This catch though

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Catch of the year in the game of the year .

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Back the Brinks truck up. He earned every penny. 

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I am loving the comment in their account 

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@mgobluevikes said:
Catch of the year in the game of the year .

FMIA Week 10: Football Morning in Germany, and Justin Jefferson on the Wildest Game of the Year So Far

Written by Peter KingNovember 14, 2022

This note is why you should value the contribution of NFL Next Gen Stats to the discussion of the intricacies and appreciation of how difficult football really is. (Hat tip here to Conor McQuiston of Next Gen for his work on the numbers in this section.)
The catch Minnesota wide receiver Justin Jefferson made at the two-minute warning in Buffalo Sunday—Bills up 27-23, fourth-and-18, game on the line on this single play—is one of the best catches in NFL history. Impossible to downplay. The Bills, trying to keep hold of a narrow lead in a suddenly hard division. The Vikings, trying to show they can beat a power team on the road, with a quarterback, Kirk Cousins, who hadn’t inspired confidence in monumental spots like this one.
“Before we left the huddle,” Jefferson told me from the locker room in Buffalo, “Kirk said to me, ‘Hey, I might just throw this up to you.’ Kirk knew. We just needed to make something happen.”
He’s right. The old cliche among quarterbacks and coaches is, “Hey, what play you got in the gameplan to convert a fourth-and-18?”
None. Of course. So Cousins, and good for him, just figured he was out on the playground and looked at the best player on the field and said, You and I are going to make something happen.
The crazy thing is, this could have—should have, probably—been an interception. Bills safety Cam Lewis was breathing down Jefferson’s neck, behind him around the Buffalo 40-yard line. When the ball was in the air, Next Gen calculated the probability of Jefferson making the catch at 28.8 percent. Honestly, watch the play as Lewis and Jefferson each go up for it. Lewis has two hands on and appears to be coming down with the interception, ending the game. Then, as the two men come to earth, Jefferson’s brute strength takes the ball one-handed out of the grasp of Lewis, and as Jefferson falls, he cradles the ball and completes the catch.
“I felt how close [Lewis] was,” Jefferson said. “I knew it was going to be a battle for the ball. On plays like that, I don’t remember exactly what happened. But I’m going up, I’m going to fight for the ball. That’s my ball. Since ninth grade, those are the balls I think I should catch. I’m just happy Kirk trusted me and put the ball up for me to catch.”
It wasn’t just that catch that Next Gen found unlikely. Nine of Jefferson’s 10 receptions had less than a 50 percent chance of being caught by him. No player in the seven-year history of Next Gen analyzing every catch in the NFL has made nine catches in one game with less than a 50-50 chance of being caught.
Two other things: Jefferson said “probably” that was the best catch of his life—and he’s been a high school, college and pro wide receiver for 10 years. (I should hope so.) And the NGS data on Jefferson’s day is worth noting. He had 106 receiving yards over expected yardage on the day.
Jefferson is such an impressive receiver. Historically impressive too.
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/14/tom-brady-germany-peter-king-fmia-week-10/

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@JR44 said:
Has to go down as one of the best all time catches especially considering the situation, what was really amazing is how strong his hands are that he was able to hold onto the ball with one hand and keep it from hitting the ground as he went to the ground, I am still just stunned.  

I told my son that it is the second best ever in my book.  Tyree Davis in the Superbowl was probably better.  Situationally, 4th and 18, stealing the INT from that DB and somehow holding onto it with only one hand as he landed on his back.  

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@Vikergirl said:
I love how after he got it he gives the ball to the ref and goes back to the huddle. Best catch ever and he just goes about his business.

For all his dancing and showboating, he knows his business.  Game was on the line, time was crucial and he played like it.  Reminds me of Rodman in a way, all his antics and couldn't shoot a freethrow, until it was game on the line, he stepped to the line and sank both.

JJ is able to separate showmanship from the game.  He is so mentally mature for his youth.

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Fucking insanity. I couldn't believe it. Like most of us, the first few seconds after the catch I really wasn't sure what the hell had happened. And then when I did, I was sure it would get overturned on replay. Then I saw the replay and went OMFG......he caught it. lol.