BakoSaint

I noticed a play near the end of the game. Demario Davis went down in the pocket and got a hold of Matt Ryans leg and held it until Ryan threw an incomplete pass. Correct me if I am wrong but Davis could easily and legally have rolled while holding Ryans foot or ankle and finished the play faster, with serious injury risk to Ryan’s career. Many QBs would just go down or throw faster in that situation to avoid the injury risk but Ryan delayed, accepted the risk, and still Davis did not roll. Falcons fans like to imagine the Saints are a dirty team, but we just had Ryans fate in our hands and spared him.

SmashMouth

Yes.

Audiotom

Davis could have easily mangled Ryan’s leg

Some things are more important than football

cmike

If I could read DeMario’s mind, he was probably thinking- would someone hurry up and hit this MF already-.

Danno

That's what I was thinking. He was probably sure someone was about to hit him.

TheOak

This and waiting for a whistle. When you have someone wrapped and you know it’s that wrap that can’t be broken, players rarely chance anything that could jeopardize that.

There are a few key plays in a game where someone has the premeditation to hit or hurt someone.

Everything is bang bang bang.... when you see poor tackling it’s not that they don’t know the proper technique it’s that they haven’t done it enough for it to be second nature. Great tacklers rarely screw up because the don’t think much about it, it’s just reaction.

It’s been said before and rarely resonated but it’s very accurate. After the snap, Football is a game of fractional reaction times and those that have to think look and are just slow.

Srgt. Hulka

I was watching that, and was immediately waiting for the alligator death roll, but it never happened.

K Major

I thought so too. DD is a strong guy and could have easily twisted Matty's leg like a alligator if he wanted to.

ChrisXVI

Probably didn’t want to get flagged so he just stopped.

RaginCajun83

That’s what I thought