact or interferes with the receiver before the ball gets to them (it usually won't be called if the defender is making a play for the ball). The hard thing with American Football is that there are a lot of nuances with the rules and they also change them year to year. Also the field is 100 yards which is about 91 meters. Keep up the good work bro.

[@codygregg6683]

Technically its 120 yards. The endzones are both 10 yards deep.

[@codygregg6683]

@Jack Barrow hey, not witty or clever. Nice! Your best comment so far.

[@chemislife]

From the brief clip they showed I was thinking the second one was PI on the offence. WR is not allowed to push off to create separation to make a catch.

[@Remianen]

@@chemislife It was not. OBJ was interfered with. Look at how his body contorted from the moment he jumped. His push on the DB was defensive in nature. Imagine someone trying to chokeslam you. You'd use your inside arm to push away to prevent it from happening.

[@Andaius20]

You have to do a best nfl hurdles one since you did catches and jukes.

[@markjacobson8878]

The question of "how many of these catches would have happened without the gloves?" is complicated to answer. The gloves ARE meant to be "sticky", but actual adhesives are banned. It's limited to essentially just high friction surfaces with the ability to squish to apply pressure more uniformly to the ball. Now if you took a great receiver and had them stop wearing their gloves, they would probably do pretty badly at first. This is more just due to them developing a very specific feel for how their gloves behave, and suddenly changing that would make a difference. If they had time to adjust though, they would definitely still be very good. The biggest points of the gloves being beneficial is in bad weather. American football effectively does not allow for delay of game due to weather. A game is still played even if it is actively snowing or raining. The gloves help keep fingers warm when it's cold, and help retain grip when the ball is wet. Long story short, some of the one-handed catches probably would have been much, much harder without the gloves, but most of the others would have been very doable still.

[@oIRONITEo]

Honestly I found gloves to be more of a hinderence in bad weather, once the palm surface got wet, it was slicker than my hands tbh. Might have just been a bad pair but that was my experience.

[@Remianen]

@@oIRONITEo Depends on what era you played in. When I played, the Neumann gloves were sticky but not nearly as sticky (even when wet) as the gloves today. My Under Armour gloves today are crazy. If I can get two fingers on the ball (ANY two fingers), it's a catch. That may be due to gear plus experience/skill but the gear helps a ton.

[@stefonrandle9107]

I was a lineman and despite them being for protecting my hands from impact (lineman gloves have small pads in them to protect the knuckles and back of hands), the under armor gloves still had great stick for catching.

[@markjacobson8878]

@@stefonrandle9107 I was too. It helps for getting a grip on other players for sure as well. Basically all positions can benefit from high friction gloves.

[@robbieschneider6669]

As someone who use to work for a big name power 5 college football team ive taken a pair of gloves out of their packaging and thrown them at a wall and they stuck,.. thryre sticky

[@zevynozevyn4102]

When you asked if we could hear you clearly all I have to say is I don't know what microphone you're using but you have one of the best sounds I've heard from a person on KZbin keep it up and I'm very new to subscribing to you you doing good you'll get there

[@BasedHawaiian]

The ball comes in pretty fast, so gloves keep hands protected from bruising and they do help a bit with moisture.

[@saucyisawesome]

React to BEST HURDLES. It will blow your mind how athletic these guys are.

[@robertdedrick7937]

The rules of American football explained (NFL) by Ning Ly is a good one . Its a very regimented game with lots of strategies. Every player has a specific job on any given play all devised by the coach . Teams study film on each other all week looking for situational tendencies. Even during pauses between each play the teams are studying each other and if nessessary making adjustments before the play starts . Basically both the offense and defense are trying to disguise their true intentions thus confusing their opponents into making a mistake that can be capitalized on . If you are an informed fan you can follow/critique the strategies being employed. Its truly like watching two army's in a battle.

[@tylerjavon7922]

4:18 the defenders must play the ball not the player, that flag was most likely for a defensive pass interference and the offense would decline it for the TD to stand

[@Monster-tl2oi]

7:19 that catch was to win the championship

[@samueljohnston9639]

A football field is 100 yards long, with 10 yard end zones on each end, so 120 yards really. It is 53.333 yards wide (or an even 160 feet) one yard is pretty close to one meter I believe

[@stuk4747]

A meter is slightly longer than a yard.

