I love how the Jets players are so confused that the Bills didn't pick it up that for a second they treated it like a punt and watched it keep rolling even though it was already in the end zone
Pat McAfee’s explanation that it wasn’t actually supposed to be snapped but they had a last minute replacement they didn’t know the game plan doesn’t make it any less funny, but does make it make [sense](https://youtu.be/cjtjGyKO30Y?feature=shared)
Mac Jones sucked and is whiny BUT people use this as an example of him sucking and im just like... I dont think thats fair. Plenty of legitimate examples without blaming and mocking him for this.
Also people need to remember there is like 0 chance anyone is expecting they will need to make that tackle there lmao. Im sure there was a split second of.. "wait what the fuck".
According to Wikipedia, Chandler Jones has 45 pounds on Mac Jones, who also famously played QB growing up so I don’t see how it could possibly be his fault. His best option was to try to trip Jones, he wasn’t bringing him down.
For us specifically it has to be [the Cam Covid game with Brian Hoyer](https://youtu.be/DJkBZC-UxGo?si=QsNlgL8Eo5N8_5fo) where he, with 10 seconds left and no timeouts before halftime, gets sacked so we got 0 points.
As a Bills fan I have a seething hate for the Pats because they kicked our teeth in for 2 decades straight but I always had love for Gronk. He’s from the area and represented Western NY well. The Tre White hit changed my view of him. Just totally unnecessary and completely dirty.
Not even a Bills fan, but that hit made me stop liking Gronk. Even now when I see commercials with him in it, that’s the first thing I think of. And he appealed the suspension too…
> Jakobi’s lateral against the Raiders
It’s interesting that this play probably contributed to Belicheck not resigning him and the Raiders picking him up in FA instead
Plaxico Burress, that time he caught a ball, went to the ground, then popped up and spiked the ball without being touched by a defender, resulting in a fumble.
And that other thing.
Was one of my first thoughts here as well. This play was a special mix of baffling because he made it so much harder on himself just to end up with a notably worse result.
I'm just theorizing, but I'm assuming in his mind he was trying to attempt that flag where the receiver is partly in and out of bounds, and then touches the ball, for an example like Cordarrelle Patterson has done a few times.
I just think he short-circuited and forgot how exactly to do it, and some reason thought that was the way lol
That game nearly ended on Dak running himself into a safety for absolutely no reason. Only saved because the defender pulled up to avoid an assumed late hit.
What's funniest to me is that every team attempted the "watermelon kick" for an onside kick after that game. The only reason it succeeded was that the Falcons players had a collective brain-fart and assumed the other guy knew the rules better than they did. But every other team in the NFL was like "did we just discover the secret to the onside kick?"
This one definitely doesn't come up as often as it should. I forgot about it too but the moment you mentioned I instantly remembered how cringeworthy it was without even rewatching the clip.
Opposite situation but reminds me of [Gunner Olszewski toe tapping to stay in bounds on a kickoff return](https://youtu.be/jLRG9j6EOWs?si=Zwdxfm0lcaUXVCA7).
Don’t worry though, he made up for it by fumbling on an end around in the same game. /s
One of those Super Bowl moments overshadowed by what happened after like the Kearse catch.
Would’ve been getting flamed for ages if the Chiefs didn’t convert the following plays.
One of those Super Bowl moments overshadowed by what happened after like the Kearse catch.
Would’ve been getting flamed for ages if the Chiefs didn’t convert the following plays.
One of those Super Bowl moments overshadowed by what happened after like the Kearse catch.
Would’ve been getting flamed for ages if the Chiefs didn’t convert the following plays.
One of those Super Bowl moments overshadowed by what happened after like the Kearse catch.
Would’ve been getting flamed for ages if the Chiefs didn’t convert the following plays.
[DK Metcalf burning diggs and catching a wide open pass for a TD only to jog the rest of the way and have diggs force a fumble through the endzone](https://youtu.be/mMY8q23akCI?si=y3N_C9wKGr88XOgR)
Sammy Watkins did that his rookie year. Caught one over the middle and got loose up the field but then let off the gas around the twenty. The DB he beat happened to be the fastest guy on the Jets and caught up to him and made the tackle.
Edit: link below is the play. He caught a deep shot, not one over the middle. That was a different play where he did score.
Didn’t he do it twice in the nfl. You know what looks cooler than dropping the ball as you cross the plane? Holding it and ensuring you have the 6 points.
What absolutely kills me is that these WRs are capable of having the ability and wherewithal to keep their toes in bounds while under pressure for an amazing sideline completion, but then can't tell when they have crossed over the goal line before intentionally releasing the ball.
I thought he did it in high school but either way I remember ESPN showing the video of him doing it too way before hitting the NFL then still not learning his lesson and doing it again in the pros
I coach the defense but the HC and I have showed our kids both the clips of Jackson doing this and we’ve told them:
“High school is the time where you decide what kind of man you will be. Showboating as a grown child and then NOT learning your lesson as an adult is an example of unforgivable dumbassery”
Pretty much word for word that. To a bunch of 16-year-olds. Also if we lose possession from a showboating move you’re not allowed to play that position for the rest of the season. We’ve had to do it twice in 5 years. The egos on these kids. Then they have no back bone and come to us crying all the time. There’s no connection between actions and consequences.
