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Originally Posted by MAHOMO 4 LIFE!
He almost gave up the TD to Sanders in the super bowl
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No. That was Fenton. We've talked about this, dude. Chiefs were pattern matching on that play (a late game Saban special) Ward's responsibility on that play was to get the receiver on the inside towards Fuller. Fuller was responsible for the deep post coverage on Sanders and Fenton was responsible for Bourne. Fenton DID NOT cover Bourne, leaving Bourne wide open in the middle. This forced Fuller to do a literal 180 so that Bourne was covered by someone on the field. Since Fuller was no longer covering the deep post, Ward pushing Sanders inside pushed him towards an opening created by Fenton - who Sanders was able to outrun on that play.