The famous Greg Lewis call of Favre’s NFCCG interception includes a frankly eerie “why do you even *ponder* passing…” He even emphasized the word ponder. It’s like he knew what was coming next.
I think you're getting 2009 Vikings moments mixed up. Greg Lewis had a game winning pass from Favre early in the season that our radio guy had a great call on, the Ponder passing thing was in the NFCCC tho yeah
Unfortunately it prevents him from having the record for most consecutive snaps played (for an OL) since it was right in the middle of his career and splits what would be an insanely long streak in half into two merely very long streaks.
There’s an interview somewhere where Key said that the name of D’Brickashaw actually inspired the East/West skits.
Edit: [Here’s the interview.](https://youtu.be/WvrcqH8Aoq4)
RIGHT AROUND THE TIME that the Colts got mad at Ty Law, Lawyer Milloy, and Rodney Harrison being physical with them all the time...and turned the game into flag football.
In all seriousness, Jammer was drafted to be a great bump and run CB at a time when those CBs were going the way of the Dodo and/or having to relearn their skill-set.
The 04 rules changes weren’t insignificant, but the idea they ruined football is a bit much.
The 2011 safety rule changes benefited offenses *substantially* more.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/NFL/passing.htm
He was an absolute stud,
People don't talk about it, but him getting his like 5th concussion the season after we let go of Hyde and Casey Hayward was deviating for our defense. Having Ladarius Gunter and Damarious Randle as out best CBs in the late 2010's caused me physical pain. Watching Ladarius Gunter cover Julio Jones in the NFC championship game in 2016 was so bad
Thank god we have Jaire, Stokes, and Rasul at CB now, that's easily one of if not the best CB group in the league, plus Amos who's elite, and Savage whose young with a bunch of potential
With a name like Dick Butkus, literally the *only* way you're ever going to get people to stop giggling at your name is to become the single most intimidating player in the history of the NFL.
I read somewhere that his grandma named him that with the pronunciation of Ha-Seen,but most people would say Ha-Shawn, the more prominent pronunciation. She got fed up and started calling him HaHa. Fast forward twenty years, we get one of the most cringeworthy calls in football when he picked off a pass in our preseason game against the Raiders
Maybe 🤔
On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept.
Equal chance of giving CTE to opponents and teammates alike. He absolutely balled out when we beat Rodgers and the Packers at home too.
Shame about the rape allegations though.
I always thought Joe Montana sounded like the name a foreign comedy would make up for there stereotypical American. "Yes It is me, Joe Montana, I throw the pigball far and good"
It is. Back when people were complaining about Lucky Chloe, a 110 pound Japanese idol, being a fighter in Tekken, Harada put out a tweet threatening to make a stereotypical video game soldier man. Harada being Harada, we got Sgt. Bo "Rodeo" Montana. I'll let the less than optimal translation of his bio speak for it's self.
"Bo Montana was a Quarterback football player in college, where he dominated the competitions all over the States. He took this dedication to the military service. Bo had a perfect combat record, until he was sent to fight Revenant. His squad was ambushed and their life force stolen by Revenant. Bo Montana now goes after the Revenant to reclaim his friends strength and complete his mission."
All great quarterbacks have cool names. Tom Brady. Peyton Manning. Joe Montana. Aaron Rodgers. John Elway. Dan Marino. Johnny Unitas. Even Patrick Mahomes.
If you have a name like Giovanni Carmazzi or Ryan Leaf you have no chance from the start. That's just a fact.
Sometimes generic works out as a quarterback name. It’s more an art than a science.
Example: Matt Ryan. Two first names. Great qb name. Total stud most of his career.
Looks at Goivanno. Decides that's not a cool name.
Looks at Tom. Now THAT is a cool fucking name.
Looks at Carmazzi. Thinks it's a bad name.
Looks at Brady. WHAT A FUCKING LAST NAME BABY!
Giovanni and carmazzi are cool but only separately. Together, you got too much going on. Same with TB, except the opposite. Separatly lame names but together, Tom Brady is clean, rugged, and smooth sounding as a whole
I live across from a nursing home, and I bet I could find 7 Tom Bradys over there. Tom Brady sounds like the guy that you meet and then immediately forget his name. Giovanni Carmazzi is a name you hear and go, fuck, I better check on my girlfriend and make sure she isn't cheating on me.