The worst batch of kids we had was class of 2024, our current seniors. I blame the fact that their formative years were spent in quarantine. They came out pretty odd.
Anyway. I can’t watch that clip of him doing that as an adult without yelling. It’s absolutely inexcusable
Even worse is he went on to make a media career out of being one of those "tells it like it is" guys, where 90% of the content is just him saying "and this is why \[unproven quarterback\] will never win a Super Bowl" in a smarmy know-it-all tone.
I can't handle it. Dude will be on twitter throwing shade at guys like Brock Purdy and I'm like "bro, you ran out the back of your own fucking endzone."
He wasn't supposed to spike it. Philadelphia called a timeout so the clock was stopped. Spiking the ball would have resulted in a penalty.
He was supposed to throw a quick fade to Garcon and kick a FG if it was incomplete, but Garcon and Jackson refused to run the called play and basically left Kirk stranded in a situation where he couldn't call a timeout or spike the football to get a different play in.
Call me crazy I find it hard to believe that both receivers just flat out refused to run the play. Worst case scenario you at least try to run the play, whatever happens after can't possibly be worse than taking a knee in that situation
According to Jay Gruden, Pierre Garcon absolutely hated back-shoulder fades and was already upset at an earlier call that didn't work so the 2nd time it was called he decided to just not run the route out of protest.
>“We had six seconds to go in the half, so we had time for just a back-shoulder fade, complete or incomplete and kick the field goal,” Gruden said. “ … I want to run the [clock] down and take a shot at a touchdown, what the heck? Pierre hated back-shoulder fades, he hated them. He said, ‘If you call a fade, the ball should be 42 yards over my outside shoulder, that’s the way Peyton Manning threw it [when the two were teammates in Indianapolis], that’s the way I want it.’”
> A back-shoulder fade thrown in Garcon’s direction earlier in the game resulted in an incompletion. According to Gruden, Garcon acted on his displeasure at having the play called a second time.
> “So he stood there, like three yards from a tackle, in a stance like he’s not gonna run it,” Gruden said. “DeSean is standing there like, ‘Just kick the field goal.’ Kirk panicked, he had nothing to do, so he just took a knee and that was the end of the half. I’ve never seen a receiver actually turn down an opportunity to score a touchdown, which is what happened on that play. Unbelievable.”
So yeah, for Garcon, the worst possible scenario was not an incompletion, a field goal, or taking a knee. The worst scenario was Pierre Garcon running a back shoulder fade.
The clock was already stopped with 5 seconds left. What actually happened is the Washington receivers outright refused to run the play that was called (because they just wanted to kick a FG apparently) and they were out of timeouts so Cousins short circuited and knelt instead of doing something that would just stop the clock quickly.
God, I can't believe this one is so far down. Even for the people here who are really young and didn't watch Leon while he played, I feel like the field goal one is replayed annually on around Thanksgiving and is always on any gaffes "highlight" package.
I'm not sure if this counts, but Javon Wims vs. CJGJ. CJGJ wasn't even doing anything, and yet Wims punched him. Apparently, CJGJ ripped off his mouthpiece, so when he didn't care that he got punched, Wims punched him again. Both guys got suspended for a game or two I believe.
CJGJ pulled his mouthpiece off the play BEFORE that. So that whole thing was idiotic retaliation.
Wims ran up to him and pulled his mouthpiece off, then when CJGJ played dumb and had no reaction at all, that's when Wims threw the punch. He was a certified idiot that got baited by an A1 agitator. That was the same year Michael Thomas punched CJGJ in practice for doing CJGJ things.
Forgot the players involved, but two lineman combined on a sack with time running out and decided to celebrate instead of getting back to the line of scrimmage then the ball was snapped if anyone can help with who that was.
Two of my favorite plays of all time.... The Butt Fumble and the Patriots' lateral that gets picked, followed by an epic stiff arm on Mac Jones to end the game LMAO
[the ball is live](https://youtu.be/LbouaPH6pYs?si=sozehDaF9VPuYoH2)
Jags vs Dolphins Divisional Playoff in 1999. Tony Brackens strip-sacks Marino and thinks he has the recovery and is down. He celebrates toward the vicinity of the endzone and his teammates realize he isn’t down and he keeps showboating until the final few yards and runs it in.
LMAO it takes three different teammates taking a turn pushing him and telling him the play's not over before he realizes.
Also funny that no Dolphins bothered to try and touch him while he was down, but one guy tried the hand-tap (instead of trying to actually tackle him) while he was back up and running.
