Malachi Corley drops soccer 1 yard from landing in bonehead play of the yr

New York Jets rookie Malachi Corley was inches, actually, from his first NFL landing.

Within the blink of a watch, nevertheless, his first NFL landing grew to become a touchback, gifting the Houston Texans possession of the soccer.

With Thursday evening’s sport between the Texans and the Jets knotted at 0-0, Aaron Rodgers and firm have been on the transfer, going through a 1st and 10 early within the second quarter. The Jets referred to as for an end-around to Corley, with Rodgers flipping Corley the soccer working in the direction of the fitting aspect.

Corley burst into the secondary and regarded to have his first NFL landing, however eagle-eyed observers famous that the rookie might need dropped the soccer earlier than the top zone:

The play was reviewed, not solely to find out whether or not Corley had certainly dropped the soccer however what occurred to the soccer after he dropped it. If a Jets participant had managed to get well the soccer, it nonetheless would have been a landing. But when a Texans participant recovered the free soccer, it might have been a touchback.

As a substitute, the ball merely rolled out of the top zone, which additionally resulted in a touchback:

No less than one group believed it was a landing: The social media workforce for the Jets. They posted a clip of the play on X (previously referred to as Twitter) earlier than receiving a “Group Notice:”

Bear in mind youngsters, ensure you cross the purpose line earlier than you begin celebrating.