Zach's Finger Slice

[TecnoGenius]

Someone already has, they're called "gloves", many QB's wear them for improved grip and to better protect their hands from injury.

Ya, but I bet a QB who spends his whole life not wearing gloves cannot easily transition to gloves.  There must be an alternative for guys like Zach, especially if it can cover a part of the finger that has minimal contact with the ball, especially the all-important final contact point upon throwing.

For example, like I said, the DL dude just had his knuckles taped.  That same tape on Zach (perhaps looser for throwing flexibility) may have sufficed.

[TecnoGenius]

Not sure about that. The offense was playing poorly even before that happened.

Tru dat.  With Zach unhurt we would still need some lucky breaks on D or ST.  I don't think the O was going to figure anything out, and TOR O got better as the game went on.

Maybe 50/50 chance we manage to pull off a miracle W.  But probably more like 30/70.  Literally nothing was going right on any phase, like even that meaningless OSK the ball was there for the taking on the turf for an eternity and none of our guys were dialed in to go for it.  At least 3 times the ball was on the turf and we just sat there picking our noses while TOR recovered.  Shambles.

[TecnoGenius]

...Sharpened finger nails? The off season has only just begun!

I got the idea from my football buddy who informed me about old school "coke finger".  Apparently people still do it.

Could also be the dude has garbage hygiene and his nails were super long and ragged/jagged and thick.

Who knows.  But what I do know is sit there and try your hardest to cut your knuckle with your nails.  It's basically impossible.  So explain how this DL dude did it to Zach?

P.S. That DL was HTFing us all night too.  Refs weren't flagging squat.

[Lincoln Locomotive]

If you ever noticed Bluto's hands on Bonfire Sports his hands are a mangled mess.   Can't imagine any OL or DL wearing their nails long for fear of having them ripped off (extremely painful and slow to heal).   It was a fluke type of injury but the timing couldn't have been any worse.   Wilson nearly was picked and for the life of me I'm not sure why they didn't run Brady instead of gambling that Wilson with little to no completions, would throw a strike on his first two pass attempts.  I'm sure Brady was thinking the same thing and he had been racking up the yards albeit TO may have loaded the box and dared the Bombers to pass.    The first one should have been a pick by Franklin in the end zone and we were lucky to get 3 points....however we could have taken the lead as opposed to being down a point late in the game.

[theaardvark]

Wonder why they didn't cut the thumb and other fingers out of the glove...

[blue_gold_84]

Wonder why they didn't cut the thumb and other fingers out of the glove...

I'm no glove expert but I doubt that would've helped.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Wonder why they didn't cut the thumb and other fingers out of the glove...

It was most likely the injury or the freezing that affected his passing, can't blame the gloves, most QB's wear them.

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I got the idea from my football buddy who informed me about old school "coke finger".  Apparently people still do it.

Could also be the dude has garbage hygiene and his nails were super long and ragged/jagged and thick.

Who knows.  But what I do know is sit there and try your hardest to cut your knuckle with your nails.  It's basically impossible.  So explain how this DL dude did it to Zach?

P.S. That DL was HTFing us all night too.  Refs weren't flagging squat.

That's the downside of having the ref and ump on the offensive side of the ball...the OL backs are to them and they can see illegal hands to the face by the OL, but they really don't get a good look at the hands to the face by the DL on the OL.

[TecnoGenius]

I'm no glove expert but I doubt that would've helped.

Nah, he's got a good point.  The final "touch" on the ball comes from the finger tips.  They could have put scissors to the other fingers.  Not enough time, and too much fluster/chaos.  They did get him fixed and back out in a very small amount of time.

Also worth remembering they gave him receiver gloves!  One would think the stickiness of those things would be counterproductive and detrimental for a QB?

[blue_gold_84]

Nah, he's got a good point.  The final "touch" on the ball comes from the finger tips.

Including the index finger, which he injured. That being covered by a glove would've affected his touch.

[theaardvark]

Including the index finger, which he injured. That being covered by a glove would've affected his touch.

Pretty sure the bandages on his index fgure makes that moot.  Uncovering fingers and thumb while leaving the rec glove sticky index finger might have been a much better option..

[blue_gold_84]

Pretty sure the bandages on his index fgure makes that moot.  Uncovering fingers and thumb while leaving the rec glove sticky index finger might have been a much better option..

That's more or less my point. His index finger being compromised negatively impacted his ability to throw, so I don't think modifying a glove would've helped.

[theaardvark]

Putting a sticky glove on 100% of his digits, instead of only the 20% that is already compromised, would be more "natural" for him.  The added stickiness on his bandaged index might compensate for his loss of tough/grip.

This is a "next time learning moment.  The therapist needs to have a selection of gloves with various fingers removed for quick application.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Nah, he's got a good point.  The final "touch" on the ball comes from the finger tips.  They could have put scissors to the other fingers.  Not enough time, and too much fluster/chaos.  They did get him fixed and back out in a very small amount of time.

Also worth remembering they gave him receiver gloves! One would think the stickiness of those things would be counterproductive and detrimental for a QB?

How did you identify them specifically as receiver gloves?

[TecnoGenius]

How did you identify them specifically as receiver gloves?

Someone said explicitly so in either the post-games or the year-wrap-up pressers.  I think if was MOS.  You can watch all the vids on the bb site.

It shocked me a bit when they said that!  That was the only gloves anyone had around (or ones that fit)!  Crazy.