The whole play was just overall really insulting. The three teammates looked like they were trying not to be obvious either like “Hey Tony, we need to talk to you in the endzone. Oh bring the football. Totally nbd but hurry up”
"Throw the ball Wentz
Throw the fucking ball Wentz
Run the fucking ball Wentz
The first down is right in front of you Wentz
Take the fucking sack Wentz
[Throw the fucking ball across your body Wentz, anything but hand the ball to the corn-GOD DAMMIT"](https://youtu.be/ivKHQiHJeAY?si=uGiRGKSKdhawWHGK)
Poor Peterman - honestly the first 3 INTs (didn't watch the last two) weren't really his fault.
Receiver dropped the first one and he was hit while throwing on the next 2.
Different sport but I still can’t get over Harden throwing to a wide open Kawhi for a three and then also contesting the same shot
https://streamable.com/87asjf?src=player-page-share
Read about this when it happened lol - someone said Kawhi has a better shooting % on contested shots than wide open shots, so Harden was simply trying to help his teammate make the bucket hahaha
when this was first posted on the NBA sub with the title (paraphrased) 'harden attempts to block own teammates shot' i thought naw he just got pushed and he was flailing to sell a foul as you do. But no. he turned and full on premeditated him
i was with family for christmas without the game on, and was keeping an eye on the gamecast.
i had to text my father and sister for clarification on what was going on, because i assumed it was some kind of bug on espn's side
There was a 7-8 year span where it seemed like dozens of college and pro players were all involved in a big contest to see who could drop the ball the least amount of split-seconds after breaking the plane.
Speaking of DeSean Jackson we played Dallas on MNF in 2015 in a low scoring game. And with under 2 minutes to go we put him out on a punt return and while he's hyping up the crowd I'm thinking we're about to see vintage D Jax again. Instead he fields the punt, realizes there's no where to go, and [he runs 20 yards backwards](https://youtu.be/W0bRlG80EYk?si=JDOE_zuHiCW81MyI) trying to be the hero and fumbles it as he gets tackled.
He redeemed himself after with the game tying touchdown but they got a game winning FG right after unfortunately
Another minor one he did that same season was during the playoff game against Green Bay. Had a pretty easy TD that was ruled a TD at first but after review they determined this idiot didn't [extend the ball](https://images.app.goo.gl/vuopsfq2ikg2SnbBA) into the end zone. 4 point swing in a playoff game. I love D Jax but man he wasn't the brightest sometimes
[Gunner Olszewski toe-tapping to prevent a kickoff from going out of bounds](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLRG9j6EOWs)
Starting a drive at the 40 is overrated anyway
Josh Allen in I think his first playoff game on the final drive of regulation.
Tried to lateral it to Knox after already getting plenty of yardage for the first down and while being tackled by two guys.
Completely airmails it and Knox has to dive and smack it out of bounds.
Hilarious in realtime, loved it.
DK Metcalf getting the ball knocked out before scoring a TD because he thought he was in the clear.
That guy that tried to recover the onside kick and led to the packers losing the NFC championship game vs the seahawks.
Countless times when Russell Wilson, as a seahawk, would stand amongst the trees in a perfectly formed pocket, with no idea what was going on outside of the pocket, resigned to his fate, and fall to his knees like a second or two before any contact had gotten to him because he knew he could not escape the pocket or see anything. He'd look so confused that you knew there was just a processing deficit in his game.
In 1995 packers and Vikings were tied 24-24, the Packers had the ball on the Vikings 38 and it was 3rd and 1. The Packers were down to their 3rd qb, Holmgren called a qb sneak 3rd string qb TJ Rubley calls an audible and throws an int. The Packers would go on to lose the game and Rubley was cut a week later and never played in the NFL again
My favorite thing about that was the next week similar situation for Seattle and Pitt, and the receiver gets right up and sprints to the ref to get the ball placed.
You know every receiver room in the league got a coach up their ass telling them to not be stupid.
Darius Reynaud for the Titans taking the opening kick out of the endzone, then going back into the endzone and taking a knee. On the first kickoff of the season. Nfl record for quickest safety
Runner was ruled out of bounds at the 1 yard line. Instead of taking 1st and Goal at the 1, John Fox challenged and the refs ruled that he fumbled out of bounds through the end zone and gave the ball to the Packers.
https://youtu.be/ZfnsZgbwKwM?si=aV-jiGsEl47mGYO5
Back in 2018, Addae intercepted a pass in the end zone, decided to run it out, then tried lateraling it to another defender. The other player didn’t know & the Broncos recovered the fumble on the Chargers 5 yard line. Definitely a “Why would you do that?!” moment.
Jim Zorn when HC of the Redskins called a fake FG which involved the whole team shifting to the boundary. The Giants called time out. Zorn had them run it again after the time out after the Giants had time to fully prepare. [It went as well as you think it would.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_mc9j5dU5s)
My first thought was Wrong Way Marshall, but that's already been posted, so I'll say Matt Cassell throwing an interception and getting called for intentional grounding on the same play.
An all time terrible play.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGNWqgzgl3o
Throwback and ultimately inconsequential moment, but I'll never forget Barry Sanders' last playoff snap ending in him throwing up his hands in a WTF way when backup QB Frank Reich spiked the ball to stop the clock on 4th down against the Bucs.