[@jdveit227]

This is why the US sucks at soccer nationally. All these amazing athletes are playing football, baseball, and basketball

[@ukreacts6850]

That actually does make some sense ... if all their best athletes play other sports it would make it tougher to compete in soccer globally

[@sharksbreath7]

As good as their hands are the sideline footwork is just as good, especially in the NFL where you have to get both feet down.

[@samueljohnston9639]

Pass interference is what the yellow flag was thrown for, pretty much if there is an eligible receiver you cant grab or tackle them until they have the ball, blocking is when an offensive player hits a defensive player and blocking them from tackling the ball carrier, so one of the big differences is whether or not you are on the offensive or defensive side, some other important rules of blocking is that you cant grab and hold the person (this is called holding, you can only hit or push a player), you cant "blindside" a player (that is hit them from the side when they aren't looking), you cant push a player from behind (thats called a block in the back), and you cant hit a player who is like 40 yards behind the ball carrier (if the ref sees you hitting somebody who has no chance of stopping the play, he can call unsportsmanlike conduct)

[@agent1543]

React to Joseph Vincent's video Cheetah on Tyreek Hill.

[@seanmillette4323]

The song style is weird but the lyrics “say you’ll never let me go” are fitting in a video about greatest catches.

[@danbaker300]

If you're familiar with rugby league, that makes for a decent starting point for comparing the rules: - "Four downs" is the equivalent of the six tackle rule, except that 1) you only get four, and 2) the count resets automatically if you gain 10 yards in the course of those four plays. Your first play will be "1st and 10", meaning first down, 10 yards to go to reset the sequence. Gain four yards, the next is "2nd and 6". Gain eight yards there, and you've gotten enough to earn a new first down, so it's "1st and 10" again. A play ends when the ball carrier is tackled or goes out of bounds (there's no penalty for doing so, it's just the same as if they were tackled there). The officials include a "chain crew" who mark the spot where a series started and have a 10-yard long chain to mark the line to gain for a first down. - A touchdown is the equivalent of a try, except that (despite the name) you don't actually have to touch the ball down to the ground to score it, just have possession with any part of the ball over or beyond the goal line. Worth 6 points + a conversion attempt (can either kick for 1 extra point or run a play trying to get into the endzone again for 2), then you kick off to the other team. - A field goal is the equivalent of a drop goal. It's held in place by another player for the kicker (no tee, but you don't have to drop-kick it either; it's technically legal to do so, but the ball being more pointed than a rugby ball makes that much, much harder). 3 points if successful and you kick off to the other team; if you miss, the defense gets the ball from the spot of the kick. - A safety is the equivalent of a goal-line dropout, when a team with the ball is forced backward into their own endzone and the ball becomes dead there. The defense scores 2 points in addition to forcing the other team to kick to them. A safety is also scored if the offense commits a penalty in their own endzone. - A touchback is the equivalent of a 20-meter restart, when a team gains possession of the ball in their own endzone and it becomes dead there. No points are scored and that team gets the ball at their own 20 (or 25 if it happens on a kickoff). - One forward pass per play is allowed as long as it's thrown from behind the line of scrimmage (where the ball was placed to start the play). If a forward pass hits the ground before it's caught (an incomplete pass), the ball is dead and returned to the previous spot for the next play (no yards are gained). A forward pass is also incomplete if the receiver fails to get both feet, or some other part of the body, down in bounds before going out of bounds. (In college, they only need one foot down, not both.) A backward pass that hits the ground, on the other hand, is a live ball. - There is no knock-on rule; you can't deliberately bat a loose ball forward, but an accidental fumble that goes forward is live for either team to recover. - Kickoffs can be recovered by the kicking team once the ball goes forward 10 yards. Otherwise, a kicked ball that crosses the line of scrimmage can't be recovered by the kicking team unless first touched by the receiving team. If the kicking team touches it first, regardless of the result of the play, the receiving team can opt to get the ball at that spot. - Penalties don't automatically give the ball to the other team; they're just enforced by moving the ball forward or back a number of yards (usually 5, 10, or 15). Most penalties on the offense replay the down (a holding penalty would turn 2nd and 6 into 2nd and 16), though there are a few that include "loss of down". Most penalties on the defense automatically give a new first down, but some of the minor ones (offside being the most common) don't reset the series of downs unless the yardage alone is enough to do so. When a penalty occurs during a play, the official will throw a flag but the play will be allowed to continue, and once the play is over the opposing team will have the choice of accepting the penalty or taking the result of the play instead if that is more favorable. If both teams commit penalties on the same play, regardless of relative severity, they cancel out and the down is replayed from the previous spot. - Substitutions between plays are unlimited. At the professional and major college levels, it's extremely rare for a player to play both offense and defense; positions are highly specialized.