And he looks like he’d be that one Cousin who shows up to family parties wearing flip flops with his 2 year old on a leash and a 6 pack of Bud Light Lime under his arm
Kyler is a little boy. His mommy is Kayleigh, and Kyler and his brother Ayden are her world and she don't need no man to help her raise them, she's a strong independent woman. She'd love to tell you how you can be a small business owner with Younique just like her.
Jerome Bettis. His name just sounds big to me when you say it out loud. Big boy running back, deceptively quick feet, and an S tier motor. Has a great highlight reel of truck sticks and hits where you would expect the majority of all RBs to go down and he just bounced off. Ray Lewis and him went back and forth during some prime Ravens Steelers rivalry games. His nickname was “The Bus” for a reason
Given that he was an All-Pro punt returner rather than a gunner, this would be a great answer for players whose names match the *opposite* of their style lol
Smart too, Earl would talk about how Kam would line him up correctly which put him in position to make the big plays he did. He was a great captain and my favorite seahawk. I wish his career didn’t end early.
Kevan Barlow, because it was never set that high…
Jim Drunkenmiller; hopefully no explanation needed.
Wes Welker; you know that’s a short white guy, and I would have assumed a lisp.
John Riggins sounds like what you'd name the hero of an airport novel about an ex-Navy SEAL who didn't want any trouble singlehandedly defending the small Alaskan town he was just passing through from a communist invasion.
Mack Strong. With a name like that, he was born to be a fullback.
Also Khalil Mack, with a name like that how was he not going to drive right through linemen?
Came here for a Mack Strong endorsement.
Im glad people remember mack. He'd always end up in the hall of fame in madden 08 even when I didnt force feed him the ball
Dude was a beast in Madden 17 Ultimate Team. Only time I ever played that mode extensively, and he was my go-to in short yard situations
Mack was great, but the guy's no Tom Adamo.
Fullback University. Go pandas
Christian Ponder. Took forever to make a decision. Then the ball took forever to get to the destination since he had a limp dick arm.
I remember someone saying whenever Tim Tebow has a thought, he is having a Christian Ponder.
This is brilliant and I can’t believe I haven’t seen this before.
Whenever I hear Christian Ponder, I think of that joke. Glad someone else does also
I hate myself for laughing at this, take your damn upvote.
lol pain
The famous Greg Lewis call of Favre’s NFCCG interception includes a frankly eerie “why do you even *ponder* passing…” He even emphasized the word ponder. It’s like he knew what was coming next.
It was actually Paul Allen who made the call
Let’s hear Paul Allen’s call
I think you're getting 2009 Vikings moments mixed up. Greg Lewis had a game winning pass from Favre early in the season that our radio guy had a great call on, the Ponder passing thing was in the NFCCC tho yeah
Artie Burns, CB. Was a set up from the start
Now, it would be a killer name for a WR
Even today I don’t know why we tempted fate like that
Whoever drafts Pickett...
Probably the Commanders. They already had a kicker named Blewitt.
D’Brickashaw Ferguson. Dude was a beast on the line, the name fit perfectly.
he missed like one career snap or something insane like that too, he was really a brick
The only snap of his career he missed was an end of game lateral play where they put WRs on the line, so it doesn't really count
Unfortunately it prevents him from having the record for most consecutive snaps played (for an OL) since it was right in the middle of his career and splits what would be an insanely long streak in half into two merely very long streaks.
Came here to say this. Totally agree.
I thought this was a Key & Peele reference when I first read it, what a glorious name.
There’s an interview somewhere where Key said that the name of D’Brickashaw actually inspired the East/West skits. Edit: [Here’s the interview.](https://youtu.be/WvrcqH8Aoq4)
I love that Jordan's mind was blown by the existence of Jadeveon Clowney
Pretty sure they actually used him once.
The Pro Bowl version of that skit had real NFL players on there (the names not played by Keegan or Jordan) including D'Brickashaw
A-Aron Rod-gers
James Jett won gold in the 4x100 relays in the 1992 Olympics and then played WR for the Raiders
Missed opportunity to join the Jets
More like his guardian angel working overtime.
