I can't believe we watched the same clip. I'm hard pressed to think of anyone who catches that pitch or holds onto it at any level of football. Chris Collinsworth's quote or not. The only reason that pitch wasn't intercepted was because the defender elected to hit and a different defender picked it up. What was Roddy supposed to do--stop all momentum without sliding, turn and catch the pitch?
I'm looking at the frame where Roddy's hands were up in the air where the ball was (arrow). It looks like to me Roddy completely missed the ball with his hands and it actually just bounced off of his helmet (the ball lands in front of where it was pitched). If he had caught it at this frame and then fumbled while getting hit, the momentum of the ball would have changed and the ball actually would have flown backwards.