[@fredrickm4436]

the ware gloves because their fingers used to get mangled up real bad

[@tomjones2121]

I'm watching , to see if the greatest catch ever is in the video, I suspect it isn't , Miami Dolphins receiver Nat Moore with the helicopter catch ..

[@ericcervantes9345]

You're correct!!! the song does suck lol

[@expatincolombia]

A football field is 100 yards from endzone to endzone, so about 91.44 meters.

[@actmyage2149]

@UKreacts And, just to confuse things, the Canadian version of the sport uses a 110 yard field which is also wider than the American field. Indoor football leagues (like the Arena League or the new Fan Controlled Football league) frequently use a 50 yard field instead.

[@jpbreeze44]

hey man, nice vid. I think it'd be cool if you reacted to hockey (ice), specifically the NHL. Look up "Biggest Hockey Hits Ever" by The Highlight Factory, won't regret it.

[@Gray-soul_81]

I feel you on the song. Always feels out of place.

[@TOBY_Edits]

Repent turn to Jesus

[@paulmartin2348]

Gloves protect your hands. You can catch better w/out them as you have more feel for the ball. Then again you are more confident when your hands don't get all beat up.

[@demonseed1995]

I don’t know if they still do this but some coaches would make their receivers take ballet

[@StevesFunhouse]

Your question about the yellow flag ... yes, it is, in our terms, a yellow "penalty flag" is thrown when 1 or more players commits a "foul" (rule infraction). When you asked, the infraction or foul was most likely that the receiver's ability to catch the ball was impeded by the defender. To elaborate, since he was facing away from the ball, and either tackling, tripping, smothering the receiver ... or just preventing the receiver from having a fair chance to catch the ball he was committing a foul. However, had the defender been turned around, facing the ball and trying to catch it himself, he WOULD have been considered an eligible receiver as well, and there would have been no foul. The 2nd time you mentioned the flag was when a Dallas Cowboy (my team) was impeding the receiver by putting his hand on the other guys arm, waist, back, or whatever, and that is illegal. In this case, he yanked on the receiver's arm just before the catch, and that would have been considered an impediment. You WILL see them get away with it sometimes, and sometimes, they get flagged when it was an accident but, unless he himself becomes a receiver (is looking and also "going for the ball"), they will consider his actions a foul. And YEAH, the songs suck but RAP wouldn't have made me any happier. Also, a football field is 100 yards long (91.44 meters). The gloves were not designed to help you catch and, the last I knew, it is against the rules to have anything on your hands that help you catch the ball. Players used to use something called, Stickum, which was a sort of light glue, but it's use was banned a long time ago. I would doubt they reversed the ruling, so they probably have to have their gloves inspected before each game so they can't cheat. So, these players that are making these incredible catches are just that good.

[@deenormus1975]

Lol u have to get 2 feet in bound AFTER having possession. So u can’t be juggling the ball, u have to catch the ball & have it, then touch both feet in bounds. That’s some tippy-toe kinda dancing while grabbing the ball & not being pushed out by the defender. There’s some incredible catches on the line, yo.😉

[@Becky.Ray14]

You should check out the NFL Combine, so you can check out some of their individual stats. Some of these guys have like 40in verticals.

[@rlevitta]

Go figure that William Shakespeare would be interested in football...

[@TheLordCinderbottom]

These plays are incredible in their own right, but in context, many of these are world class. Several of these clips are from that last-minute or absolute "must-perform" moments of the biggest games on the biggest stages. Some are even from high school players. Its truly incredible what kind of athletic performance that this game can bring out in people, but there are many catches in this video that wouldn't have happened without the use of modern catching gloves. I'd guess that 25-40% of these plays wouldn't have happened without them. Not to discredit, but some of these plays require spidey-grip to achieve, and those gloves can give you that chance. Still takes incredible athleticism and skill to get into position to touch the ball, but the last-second contact is definitely aided.