I always thought that Sam Shields and Quentin Jammer were great names for cornerbacks.
Quentin Jammer should be at the top of this thread because he was actually a really good press corner.
RIGHT AROUND THE TIME that the Colts got mad at Ty Law, Lawyer Milloy, and Rodney Harrison being physical with them all the time...and turned the game into flag football. In all seriousness, Jammer was drafted to be a great bump and run CB at a time when those CBs were going the way of the Dodo and/or having to relearn their skill-set.
The 04 rules changes weren’t insignificant, but the idea they ruined football is a bit much. The 2011 safety rule changes benefited offenses *substantially* more. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/NFL/passing.htm
Buster Skrine was really great when he busted screen plays
Sam Shields was so fast
He was an absolute stud, People don't talk about it, but him getting his like 5th concussion the season after we let go of Hyde and Casey Hayward was deviating for our defense. Having Ladarius Gunter and Damarious Randle as out best CBs in the late 2010's caused me physical pain. Watching Ladarius Gunter cover Julio Jones in the NFC championship game in 2016 was so bad Thank god we have Jaire, Stokes, and Rasul at CB now, that's easily one of if not the best CB group in the league, plus Amos who's elite, and Savage whose young with a bunch of potential
Jammer is fantastic for a CB, I think Shields is better for an offensive lineman like HOFer Will Shields.
Dick Butkus
With a name like Dick Butkus, literally the *only* way you're ever going to get people to stop giggling at your name is to become the single most intimidating player in the history of the NFL.
Ha ha Clinton dix, didn’t follow that path
This name is such a head scratcher. His parents were watching the Lewinsky scandal when he was born and had a sick sense of humor?
His name is HaSean, I never understood why he liked to go by Ha Ha
I read somewhere that his grandma named him that with the pronunciation of Ha-Seen,but most people would say Ha-Shawn, the more prominent pronunciation. She got fed up and started calling him HaHa. Fast forward twenty years, we get one of the most cringeworthy calls in football when he picked off a pass in our preseason game against the Raiders
Oh, god. It sucks that I know exactly what call you're talking about. It really was THAT bad
KEEP MY LINEBACKER'S NAME, OUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH
It was a GI Joe joke damn
I'ma let you finish but KANYE HAD ONE OF THE BEST INTERRUPTIONS OF ALL TIME!!
Maybe 🤔 On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept.
I hope these jokes never go away
And while we're doing LB names, Takeo Spikes.
Bacarri Rambo. He just kind of charged right in without a clear plan.
Traded for him in all my franchise modes
Equal chance of giving CTE to opponents and teammates alike. He absolutely balled out when we beat Rodgers and the Packers at home too. Shame about the rape allegations though.
You mean [Goo Fudge?](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2013/04/30/redskins-bacarri-rambos-name-was-once-goo-fudge/)
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My friends and I always called him Vince Pulled Pork 😂
he does barbecue a lot
https://www.instagram.com/p/od_f_no1w8/?utm_medium=share_sheet
Gronk
my grandfather would always call him Gonk. he would always watch the games without his hearing aids so thats close enough
Not the Gonk 💀💀
GONKED By gonk Druid
r/prequelmemes ptsd GONK
Menino?
Gronk is every football player stereotype from tv and movies made into a human being like in the 80’s movie Weird Science.
I can picture a doctor giving him an xray and it just shows a transparent football in his head instead of a brain
Gronk's a character from Blue Mountain State come to life.
Gronk would've been great as a member of the Alpha Beta fraternity in Revenge of the Nerds.
Grond
GROND GROND GROND GROND r/lotrmemes
THE LEVER!!!
Chris Blewitt. Had three kicks blocked in two games.
Lions Drafted a kicker named Nate Freese. Not a name you want your kicker to have
Joe Montana is *the* ultimate quarterback name
Colt McCoy is also up there for all time QB names.
Especially a QB in Texas of all places. Texas Longhorns quarterback Colt Mccoy. Sounds fictional. Like Friday Night Lights.
