That’s such an arbitrary record.Brady only QB ever to throw for 300 yards in 3 countries
That’s such an arbitrary record.Brady only QB ever to throw for 300 yards in 3 countries
Impressive feat, that is certainly a notable factoid.Just noted on the telecast - Pats have had seven drives so far this season that started inside their 10, and have come way with points on...all seven
Wasn’t it also noted, only QB to throw a TD pass in 3 countries?Brady only QB ever to throw for 300 yards in 3 countries
Not sure he’s championing it as anything more than a fun fact.That’s such an arbitrary record.
No. He, Carr, and 1-2 others, I forget who.Wasn’t it also noted, only QB to throw a TD pass in 3 countries?
He's a season and a half from doubling Montana. Who could've imagined that?This one is more like "how much the game has changed" as opposed to "Tom Brady is awesome" but with 3 TDs today Brady now has more than 200 career TDs than Joe Montana (475 - 273).
Has anyone out there in the media spun this into a "Tom Brady hates America" hot takz yet?Brady only QB ever to throw for 300 yards in 3 countries
In mere seconds, the history of the Jets cleaves into two distinct eras: everything Before the Butt Fumble (BBF) and everything after (ABF). So to commemorate its fifth anniversary, ESPN presents the definitive oral history of the best worst play in football.
McElroy: Mark follows the fullback, and our fullback kind of sold down on the play, and [then-Patriots defensive tackle] Vince Wilfork literally throws our guard Brandon Moore right at Mark, and I mean hard. Mark was kind of jogging, and it was Moore getting thrown back into Mark, which caused him to go backward and the ball to become dislodged. It was like getting punched in the face by a 300-pound glove. People who know the game saluted Wilfork for what he did as much as they condemned Mark. Wilfork was unbelievable, such a beast.
Carey: [Sanchez] just went weightless. The collision was really hard. Think about running into a brick wall that's almost 700 pounds of force. That will knock the sense out of anybody.
John Brenkus, ESPN's Sport Science host: They collided with more than 1,300 pounds of force. That's more than 10 times the force needed to cause a fumble.
Cimini: As soon as it happened, I turned to [ESPN writer] Ian O'Connor and said, "I can't believe this, but I think he just ran into his ass!" So we all watched the replay and it was like, "Yep, he really did." I've covered the Jets for 29 years, and this was the craziest thing I've ever seen. People were just aghast in the press box, even the Patriots writers.
Kevin Negandhi, SportsCenter anchor: That highlight just represented the worst of the worst, perfectly. It was No. 1 on our SportsCenter Not Top 10 for going on 20 weeks, and I remember thinking, "This thing is never going to lose." After 40 weeks, the powers that be made the decision to retire it. They saw that Butt Fumble was an unstoppable force and we had to take matters into our own hands. Think about it: 40 weeks. We were coming back around to the next football season. You're talking about awful baseball plays, the entire NBA season, bad college football plays, awful soccer plays, even own goals, and for 40 weeks of our Not Top 10, it outlasted more than 400 bad plays. If we hadn't retired Butt Fumble, that play was going to last for a while, a long while. Put it this way, no other blooper has a name.
I always enjoyed Matt Taibbi's post-mortem on this play from his 2015 piece on Rex Ryan:
Of course the worst scandal of all was the 2012 Butt Fumble, a play that will someday rest in the opening antechamber of the Internet museum, on an endlessly replaying monitor between Dramatic Chipmunk and Kim Kardashian with Ray J.
There’s no understating what that play meant to Rex and to the Jets franchise. When Sanchez coughed up a fumble-for-touchdown after getting spun around on a broken play, running straight into the backside of guard Brandon Moore — “He didn’t run to daylight, he ran to the opposite of daylight!” cackled a now-triumphant Francesa afterward — he forever turned the 32-yard line of MetLife Stadium into the Golgotha of the Rex era.
A hugely rated Thanksgiving night game, this was a long-awaited chance for the franchise to do some heavy lifting for the league in a big Nielsen slot. Instead, the NFL’s whole target audience — non-football fans, pre-verbal children, pets, visiting foreigners, everyone — was treated to endless loops of a man slamming his head against another man’s buttocks. What were the rules of the game again?
But the worst thing of all about the play is that it happened against the New England Patriots and Belichick.