[@snowign7]

Football 101: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaWZmYBrqbefnKM Football 201: kzbin.info/www/bejne/epXaoWR-rqp5iKc Football 301: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKPZpImtr5x7bdU (kind of cheesy. but good info. also overtime is no longer sudden death. and the division break downs are a bit off since the video is so old. everything else was spot on.)

[@23twanne]

You like "sidesteps" and evasive moves? Start with Marshall Faulk. End with Barry Sanders. You will lose your mind.

[@LilliLamour]

Please never cut your hair. I'm a hairdresser telling you this... The look is beautiful.

[@tomjones2121]

You have a lot of questions about football, here;s how you learn , watch a couple of complete games with commentary , it will all fall into place

[@ukreacts6850]

I'm disappointed ill have to wait till this autumn to catch the next match

[@tomjones2121]

@@ukreacts6850 full games are available on you tube such as NFC or AFC conference championship and Super Bowl games

[@LuisNegron12379]

Yellow flag means a penalty occurred. In that case it was pass interference. Defense cant hit a pass catcher (beyond 5yards from the line of scrimmage) until he touches the ball. Offense is allowed to block for any player running the ball (just can't block in the back of a player) becyz every defender is trying to stop the player with the ball from advancing.

[@spazotron1374]

The gloves are generally meant for hand protection, and its debatable if they affect grip for catching. The general attitude at the moment is it doesn't make a big enough difference to be ruled out. I personally had my hands torn up by terf field road rash, smashed between helmets, and stepped on with cleats so many times its hard to count. One of my first years on the team I had a fingernail catch on a defensive lineman's practice jersey as I pushed him to the ground, and the nail uh... went with him. Taught me to wear gloves pretty quickly

[@robertboyer5926]

Ha ha... takes most new people a while to notice the quarterbacks... can you imagine the power accuracy and speed of decisions the guy throwing.... holy crap.

[@markhamilton1112]

Those flag just mean there was an infraction of the rules, some flags just result in +/-5yards. Other result in explosion from the game, just depends on what rule you broke.

[@lesaahrenstein6360]

Yes the gloves help you to make the catches. Many years ago and I mean many you were allowed to use This thing called stick which was This very sticky glue so that when you put your arm up the ball wood Stick to it and then you could pull the catch in. But that was outlawed A couple of decades ago.There was a combination of high school, college, pro football. In terms of catching football in college 1 foot has to be in When you make the catch and in pro football both feet have to be in when you make the catch. That's why you'll see professional receivers up on their Tippy toes Reaching over into the outer play area to make the catch while keeping both feet in. A football field is 100 yd. The offensive team has four tries, or downs, to move the ball 10 yd. In football there are referees although there is an umpire. Baseball and softball exclusively have umpires. A yellow flag means there's a penalty. The other thing to remember is that the quarterback is throwing the ball to where the receiver is supposed To be And it's the receivers job to get the ball. Sometimes that means having to catch it in a group of defenders or while you are being defended or maybe the throw was off. But you have to admire the quarterbacks for being able to "thread the needle" with their throws.

[@vorsutus753]

That nihn's rule video is the best your going to find but it is almost not even a warm-up lesson. American football rules are so complex you could have watched the sport your whole life and still get surprised by things. Also the rules are constantly changing. Some things for player safety other to clear up confusion(this never work we had a 5 year period a bit back no1 knew what a catch was lol). Truth is you need to just sit down with some people who know the game and ask question while watching. Shouldn't take more than a few games to have a good enough idea That you can enjoy watching it. But some things will take a bit of time to pick up.

[@LuisNegron12379]

As far as gloves the help players gab the ball but also protect their fingers. The quarterbacks throw with so much velocity it breaks fingers if not caught just right. Plus a quick laser throw caught bare handed gonna burn you finger tips sometimes. But only sone pkayers like gloves. Plus cold weather teams are more inclined to use gloves than the warm weather teams.

[@ss.mcl0vin103]

Also for another little basic rule, 4 quarters each quarter is 15 min, after 2 quarters is halftime which is the longest break of the game, also im guessing you kno what a time out is, however in the 2nd and forth quarter there is a 2 minute “warning” which just gives stops the clock and kinda works as like a extra timeout.