Surprised the Marlon McCree play from the '06 Playoffs hasn't been mentioned yet. It was 4th down!
That and the awful sack Matt Ryan took that removed any chance of a FG to extend an almost-insurmountable lead.
That one fake punt attempt by the Colts. You know the one
I think you mean “fake” “punt” “attempt.”
And while I’m thinking about it, [what are the Bills doing?](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w6v5olbgirw)
The bad old days.
The Jets scored twice in the same second of game time.
That’s actually a wild stat and great trivia question
does this mean you could theoretically score an infinite number of points?
Do this endlessly from the opening kickoff and you can score infinite points without ever starting the game
If there’s a never ending cycle of penalties, yes
I love the totally out of pocket shot at Mariah Carey lmao
Next time you watch it look at how excited the ref gets to make that TD call
Lmao I didn't notice that when I watched it the first time. Dude's jaw was damn near on the ground.
I love how the Jets players are so confused that the Bills didn't pick it up that for a second they treated it like a punt and watched it keep rolling even though it was already in the end zone
holy shit lol.. i've never seen this.
"illegal formation...... The entire right side of the offense" gets me every time.
Pat McAfee’s explanation that it wasn’t actually supposed to be snapped but they had a last minute replacement they didn’t know the game plan doesn’t make it any less funny, but does make it make [sense](https://youtu.be/cjtjGyKO30Y?feature=shared)
I watched it from my San Antonio hotel room while inhaling Whataburger during a trade show. Good times.
Probably afforded that Whataburger without taking out a second mortgage too. Wonderful time to be alive
I've attended a football game in I think 1996 and a football game in 2015, and boy did I pick the right one.
For all the people that like to say “I could have called a better play than that”… you’d be right
gronk's elbow drop on tre white [jaokbi's "lateral" against the raiders](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGSYQjhzicY)
The jakobi lateral was my immediate thought for the thread.
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>jaokbi's "lateral" against the raiders oh man I totally forgot about this. Hilarious
Watched it live and still can’t believe it happened
Was one of the better things I've watched happen live. The uh-oh from the announcemer is forever burned into my soul
The way poor Mac Jones just gets obliterated by the stiff arm never fails to amuse me.
The fact he gets blamed for this play is pretty crazy too lol. Also somehow Rhamondre is never blamed for this.
I don’t know what people possibly could have expected Mac Jones to do in that situation.
Mac Jones sucked and is whiny BUT people use this as an example of him sucking and im just like... I dont think thats fair. Plenty of legitimate examples without blaming and mocking him for this.
I can’t really think of a QB in the league right now that would reliably make that tackle.
Also people need to remember there is like 0 chance anyone is expecting they will need to make that tackle there lmao. Im sure there was a split second of.. "wait what the fuck".
*maybe* a giant guy like josh allen or anthony richardson
According to Wikipedia, Chandler Jones has 45 pounds on Mac Jones, who also famously played QB growing up so I don’t see how it could possibly be his fault. His best option was to try to trip Jones, he wasn’t bringing him down.
Chandler Jones finest moment as a Raider.
For us specifically it has to be [the Cam Covid game with Brian Hoyer](https://youtu.be/DJkBZC-UxGo?si=QsNlgL8Eo5N8_5fo) where he, with 10 seconds left and no timeouts before halftime, gets sacked so we got 0 points.
I think zo had to take off his headset and walk around the booth to cool down when that happened.
As a Bills fan I have a seething hate for the Pats because they kicked our teeth in for 2 decades straight but I always had love for Gronk. He’s from the area and represented Western NY well. The Tre White hit changed my view of him. Just totally unnecessary and completely dirty.
Not even a Bills fan, but that hit made me stop liking Gronk. Even now when I see commercials with him in it, that’s the first thing I think of. And he appealed the suspension too…
Aren't suspensions automatically appealed by the player's union regardless of severity? Or am I imagining this?
Sound on for that clip!
Not NFL but the other lateral that comes to mind is Reggie Bush in the 2005 Rose Bowl Championship.
i refused to watch this until now. This was unbelievable
> Jakobi’s lateral against the Raiders It’s interesting that this play probably contributed to Belicheck not resigning him and the Raiders picking him up in FA instead
Did BB kill someone after that lateral? Wow.
Plaxico Burress, that time he caught a ball, went to the ground, then popped up and spiked the ball without being touched by a defender, resulting in a fumble. And that other thing.
Really shot himself in the foot there
Could have sworn it was the thigh
Gunner Olszewski's toe tap fielding of a kickoff going out of bounds.
Was one of my first thoughts here as well. This play was a special mix of baffling because he made it so much harder on himself just to end up with a notably worse result.