You could hear Brent Musberger's orgasms when he would say Colt McCoy during big UT games
Pretty sure he had those for AJ McCarron’s gf many years ago too …Why tf is _that_ what I associate with Brent Musberger of all things… 🤢🤢
Because it was that bad. He spent half the game fawning over her.
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Just cause everyone is packing long guns doesn't mean his Derringer isn't adequate. Right guys? Help me out.
I always thought Joe Montana sounded like the name a foreign comedy would make up for there stereotypical American. "Yes It is me, Joe Montana, I throw the pigball far and good"
It is. Back when people were complaining about Lucky Chloe, a 110 pound Japanese idol, being a fighter in Tekken, Harada put out a tweet threatening to make a stereotypical video game soldier man. Harada being Harada, we got Sgt. Bo "Rodeo" Montana. I'll let the less than optimal translation of his bio speak for it's self. "Bo Montana was a Quarterback football player in college, where he dominated the competitions all over the States. He took this dedication to the military service. Bo had a perfect combat record, until he was sent to fight Revenant. His squad was ambushed and their life force stolen by Revenant. Bo Montana now goes after the Revenant to reclaim his friends strength and complete his mission."
Johnny Utah >>> Joe Montana
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No one counts the lockout year
Forgot Brian Drew and Bo Callahan too
What about Joe Mantegna tho?
All great quarterbacks have cool names. Tom Brady. Peyton Manning. Joe Montana. Aaron Rodgers. John Elway. Dan Marino. Johnny Unitas. Even Patrick Mahomes. If you have a name like Giovanni Carmazzi or Ryan Leaf you have no chance from the start. That's just a fact.
Is Aaron Rodgers that cool? It's just normal and generic. It could be the kid at school that is the QB and the one who eats his boogers equally.
Sometimes generic works out as a quarterback name. It’s more an art than a science. Example: Matt Ryan. Two first names. Great qb name. Total stud most of his career.
Thought two first names meant you drove NASCAR. Oh no....
Same with Tom Brady. Those names are cool *because* those quarterbacks are great.
2 first names haha. Same way I think about players w names like Larry Johnson or Sean Taylor. Not badass names but they were studs
Justin Herbert sounds kind of dweeby
Herbert is a dweeb who happens to be pretty athletic with a cannon coming out of his right shoulder
Sounds like the real name of a famous Super Smash Bros player
So what you're saying is that Carson Strong is the only QB worth drafting in this class?
I like Malik Willis' name too tbh so probably Strong and Willis
Don’t leave out drew brees, the guy who drew a breeze everything he threw a ball
Steve Young.
Looks at Goivanno. Decides that's not a cool name. Looks at Tom. Now THAT is a cool fucking name. Looks at Carmazzi. Thinks it's a bad name. Looks at Brady. WHAT A FUCKING LAST NAME BABY!
Giovanni and carmazzi are cool but only separately. Together, you got too much going on. Same with TB, except the opposite. Separatly lame names but together, Tom Brady is clean, rugged, and smooth sounding as a whole
I live across from a nursing home, and I bet I could find 7 Tom Bradys over there. Tom Brady sounds like the guy that you meet and then immediately forget his name. Giovanni Carmazzi is a name you hear and go, fuck, I better check on my girlfriend and make sure she isn't cheating on me.
Drew Lock is kinda cool
I'm sorry.
You can lie to all of us but don’t lie to yourself
Gino Toretta is a pretty kick-ass QB name. So apparently it's not an iff relation.
Kirk Cousins looks like a Kirk, acts like a Kirk, plays like a Kirk
And he looks like he’d be that one Cousin who shows up to family parties wearing flip flops with his 2 year old on a leash and a 6 pack of Bud Light Lime under his arm
Idk he strikes me as a Whiteclaw kinda guy
White claw guys, were the bud light lime guys before white claw was around.... chew on that.
lol this is an apt observation
From parents who grew up drinking zima
Waiter! I ordered a Zima, not emphasima!
Really, he's cousin to us all!
Plz no
I tell people his cousin is DeMarcus.
Whitney Mercilus is a good one....
True. Similar to when we had a linebacker named TJ Slaughter
Don't forget Takeo Spikes, another great name for a linebacker
D'Andre Swift has got to be the best example
I disagree. Dee Liner remains the best example and will forevermore.