[@paulschirf9259]

There are a lot of really bad rules videos. Most many actually get things wrong. What may be fun would be a discord chat with some viewers who know the game while watching a playback of an exciting historic game. You'd have the opportunity to really get the feel and the rules details, and there are versions of the games that cut out downtime. Sign me up if you go with this option.

[@dochollidaysraidersintel6466]

Tim Brown is a HOF Wr who never wore gloves... also if you want to see some amazing catches react to Brandon Lloyd.

[@cypher515]

I think in that catch-against-the-back situation, it was illegal because the rule is 'you have to give the man a chance to catch the ball, or else try to catch it yourself'. It's interference if you try and tackle a guy away from being able to make a catch, in other words.

[@christophermckinney3924]

In American Football a player receiving the ball has to be given the opportunity to catch it before he is tackled or hit. If he is receiving a pass, the defender cannot touch him BEFORE the ball arrives. BUT the umpires often allow some bumping between players and a certain level of rough play as long as it isn't too aggressive and doesn't affect the outcome of the play unfairly. The deeper into the playoffs the teams play, the more aggressively they play and the more the officials "allow them to play" without calling penalties. This is called "incidental contact." A defensive player may reach out and touch another player to locate him while the ball is in the air but the defender cannot alter the receiver's movement after the player is more than 5 yards away from the original starting line of the play until the ball arrives. If a defender's head turns back toward the ball so he can try to intercept the ball before the receiver catches it, both are granted an equal opportunity to catch it. But when the defender is facing the receiver and not looking back and contact occurs, it is more likely to be a penalty. You can have offensive pass interference or defensive pass interference depending on who is trying to unfairly disrupt the movement of the other player. If a player is receiving a punt or a kick (which goes very high in the air and prevents a receiver from seeing who is approaching him), the defender must give him two yards (roughly two meters) in which to catch the ball. But once the ball touches the receiver's hands he can be tackled. So a well timed hit is one that allows the six feet but closes the distance within a fraction of a second and it almost looks instantaneous. The rules around protecting receivers are more complex than other rules in the game because the receivers are defenseless while reaching and looking to catch the ball.

[@vorsutus753]

Yellow flags are like cards but unless you do something crazy like intintionaly trying hurt someone or touching a ref intentionaly, you won't be ejected. Comiting a foul could be either penalized by loss of yards (ball moves towards your end zone) and can by so doing negate a score. If both teams have a foul on the same play no matter how much worse 1 is or if 1 team commits 4 and the other team 1 they all of set and they do the play over. Teams can also chose to decline then if they want to. If a team commits more than 1 penalty you have can only accept one. Lastly a foul that happens after a play is over will be assessed on the next play.

[@sherrysaville6124]

The rules for football change with age groups. Recreational league can be flag or tag (no tackle) to tackle depending on the age of the participants plus basic rules. Then typically with middle school you have more intensive rules but not the full range. Then you get into high school and college and the rules are upped again. Once you hit the NFL the rules change again. It takes time to learn all the rules plus they change from time to time for safety reasons - targeting is a relatively new rule in the never ending race to prevent head and neck injuries. Concussions are of primary concern.

[@sabresfan1616]

The field is 100 yards. Each Endzone is 10 yards. So, in total, 120 yards.

[@codycanfield399]

If you want great video's on players you should watch Joseph Vincent top notch videos

[@davidmcaneney9295]

Gloves help you handle the impact of the ball and it’s just preferable depending on position and who is the player but gloves use to have stick’em just a glue-ish thing on gloves or hands but this was banned in the 70’s or some where around there. And my experience with gloves is it really doesn’t matter because I would on where one on my right most of the time because it just felt right and they do just help you handle the ball better . And you can lick or spit on them to get them kinda sticky but for me it really never helped

[@CheesiestCheesehead]

Well the gloves do help hold on to the ball. Usually when the yellow flag comes on a big catch in the area right around the catch. Usually the defender made contact before the ball arrived. Aka pass interference. If the flag is thrown away from where the catch was usually another player committed a foul like holding, face mask, offsides, false start etc

[@kevinmaxwell9539]

For a second I could have sworn you were NFL TE Dan Arnold. You look a lot like him.

