Mike Tomlin calls them combat catches, which was an appropriate term to describe the two touchdown receptions for Pittsburgh Steelers rookie James Washington on Thursday night.
The way the Steelers second-round draft pick twice wrestled the ball away from his defender in a 51-34 loss to the Green Bay Packers made it look like he was competing in the UFC and not the NFL.
In the third quarter, Washington went high in the air and reached over cornerback Demetri Goodson, taking the ball away for a 19-yard touchdown. In the fourth, on a 22-yard touchdown, he victimized Herb Waters, ripping the ball from the cornerback’s grip as both players fell to the ground.............
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