Exactly!!
I'm sorry but I think you're making excuses for a professional football player. All I practiced was sideline awareness when I played. This seems like a concentration issue. It shows all over the offense. These little details missing. Like Kramer said. He could of literally done anything to keep that last foot in.
Too add the list of ways. He could of caught it and then dead stick/log (just fell to the ground. One knee = two feet)