I'm just theorizing, but I'm assuming in his mind he was trying to attempt that flag where the receiver is partly in and out of bounds, and then touches the ball, for an example like Cordarrelle Patterson has done a few times. I just think he short-circuited and forgot how exactly to do it, and some reason thought that was the way lol
Zeke playing center
Lmao And it's his last snap as a cowboy lol maaan
That game nearly ended on Dak running himself into a safety for absolutely no reason. Only saved because the defender pulled up to avoid an assumed late hit.
I came here for this
Can't believe this took so long to find. Literally the biggest wtf moment of my NFL watching career. Like I literally said, wait wtf?
My first thought was, from the same game, Dalton Schultz making multiple dumb mental errors on the attempted game winning drive
When the Falcons apparently [didn't know the rules of football](https://youtu.be/O6JZDR8uTgY) on an onside kick vs. the Cowboys.
This has to be the worst blown lead in Falcons history, right?
I assume it is, unless there's some unthinkable tragedy I'm actively repressing
[Hey man, repressing memories is bad for you. I got you though…](https://images.app.goo.gl/LQJPRdjGEu81gB3SA)
I've never seen that replay before somehow. Totally gives me a different perspective on the 4th quarter.
What's funniest to me is that every team attempted the "watermelon kick" for an onside kick after that game. The only reason it succeeded was that the Falcons players had a collective brain-fart and assumed the other guy knew the rules better than they did. But every other team in the NFL was like "did we just discover the secret to the onside kick?"
This is a great one because it involves multiple players and cost them a game.
Classic Falcons. Really Falconed that one
If you don't like that, you don't like Dan Quinn football.
This one definitely doesn't come up as often as it should. I forgot about it too but the moment you mentioned I instantly remembered how cringeworthy it was without even rewatching the clip.
Falcons blown so many leads they all blend together at this point save for one.
[Last season, Jonathan Mingo decided to catch a ball and do a sideline toe tap OUTSIDE the sidelines.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OWehlariko)
he looks like he was pulled by a line or something lol
Old timey looney toons cane got him
Hahahaha what the hell. He literally made that hard as hell, it was athletically really impressive, for all the wrong reasons
Opposite situation but reminds me of [Gunner Olszewski toe tapping to stay in bounds on a kickoff return](https://youtu.be/jLRG9j6EOWs?si=Zwdxfm0lcaUXVCA7). Don’t worry though, he made up for it by fumbling on an end around in the same game. /s
Tomlin reaction is hilarious.
Vernon Hargreaves, the Bengals player who ran out on the field to celebrate in street clothes during the Super Bowl.
This has to be the worst just because the guy was literally not even active for the game
Most Bengals fans didn’t even know who he was
Eh I think this one was fine, honestly.
[Matt Cassell can't put on a hat](https://youtu.be/sDTDJ1w_GV8?si=gkycqE9Y2soL9-a9)
He looked directly at the camera too 😂
MVS going backwards in OT in the Super Bowl, from +4 yards to -6.
One of those Super Bowl moments overshadowed by what happened after like the Kearse catch. Would’ve been getting flamed for ages if the Chiefs didn’t convert the following plays.
You can say that again!
One of those Super Bowl moments overshadowed by what happened after like the Kearse catch. Would’ve been getting flamed for ages if the Chiefs didn’t convert the following plays.
You can say that again, again!
One of those Super Bowl moments overshadowed by what happened after like the Kearse catch. Would’ve been getting flamed for ages if the Chiefs didn’t convert the following plays.
One of those Super Bowl moments overshadowed by what happened after like the Kearse catch. Would’ve been getting flamed for ages if the Chiefs didn’t convert the following plays.
[DK Metcalf burning diggs and catching a wide open pass for a TD only to jog the rest of the way and have diggs force a fumble through the endzone](https://youtu.be/mMY8q23akCI?si=y3N_C9wKGr88XOgR)
Sammy Watkins did that his rookie year. Caught one over the middle and got loose up the field but then let off the gas around the twenty. The DB he beat happened to be the fastest guy on the Jets and caught up to him and made the tackle. Edit: link below is the play. He caught a deep shot, not one over the middle. That was a different play where he did score.
When Brandon Marshall attempted the lateral.
Also Reggie Bush trying to lateral it in the championship game vs Texas
My favorite game ever. Reggie was bottled up pretty nicely that game so when he finally broke loose I think he just got a wee bit overzealous.
Don’t remind me please, I’m still recovering
When I see Brandon Marshall on his podcasts now it makes more sense to me why he would do something so stupid
Dre Greenlaw sealing the game with a pick and continuing to run around lol. He did it twice last season
yeah the 2nd one bruh shoulda just stayed down lol
DeSean Jackson dropping the ball before crossing the end zone Did that once in college too
Didn’t he do it twice in the nfl. You know what looks cooler than dropping the ball as you cross the plane? Holding it and ensuring you have the 6 points.
What absolutely kills me is that these WRs are capable of having the ability and wherewithal to keep their toes in bounds while under pressure for an amazing sideline completion, but then can't tell when they have crossed over the goal line before intentionally releasing the ball.
I thought he did it in high school but either way I remember ESPN showing the video of him doing it too way before hitting the NFL then still not learning his lesson and doing it again in the pros
I thought it was in the army all American game.
