Even after that, two questions remained:
- How did Tiquan Underwood get open enough on the sideline to catch a 22-yard pass and get out of bounds with 11 seconds left? Antoine Bethea was the first defender to arrive, but after Underwood went out of bounds he went right to nickel back Jacob Lacey to talk about what happened. Lacey let Underwood go by to step up to cover Mike Thomas out of the slot, but Thomas was in much shorter and less dangerous territory. Lacey was way behind the play to Underwood, looking as if he expected help to arrive a lot sooner than it did.
- How could Kelvin Hayden drop an easy pick on the following play? Under pressure from Robert Mathis, a retreating David Garrard threw for Underwood up the right side. Hayden easily got in front of the intended receiver and was in position to take an interception to a game-winning touchdown. But the ball bounced right off his numbers and he was left to watch Josh Scobee’s heroics unfold two plays later.
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