Almost none of the other plays ended the game immediately.Do you think any non-Pats fan will remember unprompted the Meyers play 5+ years from now? Because it needs to rise to that level to compare to every other one posted.
I’m guessing no.
There are posters here ready to demand BBs head. People will definitely remember this and its going to be rubbed in Pats fans faces like the buttfumble.Do you think any non-Pats fan will remember unprompted the Meyers play 5+ years from now? Because it needs to rise to that level to compare to every other one posted.
I’m guessing no.
If this poll is “the most meaningful bad play in history” then I’m certain there are playoff plays that top this one.Almost none of the other plays ended the game immediately.
Combination of stupid and meaningful. It was completely unforced. So much different than the Butler pick or the Miami Miracle etc.If this poll is “the most meaningful bad play in history” then I’m certain there are playoff plays that top this one.
We’ll see. I’m skeptical there’s going to be an oral history written about this play 10 years from today. For starters, the game was pretty meaningless in the grand scheme of things, and it didn’t have a national audience.There are posters here ready to demand BBs head. People will definitely remember this and its going to be rubbed in Pats fans faces like the buttfumble.
Its an L and we gotta take it. We got lots of Ws along the way...
Absolutely.Do you think any non-Pats fan will remember unprompted the Meyers play 5+ years from now? Because it needs to rise to that level to compare to every other one posted.
I’m guessing no.
Again, to be the worst play in NFL history you probably needs some consensus among fans of the other 31 franchises. If you think fans of other teams are going to name check this play years from now that’s fine. I kinda doubt it.Combination of stupid and meaningful. It was completely unforced. So much different than the Butler pick or the Miami Miracle etc.
I'm over it. I will get crap from random fans of other teams but I have six points of protection.We’ll see. I’m skeptical there’s going to be an oral history written about this play 10 years from today. For starters, the game was pretty meaningless in the grand scheme of things, and it didn’t have a national audience.
100%. Legitimate chance it has a buttfumble legacy. On one hand, lack of butt hurts it there. But on the other hand, it borderline ended the Patriot season. It’s gonna have legs.Absolutely.
I just don’t care about that stuff. Maybe it’s me. But I’m an adult, why would I care if someone taunts me with a dumb Pats play? Middle schoolers care about that silliness.I'm over it. I will get crap from random fans of other teams but I have six points of protection.
But this play will be held over the Pats for a while. They haven't been on the receiving end of this sort of thing often so it feels like the media is going to get as much value as possible.
Exactly. That stuff stopped stinging after a certain point. Middle school for you, Super Bowl XXXVI for me.I just don’t care about that stuff. Maybe it’s me. But I’m an adult, why would I care if someone taunts me with a dumb Pats play? Middle schoolers care about that silliness.
Nah, not middle school for me. I’m human. But I find the whole “embarrassing” thing to be weird. I have lots of things to be embarrassed about, but random events of the sports teams I follow don’t make the cut.Exactly. That stuff stopped stinging after a certain point. Middle school for you, Super Bowl XXXVI for me.
I’m not embarrassed. Whatever. The franchise should be, though.Nah, not middle school for me. I’m human. But I find the whole “embarrassing” thing to be weird. I have lots of things to be embarrassed about, but random events of the sports teams I follow don’t make the cut.
This is why I voted it the stupidest play. Meyers runs backwards about 10 yards - which fine - it doesn’t matter if he gets stopped at the 30 or 40 and they weren’t going to advance forward on the sideline.I just don't know where he thought Mac Jones was going to go if he caught the ball.
Kind of. They were supposed to abort.The Colt play was planned. This had a dreadful outcome but let me repeat what I said: The Colts PLANNED that play.
Why couldn't he have thrown a flea flicker? There hadn't yet been a forward pass.Is he thinking Jones can throw it forward again like a flea flicker? He can’t think that Jones is somehow going to break a 50 yard run.
Yeah that's the one in the poll. Probably hsould have linked to it since it's not as famous as the other ones ,but still horrendously dumb.Voted Colts.
This one came to mind as well as Garo.
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Yea. I think they all are bad from different angles. But this is like - man you learn this shit in JV. Worst or not, it's hard to argue that it's not the dumbest.I just don't know where he thought Mac Jones was going to go if he caught the ball.
yes, but they had practiced it and thought it might actually workKind of. They were supposed to abort.
They had injury issues and backups in.yes, but they had practiced it and thought it might actually work
McAfee's story is that the "QB" was never supposed to get into position to take the snap from the "center." The head coach (ignorant of the playbook) jumped in and told the QB to freelance and get under center to try and draw the Pats offside. The backup center followed the playbook which dictated "If QB sets up under center, we are definitely snapping the ball." He snapped the ball, surprising the QB and just about everyone else.Kind of. They were supposed to abort.
And yet the coaching staff still called the play. Do we think with the correct "package" it might have worked?They had injury issues and backups in.
With the correct package I think they abort.And yet the coaching staff still called the play. Do we think with the correct "package" it might have worked?
So why plan it, practice it and call it?With the correct package I think they abort.
They were only supposed to run the play against a certain look. They had a backup in and he fucked it up. The coaches absolutely should have aborted before the backup took the field. But against a certain look the play probably has some chance of success, otherwise the Colts would have never conceived it. I mean LOL Colts and all but they wouldn’t have created some trick play 100% doomed to failure.So why plan it, practice it and call it?
Any one of those steps is the height of stupidity on behalf of many in the organization. I don't think any of these others go that far
Looks like they are going to win a banner for this playThey were only supposed to run the play against a certain look. They had a backup in and he fucked it up. The coaches absolutely should have aborted before the backup took the field. But against a certain look the play probably has some chance of success, otherwise the Colts would have never conceived it. I mean LOL Colts and all but they wouldn’t have created some trick play 100% doomed to failure.
My reasoning exactlyThe Pisarcik fumble was both 100% unnecessary and turned a sure win into a loss, so it's hard to top.
Once you have run the ball over the line of scrimmage you cannot throw a forward pass even if you bring the ball back behind the line of scrimmage.Why couldn't he have thrown a flea flicker? There hadn't yet been a forward pass.
This. Let's very much Remember What Is at this time.Worst play in NFL history ended with Malcolm Butler going down at the 2 yard line and it isn't close.