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DMN Blog: Dez Bryant's wild, one-handed catch wows spectators
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Posted at 11:00 AM on Thu., Aug. 26, 2010 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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Ted Madden of our sister property WFAA-TV describes a killer catch Dallas Cowboys rookie Dez Bryant made in practice, despite recovering from a high-ankle sprain.
Wrote Madden: Bryant and Martellus Bennett were playing catch before practice. Bryant has a good arm (he throws left-handed, by the way), Marty B has a less-than-good arm, although if you were to ask him he would blame a torn rotator cuff from high school.
Bennett threw one back to Bryant; it was a low throw, to Bryant's left., about 30 yards away. Bryant caught the ball, with only his left hand, just inches off the turf. Now, if he'd caught it with his palm facing up (basically cupping the ball), it would have been a nice catch. But he caught it with his palm nearly facing the ground - like you would if you were palming a basketball. Except that he wasn't just palming a football; he had caught a football from 30 yards away, falling to the ground, and he caught it on the top side of the ball. My first thought was, That looked like the Reebok commercial where Chris Chambers is showing off his hands. It was that good. There was a group of fans standing nearby who started chattering about it, and when they saw Bryant still talking about it with Bennett, they yelled to Bryant that they had seen it. Bryant acknowledged them - and was happy that he had witnesses.
DMN Blog: Dez Bryant's wild, one-handed catch wows spectators
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Posted at 11:00 AM on Thu., Aug. 26, 2010 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
SportsDayDFW.com sports Bio | E-mail | News tips
Ted Madden of our sister property WFAA-TV describes a killer catch Dallas Cowboys rookie Dez Bryant made in practice, despite recovering from a high-ankle sprain.
Wrote Madden: Bryant and Martellus Bennett were playing catch before practice. Bryant has a good arm (he throws left-handed, by the way), Marty B has a less-than-good arm, although if you were to ask him he would blame a torn rotator cuff from high school.
Bennett threw one back to Bryant; it was a low throw, to Bryant's left., about 30 yards away. Bryant caught the ball, with only his left hand, just inches off the turf. Now, if he'd caught it with his palm facing up (basically cupping the ball), it would have been a nice catch. But he caught it with his palm nearly facing the ground - like you would if you were palming a basketball. Except that he wasn't just palming a football; he had caught a football from 30 yards away, falling to the ground, and he caught it on the top side of the ball. My first thought was, That looked like the Reebok commercial where Chris Chambers is showing off his hands. It was that good. There was a group of fans standing nearby who started chattering about it, and when they saw Bryant still talking about it with Bennett, they yelled to Bryant that they had seen it. Bryant acknowledged them - and was happy that he had witnesses.