And not just the outcome of that play - the Jets fumbled the ensuing kickoff and the Patriots returned that for a touchdown, too. And they had scored an 83 yard TD a couple plays before the Buttfumble."But the worst thing of all about the play is that it happened against the New England Patriots and Belichick."
...and therefore, someone who was doing their job (Steve Gregory) was in position to scoop it up and return it the other way for a touchdown. I'm convinced that it would have gotten something like 10% of the hype it got if it was just a run into the line for no gain. A few GIFs, a few game lowlights for another blowout loss to the Patriots, and that's it. But that the play's outcome was so extreme was a major amplifying factor on how unusual the play's means were.
I liked this line:
This was me watching that entire 5-play 21 point sequence.Right, it was merely the pinnacle of a humiliating episode. But it became the symbol it did because in the three seconds after he ran into Moore's ass, someone picked up the ball that he dropped while insensible and ran it back for a touchdown. It would have been nearly impossible for things to go more wrong on that play. I remember sitting on the couch while everyone else had dessert and laughing so hard my sides hurt, to the point where they had to come ask if I was OK. Run of the mill broken plays don't get that level of reaction.
That kickoff fumble was spectacular. The kick returner got plowed, the ball popped up and right into (I think it was) Edelman's hands, which he easily took into the endzone. As you guys said, that 3 touchdown sequence was nothing short of amazing, and hysterical at the same time.And not just the outcome of that play - the Jets fumbled the ensuing kickoff and the Patriots returned that for a touchdown, too. And they had scored an 83 yard TD a couple plays before the Buttfumble.
Not only that, the KO returner took it out from about 9.5 yards deep in the end zone.That kickoff fumble was spectacular. The kick returner got plowed, the ball popped up and right into (I think it was) Edelman's hands, which he easily took into the endzone. As you guys said, that 3 touchdown sequence was nothing short of amazing, and hysterical at the same time.
I forgot it was a broken play scramble too.The best part is the Sanchez face plant after the butt fumble. It’s like a turf facepalm after he realizes his failure.
Welker was, even though when Bill was joshing him about it, he acted like he never heard of him (Pipp).I thought Welker was Wally Pip?
Favorite part about that video is after Welker says, he can have it. BB responds, “Way to compete.” He seems rather disappointed that Welker would give up such a large responsibility without a fight. BB even repeated himself.Here's the Welker/Pipp video...
This. It is clear from the video that Welker is not at all getting the reference. It seems like he has no idea who Gehrig is, let alone Pipp.There is literally no chance Welker understood anything BB was trying to tell him.
It is really 86 TD and 11 INT in the regular season 2015-2017. Post suspension, yes, 50-4. Neither totals include playoffs.Just saw on a ticker on NFLN that since Deflategate, Brady has 50 TDs and 4 INTs. Just want to set this right down here. Put it in a nice little box for you to open and enjoy. You're welcome.
Look back at 1997. 20 seasons ago. Can any Pats fan think this would have been possible in just 20 years? I know it is talked about a lot, but it still amazes me what this team has become in the last 20 years. The Patriots were THE Clown Show franchise for a long period of time.Only In Boston @OnlyInBOS 2m2 minutes ago
The Patriots are 9-2, guaranteeing a winning record for the 17th straight season to break a tie with San Francisco & Dallas for the most consecutive winning seasons!
Didn't Dallas go 20 seasons in a row? 1966-1985Only In Boston @OnlyInBOS 2m2 minutes ago
The Patriots are 9-2, guaranteeing a winning record for the 17th straight season to break a tie with San Francisco & Dallas for the most consecutive winning seasons!
Yup. Dallas has 20 consecutive seasons of winning records:Didn't Dallas go 20 seasons in a row? 1966-1985
If you include pre-merger seasons, yes.Didn't Dallas go 20 seasons in a row? 1966-1985
This. Growing up, the Pats alternated between just good enough to lose in the playoffs (late 70s, mid 80s, mid 90s), and utter crap (most of the rest of the time).Look back at 1997. 20 seasons ago. Can any Pats fan think this would have been possible in just 20 years? I know it is talked about a lot, but it still amazes me what this team has become in the last 20 years. The Patriots were THE Clown Show franchise for a long period of time.
I appreciate everything this version of the Patriots does, because I know that it is only a matter of time until the luck runs out. I mean, look at the 49ers.