Trey McBride was talking about his new contract extension when he was asked if the Cardinals had put a hurdling clause into the pact.
“That was the top of the page I think,” the tight end said with a smile.
Few things carry such a swing of perspective than a ballcarrier as hurdler during a play — in this case, McBride, who has turned it into an art form even as he says (pretty much every time it happens) that he wants to stop doing it. Even last week, he said “I definitely don’t want to do that anymore” even while he wants to make exciting plays for the fans.
It’s simple really. Coaches don’t like players making such a play. It puts them in a vulnerable position to potentially lose the ball at best and at worst, suffer some serious injury while flying through the air with really no way to protect himself if hit the wrong way. McBride gets this.
Instincts are what they are, though, and McBride makes these highlight-level plays, and (to this point) they always work out for him and the Cardinals.
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