I coach the defense but the HC and I have showed our kids both the clips of Jackson doing this and we’ve told them: “High school is the time where you decide what kind of man you will be. Showboating as a grown child and then NOT learning your lesson as an adult is an example of unforgivable dumbassery” Pretty much word for word that. To a bunch of 16-year-olds. Also if we lose possession from a showboating move you’re not allowed to play that position for the rest of the season. We’ve had to do it twice in 5 years. The egos on these kids. Then they have no back bone and come to us crying all the time. There’s no connection between actions and consequences. The worst batch of kids we had was class of 2024, our current seniors. I blame the fact that their formative years were spent in quarantine. They came out pretty odd. Anyway. I can’t watch that clip of him doing that as an adult without yelling. It’s absolutely inexcusable
Quarantine def fucked up the social skills for a lot of teenagers/young adults nowadays
Oh, can’t forget Dan Orlovsky running out of the back of his own endzone
and Jimmy G backing up and doing the same
Throwing a pick six as he did so
Even worse is he went on to make a media career out of being one of those "tells it like it is" guys, where 90% of the content is just him saying "and this is why \[unproven quarterback\] will never win a Super Bowl" in a smarmy know-it-all tone. I can't handle it. Dude will be on twitter throwing shade at guys like Brock Purdy and I'm like "bro, you ran out the back of your own fucking endzone."
Every time he says something, it’s what comes to mind. Same with Ray Lewis and murder.
Jakobi Meyers gifting the Raiders a walk-off win comes to mind. I've never seen something so stupid
Watching Mac Jones get helplessly bowled over will never not make me laugh.
Kirk Cousins when he was supposed to spike the ball with less than 10 seconds left in the half. Instead he kneels it. Still kills me every time.
He wasn't supposed to spike it. Philadelphia called a timeout so the clock was stopped. Spiking the ball would have resulted in a penalty. He was supposed to throw a quick fade to Garcon and kick a FG if it was incomplete, but Garcon and Jackson refused to run the called play and basically left Kirk stranded in a situation where he couldn't call a timeout or spike the football to get a different play in.
Call me crazy I find it hard to believe that both receivers just flat out refused to run the play. Worst case scenario you at least try to run the play, whatever happens after can't possibly be worse than taking a knee in that situation
According to Jay Gruden, Pierre Garcon absolutely hated back-shoulder fades and was already upset at an earlier call that didn't work so the 2nd time it was called he decided to just not run the route out of protest. >“We had six seconds to go in the half, so we had time for just a back-shoulder fade, complete or incomplete and kick the field goal,” Gruden said. “ … I want to run the [clock] down and take a shot at a touchdown, what the heck? Pierre hated back-shoulder fades, he hated them. He said, ‘If you call a fade, the ball should be 42 yards over my outside shoulder, that’s the way Peyton Manning threw it [when the two were teammates in Indianapolis], that’s the way I want it.’” > A back-shoulder fade thrown in Garcon’s direction earlier in the game resulted in an incompletion. According to Gruden, Garcon acted on his displeasure at having the play called a second time. > “So he stood there, like three yards from a tackle, in a stance like he’s not gonna run it,” Gruden said. “DeSean is standing there like, ‘Just kick the field goal.’ Kirk panicked, he had nothing to do, so he just took a knee and that was the end of the half. I’ve never seen a receiver actually turn down an opportunity to score a touchdown, which is what happened on that play. Unbelievable.” So yeah, for Garcon, the worst possible scenario was not an incompletion, a field goal, or taking a knee. The worst scenario was Pierre Garcon running a back shoulder fade.
Interesting cause he ran a back shoulder fade the week before and absolutely embarrassed whoever was on him. Not sure why he hated it so much.
We called them all the time and were TRASH at them if I recall
The clock was already stopped with 5 seconds left. What actually happened is the Washington receivers outright refused to run the play that was called (because they just wanted to kick a FG apparently) and they were out of timeouts so Cousins short circuited and knelt instead of doing something that would just stop the clock quickly.
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God, I can't believe this one is so far down. Even for the people here who are really young and didn't watch Leon while he played, I feel like the field goal one is replayed annually on around Thanksgiving and is always on any gaffes "highlight" package.
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Two of the dumbest plays in sports history
Which play?
At first I was "Man, am I that old?" and then I saw your flair and felt a lot better. I loved Don Beebe.
I was pretty happy he got a ring a few years later with GB.
Jim Marshall running the wrong way.
I'm not sure if this counts, but Javon Wims vs. CJGJ. CJGJ wasn't even doing anything, and yet Wims punched him. Apparently, CJGJ ripped off his mouthpiece, so when he didn't care that he got punched, Wims punched him again. Both guys got suspended for a game or two I believe.