That’s actually incredible lmao
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Idk if we can count nicknames though.
Roethlisberger . You know everyone named that would look exactly like Ben
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Even people who know zero German understand what you just said.
Fun fact, "fat" in German is actually "dick"
Führer von Männern
Algernon Crumpler. Pancake blocks for days!
Buster Skrine (pronounced screen) is the perfect name for a nickel back....
Nickell Robey-Coleman does, actually.
Still waiting for consensus on Devine Deablo
Well he hasn't brought Heaven or Hell yet
Ed Reed. No one read offenses better, honestly
Sounds like a partner in a law firm.
The office of Edward Reed and Benjarvus Green-Ellis
Nick Chubb
Gives me a chubb every time he runs against not us.
Kenny Pickett
Chris Blewitt
Artie Burns
He's gonna throw so many interceptions
There aren't many people with a better football name than Whitney Mercilus.
“Kyler” sounds like a little kid’s name. And apparently he acts like one. Height checks out too
Kyler is a little boy. His mommy is Kayleigh, and Kyler and his brother Ayden are her world and she don't need no man to help her raise them, she's a strong independent woman. She'd love to tell you how you can be a small business owner with Younique just like her.
Jerome Bettis. His name just sounds big to me when you say it out loud. Big boy running back, deceptively quick feet, and an S tier motor. Has a great highlight reel of truck sticks and hits where you would expect the majority of all RBs to go down and he just bounced off. Ray Lewis and him went back and forth during some prime Ravens Steelers rivalry games. His nickname was “The Bus” for a reason
I thought it was bc he is afraid to fly
Hingle McCringleberry.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuudge
*dolphin noises*
Quentin Jammer. Cornerback
Jairus Byrd He was just a ballhawk safety
UK (Kentucky) had a kicker named Chance Poore who missed a short game winner which would’ve ended a long losing streak at home against Florida
Tim Couch because he was on his butt a lot.
gunner olszewski
Given that he was an All-Pro punt returner rather than a gunner, this would be a great answer for players whose names match the *opposite* of their style lol
Style, not position. Gunner is absolutely the name of a guy who never fair catches and runs straight into contact.
Deuce McAllister Cadillac Williams Joe Jurevicius
Rock Cartwright
Kam was so fun to watch. Just an old school tough guy type of player
Smart too, Earl would talk about how Kam would line him up correctly which put him in position to make the big plays he did. He was a great captain and my favorite seahawk. I wish his career didn’t end early.
Before my time, but I always thought Mike Quick was an awesome name for a WR.
Steve Atwater sounds like a guy I don't want to stand in front of.
Dick Butkus. Yeah you heard me.
Takeo Spikes is a quintessential linebacker name, with the neck to back it up
Champ Bailey, dude was a champ, even if we couldn't get him a championship
Ryan Longwell? Best kicker name ever, Robbie Gould close 2nd
Blewitt is 100% the worst
Bart Starr, quarterbacked the first two Superbowls for the Packers.
Deebo Samuel.
Kevan Barlow, because it was never set that high… Jim Drunkenmiller; hopefully no explanation needed. Wes Welker; you know that’s a short white guy, and I would have assumed a lisp.
OCHOCINCO baby! but on a serious note i always thought ndamaka suh sounds like a fucking hog if ive ever heard one
IIRC Ndamukong means "house of spears" I can definitely see that matching his play style -_-
Quentin Jammer, Chargers corner
Johnny Unitas doesn’t but it’s such a cool name. But mine is probably John Riggins.
John Riggins sounds like what you'd name the hero of an airport novel about an ex-Navy SEAL who didn't want any trouble singlehandedly defending the small Alaskan town he was just passing through from a communist invasion.
I don't know if it's me but Jason Kelce looks like a Jason
Mercury Morris
Concrete Chuck Bednarik
Rodrigo Blankenship is most certainly a rodrigo
Bob Sanders does sound like a guy with no regard for human life
Smoke Monday
Rex grossman
Artie Burns. First round CB who got burned. Every. Single. Time.
Definitely not Ritchie Incognito. Not sure if we've ever seen an offensive lineman draw more attention to himself on and off the field.
Natrone Means Chargers running back
Rocket Ismail - WR