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Originally Posted by djtestudo
Watch it again. There wasn't anyone within ten yards of where Roethlisberger was aiming when he threw it. Holmes had to reverse course and run back to get the ball, and get lucky that the defender covering him didn't recover in time.
95 times out of 100 that ball is incomplete or a pick, and if Flacco had thrown that pass people would be using it as evidence of his being a rookie.
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I just watched it again several times and in slow motion. Again, I strongly disagree with your depiction. I see Holmes in the area. Holmes did not reverse course. He stopped and waited for the ball, but he never reversed course and came back on the play. I would not call it an under thrown ball necessarily, because the defender was so out of position and Roethlisberger was under so much pressure, he just had to get the ball there, and he did.
I disagree with your initial statement about Ben not throwing it up to anybody. It is clear that he was throwing it to Holmes.