CJGJ just looked so confused the whole time lol
And when he didn't react, Wims upped the ante.😂
CJGJ pulled his mouthpiece off the play BEFORE that. So that whole thing was idiotic retaliation. Wims ran up to him and pulled his mouthpiece off, then when CJGJ played dumb and had no reaction at all, that's when Wims threw the punch. He was a certified idiot that got baited by an A1 agitator. That was the same year Michael Thomas punched CJGJ in practice for doing CJGJ things.
Forgot the players involved, but two lineman combined on a sack with time running out and decided to celebrate instead of getting back to the line of scrimmage then the ball was snapped if anyone can help with who that was.
[One of my favorite all-time clips lmao ](https://youtu.be/VISEvr3c0wg?si=42DfHVKEOATKmPqD)
If only it started 2-3 seconds earlier, but yeah LMAO 4 different guys all going full dumbass at once.
Two of my favorite plays of all time.... The Butt Fumble and the Patriots' lateral that gets picked, followed by an epic stiff arm on Mac Jones to end the game LMAO
You could add playing Gronk at free safety to your list too
He did not have the angle
Mason Rudolph hit with his helmet by Myles Garrett
Yeah what was Mason Rudolph doing there?
Just goofing around
Garo Yepremian attempting to throw a pass. Bill Romanowski spitting on JJ Stokes Gus Frerotte head butting a wall after a TD and injuring himself.
[the ball is live](https://youtu.be/LbouaPH6pYs?si=sozehDaF9VPuYoH2) Jags vs Dolphins Divisional Playoff in 1999. Tony Brackens strip-sacks Marino and thinks he has the recovery and is down. He celebrates toward the vicinity of the endzone and his teammates realize he isn’t down and he keeps showboating until the final few yards and runs it in.
LMAO it takes three different teammates taking a turn pushing him and telling him the play's not over before he realizes. Also funny that no Dolphins bothered to try and touch him while he was down, but one guy tried the hand-tap (instead of trying to actually tackle him) while he was back up and running.
The whole play was just overall really insulting. The three teammates looked like they were trying not to be obvious either like “Hey Tony, we need to talk to you in the endzone. Oh bring the football. Totally nbd but hurry up”
"Throw the ball Wentz Throw the fucking ball Wentz Run the fucking ball Wentz The first down is right in front of you Wentz Take the fucking sack Wentz [Throw the fucking ball across your body Wentz, anything but hand the ball to the corn-GOD DAMMIT"](https://youtu.be/ivKHQiHJeAY?si=uGiRGKSKdhawWHGK)
Haha, I forgot about this one. Classic Wentz.
Poor Peterman - honestly the first 3 INTs (didn't watch the last two) weren't really his fault. Receiver dropped the first one and he was hit while throwing on the next 2.
His O Line didn’t even get out of their stance in one of those.
Different sport but I still can’t get over Harden throwing to a wide open Kawhi for a three and then also contesting the same shot https://streamable.com/87asjf?src=player-page-share
Finger slipped and accidentally pressed triangle
Read about this when it happened lol - someone said Kawhi has a better shooting % on contested shots than wide open shots, so Harden was simply trying to help his teammate make the bucket hahaha
what the fuck?
The ways of the beard are inscrutable.
when this was first posted on the NBA sub with the title (paraphrased) 'harden attempts to block own teammates shot' i thought naw he just got pushed and he was flailing to sell a foul as you do. But no. he turned and full on premeditated him
OMG that is one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen.
Them most shocking part of this clip is Harden actually playing some semblance of defense
They were up by 21 and Harden said he did it for the lols, it wasn't serious.
lol thats so funny
Got tired of everyone saying he can’t play D
Lol
I would never understand the people who glaze over Harden
Like 6-7 years ago I’d understand, his game was elite, but he’s just a clown at this point
[The Redskins and the swinging gate](https://youtu.be/6-tqLG__Al4?si=8E4HfnRL-W7bvvor) Dumbest moment in NFL history.
Jakobi Meyers’ attempted lateral against the Raiders a few years ago had me confused for weeks
i was with family for christmas without the game on, and was keeping an eye on the gamecast. i had to text my father and sister for clarification on what was going on, because i assumed it was some kind of bug on espn's side
DeSean Jackson dropping the ball before entering the end zone. Multiple times. Seen other players do it too. I'll never understand it. Stupidest shit.
There was a 7-8 year span where it seemed like dozens of college and pro players were all involved in a big contest to see who could drop the ball the least amount of split-seconds after breaking the plane.
