Lockett, meanwhile, provided eight catches for 59 yards and two scores, including the game-winner in overtime that saw him end the game with a diving effort, reaching the ball to hit the pylon in the front corner of the end zone.
As impressive as his effort was on the game-winning catch, Lockett acknowledged that his coaches probably will use him as an example for what not to do in that situation for how he reached the ball out, risking a possible fumble, which, had it gone out of the end zone, would result in a turnover—picture Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor forcing fumbles at the goal line.
"It's one of those things where they tell you not to reach, so previously I wasn't going to reach, because you never know how a guy is trying to tackle you. Sometimes a guy is trying to punch the ball out and stuff like that, and once I saw the way he was trying to tackle me, I knew I had a chance to reach for it, and luckily in was able to hold onto it, reach, hit the pylon, then the ball came out.
"The whole team teaches you not to. We literally watched on Thursday (video) about, 'Do not reach, this is why you don't reach,' so as soon as I did that, I was like, 'Yup, they're going to say he shouldn't have reached. It worked out, we ended up winning, but it's still one of those things where you still want to be mindful, because you know what's at stake if something bad happens."
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