[@colinaudette291]

Football players choose to wear gloves so your fingers aren’t constantly being cut up, blocking players especially and yeah the receivers have some form of stick on their gloves but it doesn’t help nearly as much people think. I never wore gloves tho so

[@codygregg6683]

Most of the crazier catches wouldn't happen without the gloves. The grip is definitely sticky on the gloves. They used to put all kinds of things on their hands in the old days. Just to help grip the ball in rain or snow or just in general.

[@ss.mcl0vin103]

So as for rules what do you want to know? I commented on your first video of like what they’re trying to do, and the yellow flag is a penalty so as for the one you asked about, it was pass interference. Pretty much your not allowed to interrupt a receiver (the person running a route to catch the ball) you can’t interrupt them until they have touched the ball, the second they touch the ball you can go for the tackle even if it’s just fingertips. You are allowed press off the line but once that’s done you have to just try and stay on them, (they do allow a little bit of hand checking as long as it’s not impeding on the receiver to much.

[@Tinfoilnation]

Penalty flags on a pass like that usually means *Pass Interference* : Both receiver and defender have a "right" to catch the ball - but they must not interfere with each other. If they collide like that but both are clearly trying to catch the ball - that's not a penalty - because they both have the right to try and catch that ball and if they bump into each other while doing that, well too bad. If however one of them is not actively and clearly trying to catch the ball and he "interferes" with the other player - either by colliding with them or grabbing them - then that's a penalty. (A big one too) In the case you first asked about, watch it again. Pause it at 3:39. That defender isn't even looking at the ball (which is a big "tell" that they're trying to catch it) and he's wrapping up the receiver in his arms without trying to catch the ball himself. That is clear pass interference and the ref called it as such.

[@RemboBajingo]

Nihn Explains American football will be very helpful

[@divedeep8489]

a football field is 100 yard from end zone to end zone but the endzone itself is 10 yard ... roughly a little shorter than meter i believe ... a yard is 3 feet ... if you see a feild go for 50 yards it means they are on the 40 yard line because they are adding the 10 yards from the end zone itself .... the yellow flag you keep seeing is "a flag" meaning a penelty has ensued .. usually in this video that means its a pass interference ... meaning the defender has some how interupted the recievers root in laymen terms ... usually its holding hopefully somebody has given you a video of the rules because i dont know of one personally lol

[@DeLee596]

How about the quarterback throwing these balls. The precision. Yellow flag might have been thrown for some other foul by some other player that has nothing to do with the catch.

[@vorsutus753]

But since this is a video about catches here are the rules about that. You must get 2 feet down or a knee or a hip anything but a arm in bounds for it to count. If you drop the ball without making a move after a catch its a dead ball and the next play starts from where the last 1 did. If you make a move then drop it the ball is live and any player can recover it and the next play starts where that player is tackled with them in possession. The ball can touch the ground if it is undercontrol but if it gets jarred at all its not a catch. Also if a player is going out of bounds they need to maintain possession till after they are on the ground or no catch. Any player except for offensive linemen(big blocker dudes) can catch a pass except in some specific scenarios such as if a team brings in a 6th lineman then he can catch but not the rest still. Defensive players can catch the ball under all the same rules and return it the other way as well. Edit: tie catches go to the offense.

[@jerseydevil1066]

Yes the yellow flag is a penalty. The only way to understand American football is to watch a few games with somebody who understands and then keep watching it. There are so many rules.

[@cjcookj85]

Pass interference is what the flags were thrown for. You can't tackle or pull on the receiver before they touch the ball. The penalty is that the ball will be placed at the spot of the foul if it's not caught. If it's caught, the team the foul was committed against can decide to decline the penalty or accept it. 99% of the time it's accepted if it's not caught. I say 99% because depending on the situation in the game there may be a time where it's better to decline the penalty but I don't believe I've ever seen that happen.

[@RemboBajingo]

The flags you saw are thrown by referees when they see a rule being broken. The rule being broken in this video is called Pass Interference. The defenders were physically preventing the receivers from catching the ball, rather than defending through superior positioning, attempting to deflect the ball, attempting to catch the ball themselves or various other options. In the case of this video the receivers managed to complete the catch despite interference from the defender.