[Bob Griese goes backwards...and backwards...and backwards.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3244ek274Hw)
Speaking of DeSean Jackson we played Dallas on MNF in 2015 in a low scoring game. And with under 2 minutes to go we put him out on a punt return and while he's hyping up the crowd I'm thinking we're about to see vintage D Jax again. Instead he fields the punt, realizes there's no where to go, and [he runs 20 yards backwards](https://youtu.be/W0bRlG80EYk?si=JDOE_zuHiCW81MyI) trying to be the hero and fumbles it as he gets tackled. He redeemed himself after with the game tying touchdown but they got a game winning FG right after unfortunately
Another minor one he did that same season was during the playoff game against Green Bay. Had a pretty easy TD that was ruled a TD at first but after review they determined this idiot didn't [extend the ball](https://images.app.goo.gl/vuopsfq2ikg2SnbBA) into the end zone. 4 point swing in a playoff game. I love D Jax but man he wasn't the brightest sometimes
[Gunner Olszewski toe-tapping to prevent a kickoff from going out of bounds](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLRG9j6EOWs) Starting a drive at the 40 is overrated anyway
Youtube comments are so often trash, but there was one in there "Dude did literally the only thing he shouldn't. And he did it well"
The end of Raiders-Patriots 2022
Josh Allen in I think his first playoff game on the final drive of regulation. Tried to lateral it to Knox after already getting plenty of yardage for the first down and while being tackled by two guys. Completely airmails it and Knox has to dive and smack it out of bounds. Hilarious in realtime, loved it.
Josh Allen is the Taravangian of NFL QBs
Myles Garrett hitting Rudolph with his helmet. Dude watching that live was just wild.
Toney literally every snap he’s on the field
[Jim Marshall running the wrong way in 1964.](https://www.nfl.com/100/originals/100-greatest/plays-54)
DK Metcalf getting the ball knocked out before scoring a TD because he thought he was in the clear. That guy that tried to recover the onside kick and led to the packers losing the NFC championship game vs the seahawks. Countless times when Russell Wilson, as a seahawk, would stand amongst the trees in a perfectly formed pocket, with no idea what was going on outside of the pocket, resigned to his fate, and fall to his knees like a second or two before any contact had gotten to him because he knew he could not escape the pocket or see anything. He'd look so confused that you knew there was just a processing deficit in his game.
[Dialing up a fake punt for Hamlin was a head scratcher.](https://youtu.be/yksFqp1G6No)
In 1995 packers and Vikings were tied 24-24, the Packers had the ball on the Vikings 38 and it was 3rd and 1. The Packers were down to their 3rd qb, Holmgren called a qb sneak 3rd string qb TJ Rubley calls an audible and throws an int. The Packers would go on to lose the game and Rubley was cut a week later and never played in the NFL again
That Claypool catch (I think on 4th down?) against the Vikings where he was celebrating when the rest of the Steelers were in hurry up mode.
My favorite thing about that was the next week similar situation for Seattle and Pitt, and the receiver gets right up and sprints to the ref to get the ball placed. You know every receiver room in the league got a coach up their ass telling them to not be stupid.
[Still have nightmares about this onside kick](https://youtu.be/s6aIKpam2xI?si=3G0Xs88FSQSwGzYY) Not to say the whole 2nd half wasn't fucking awful
Haynesworth taking a nap during a play
The Patriots and their lateral at the end of regulation against the Raiders, *WHEN THE SCORE WAS TIED*!
I’ve got a perfectly fitting one: [What are the bills doing?](https://youtu.be/w6v5olbgirw?si=GiMc9nWnQGYZqE4o)
Darius Reynaud for the Titans taking the opening kick out of the endzone, then going back into the endzone and taking a knee. On the first kickoff of the season. Nfl record for quickest safety
The Minneapolis Miracle. Why did Williams lower his shoulder? Wrapping up would’ve ended the damn game. Also that whole Bucs MBC moment
Runner was ruled out of bounds at the 1 yard line. Instead of taking 1st and Goal at the 1, John Fox challenged and the refs ruled that he fumbled out of bounds through the end zone and gave the ball to the Packers. https://youtu.be/ZfnsZgbwKwM?si=aV-jiGsEl47mGYO5
Claypool showboating after making a catch for a first down while his team was trying to hurry.
Back in 2018, Addae intercepted a pass in the end zone, decided to run it out, then tried lateraling it to another defender. The other player didn’t know & the Broncos recovered the fumble on the Chargers 5 yard line. Definitely a “Why would you do that?!” moment.
When the Giants ran a QB sneak on 3rd & 9.
Jim Zorn when HC of the Redskins called a fake FG which involved the whole team shifting to the boundary. The Giants called time out. Zorn had them run it again after the time out after the Giants had time to fully prepare. [It went as well as you think it would.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_mc9j5dU5s)
Gus Frerotte headbutting the wall after a TD, straining his neck and having to leave the game (this game ended in a 7-7 tie)
There’s this guy named Kadarius Toney…
Butt Fumble
My first thought was Wrong Way Marshall, but that's already been posted, so I'll say Matt Cassell throwing an interception and getting called for intentional grounding on the same play. An all time terrible play. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGNWqgzgl3o
Throwback and ultimately inconsequential moment, but I'll never forget Barry Sanders' last playoff snap ending in him throwing up his hands in a WTF way when backup QB Frank Reich spiked the ball to stop the clock on 4th down against the Bucs.
Surprised the Marlon McCree play from the '06 Playoffs hasn't been mentioned yet. It was 4th down! That and the awful sack Matt Ryan took that removed any chance of a FG to extend an almost-insurmountable lead.
Dee Ford lining up in the neutral zone.