Lockett, meanwhile, had eight catches for 59 yards and two scores, including the game-winning overtime field goal that saw him finish the game with a diving effort, reaching for the ball to hit the pylon in the front corner of the end zone.
As impressive as his effort was on the game-winning catch, Lockett acknowledged his coaches will likely use it as an example of what not to do in that situation and how he reached for the ball, risking a possible escaped, which did it. out of the end zone, would result in a turnover – imagine Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor forcing fumbles at the goal line.
“It’s one of those things where they tell you not to reach, so before, I wasn’t going to reach, because you never know how a guy tries to tackle you. Sometimes a guy tries to kicking the ball and stuff like that, and once I saw the way he was trying to tackle me, I knew I had a chance to hit him, and luckily I was able to hang on it, reach for it, hit the pylon, then the ball is out.
“The whole team teaches you not to do it. We literally watched Thursday (video) ‘Don’t Reach, That’s Why You’re Not Reaching,’ so as soon as I did that, I “I’m going to say it shouldn’t have hit. It worked, we ended up winning, but it’s still one of those things where you always have to be careful, because you know what’s at stake if something bad happens.”