[@killiansred1000]

When a ball is caught along the sidelines both feet have to touch in the field of play (inbounds) in order for it to be a completed pass. Catching the ball with a defender trying to knock it away while staying inbounds takes practice and concentration.

[@internetizmyhome]

Yeah basically if you’re on defense you can’t tackle the person trying to catch the ball until the instant he touches it (and only in certain ways until the person who caught it is no longer deemed “defenseless”).

[@idc1475]

The yellow flag can mean all sorts of things they review and tell you but it 4:10 it means pass interference i would say the defender was holding onto which is pass interference you can try to stop the reciever you cant just pull the jersey tackle them or pull their arm dowm.

[@CJoksch]

These receivers who are catching in the end-zone have to be aware of their feet. In pro ball, both feet must touch down in bounds for the catch to be considered good. That adds to the complexity.

[@MaxeneMtan]

YOU SHOULD DO NBA OR ALSO KNOWN AS BASKETBALL REACTION!! Pleaseeee

[@kokomo9764]

All NFL games are important. There are only 16 games in the regular season so each one is critical. The gloves to not have a sticky material on them. However, technology has created fabrics that enhance the adhesion of the gloves. But, all of these catches would have been made with or without gloves. In the instances where you saw a yellow flag these were due to the defender interference. Technically the defender cannot grab or obstruct the receiver. In these cases the offense can accept the penalty and the defense is penalized by awarding the offense additional yardage and the down is replayed from the new spot. If the offense declines the penalty then the play stands as is. In these cases the penalties would have been declined and the touchdown awarded to the offense. You may be starting to notice that the rules of football are very complex. It is so much more than big men running and hitting each other.

[@justinpaige9429]

😂😂😂😭💀💀💀💀 "this song is not got me." That what funny

[@TheKcXiV]

cause the song was ass lol

[@ComS512]

Easy way to help. In catching vids of a yellow flag is thrown the catch is harder because the defender illegally interfered with the receiver. Generally

[@georgephillips3625]

The one handed catch isn't that difficult. Their gloves are very sticky.

[@johnmemoli1261]

The same sport that is rife with aggression and savagery can show beauty and grace. Football is a game of yards and inches as well as minutes and split seconds..

[@Miedra1022]

The gloves serve a purpose depending on your position. So yes the gloves are an advantage to wide receivers but the defensive backs covering them wear the same gloves.

[@mrpdiditful]

Most of the professional players they showed are either Hall of Fame players or just great players

[@tiffymcconkey]

Nothing to do with football but you have awesome hair. Also the Stanford catch is college 3:37

[@Miedra1022]

The flags were probably for the defence on pass interference so roughing up the recover while/ slightly before he was trying to catch the ball.

[@tazsaalim8710]

React to greatest game winning touchdowns in football/nfl history

[@clockworkm]

The gloves they wear provide better grip especially when playing in rain and such but I assure you, these receivers can catch the ball barehanded with ease.

[@odemusvonkilhausen]

5:50 Athletes and people who focus their attention on sports, have notoriously bad taste in music. Whoever posted this video obviously had no frame of reference on what song to add to it.

[@richchie71]

How many meters are in a field? This is the USA we don't do meters lol. 100 yards or 300 feet

[@sansabasongbird5130]

When the ball is in the air contact by the defender is illegal and results in a 15 yard penalty and loss of down. but as soon as the ball touches the receivers hand he’s fair game.

[@kerrywolfert5095]

The American football field is 99.4 meters long.

[@scorpiothegreat1]

In America Football they are called referees, not umpires.

[@steviebennett5950]

when a defender in this case the safety is going to defend the the pass he has to turn his head looking at the ball, if he does not and deliberately gets in the way of the ball causing contact its a pass interference penalty (which means for this particular penalty if accepted the ball will be spotted at the penalty)

[@fletchmoose]

100 yards long plus another 10 yards long for each end zone, where they score

[@liamengram6326]

The NFL is the pinnacle of athleticism. Period.

[@jayy2245]

In this video when the refs threw the flags it is called a pass interference this happens when the defenders makes contact with a person before the ball is thrown.

[@tannertruhett4518]

If balls in the air defender also has to make a play at the ball or the offensive player after the offensive player touches the ball

[@cliques_3628]

The gloves definitely help but those catches are still incredible