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Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate
I don’t recall the last time I heard an announcer say that they couldn’t see a white player in a snowstorm. You?
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I believe that he said that it's not as easy to pick up the ball for a defender.
In a snowstorm the ball still stands out from Good Ol Mr. White, even if he's wearing a white jersey.
If you ever read a book called the Power of Habit, Tony Dungee wanted his defensive players to have good instincts and trust their instincts when they read plays. Theory being that if he could get his guys to react to their reads a split second quicker they would be in the right place before the offence and disrupt plays.
So I do think that if the defence is a touch slower in reading a play fake than yes it can buy you time to make a play. No one is saying Lamar Jackson isn't awesome, or that this is the only reason he's making plays. He is exceptional at play fakes, and if he can gain a split second he absolutely can use that time to make himself better. But end of story, Lamar Jackson is a great athlete, and he's proving that he can play the position exceptionally well. His race or color isn't the reason for his success at all, he is (with help from Greg Roman).
He could have used better terminology to get the point across though.