“Use His Legs” (1 Viewer)

[satch]

It seems announcers, Tony Romo tonight for example, are unaware that we have a word for the act of a QB using his legs. It’s called, “running.” Yet, they consistently opt for the phrase “use/using his legs” rather than “run/running.”

Please make it stop.

 

[McBokonon]

Thanks for using your fingers to get this message out.

 

[JohnnyU]

Joe Namath had pretty legs during those Noxema shave cream commercials. Or was it a pantyhose commercial?

 

[amnesiac]

Joe Namath had pretty legs during those Noxema shave cream commercials.

I’m 47 and i have nearly no idea what you’re talking about.

 

[JohnnyU]

Joe Namath had pretty legs during those Noxema shave cream commercials.

I’m 47 and i have nearly no idea what you’re talking about.

Lol. May have been pantyhose

 

[amnesiac]

Joe Namath had pretty legs during those Noxema shave cream commercials.

I’m 47 and i have nearly no idea what you’re talking about.

Lol. May have been Haynes

I looked it up.

“Let Noxzema Cream Your Face”

 

[JohnnyU]

Joe Namath had pretty legs during those Noxema shave cream commercials.

I’m 47 and i have nearly no idea what you’re talking about.

Lol. May have been Haynes

I looked it up.

“Let Noxzema Cream Your Face”

Pantyhose?

 

[amnesiac]

Joe Namath had pretty legs during those Noxema shave cream commercials.

I’m 47 and i have nearly no idea what you’re talking about.

Lol. May have been Haynes

I looked it up.

“Let Noxzema Cream Your Face”

Pantyhose?

ah, yeah maybe L’eggs?

 

[JohnnyU]

This needed its own thread? Game thread?

 

[Snoopy]

Thanks for using your fingers to get this message out.

Old yellow pages ad: Let your fingers do the walking.

 

[Kevrunner]

Joe Namath commercial:

Joe Namath Pantyhose

 

[IrishTwinkie]

Can anyone stop Romo from using his vocal cords? Ugh. Mute button coming up soon.

 

[JohnnyU]

At what point did they still think Romo should have that job?

 

[Ray Barboni]

I’m using my fingers to text, while my 3rd leg is having a piss.

Romo is bad though. Crazy, seems he went from beloved to annoying in a 2yr stint.

 

[Doug B]

Crazy, seems he went from beloved to annoying in a 2yr stint.

Welcome to the Internet!

 

[Desert_Power]

Can anyone stop Romo from using his vocal cords? Ugh. Mute button coming up soon.

I tend to use my legs to turn down the volume.

 

[Desert_Power]

Romo is bad though. Crazy, seems he went from beloved to annoying in a 2yr stint.

People liked that he was guessing some plays as they happened and he decided it meant he should jabber constantly. A lot of commentators struggle with letting the game breathe, but Romo tries to strangle it with a pillow of BS.

 

[Sarlakticacid]

I have a bad case of the “use my legs” after last night’s dinner…

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

THIS IS A GUY who knows that if you want to succeed in the NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE at the ANNOUNCER POSITION, you need to always use more words than are necessary.

 

[3C's]

You guys get about 7 years more of Romo and he's taking that to the BANK!

CBS keeping their man: Tony Romo gets a new deal

Tony Romo will remain with CBS as its top NFL analyst after agreeing to a record extension. \n\n CBS Sports spokeswoman Jen Sabatelle said that the network and Romo have agreed to a long-term contract.…

www.news-journalonline.com

 

[IvanKaramazov]

It seems announcers, Tony Romo tonight for example, are unaware that we have a word for the act of a QB using his legs. It’s called, “running.” Yet, they consistently opt for the phrase “use/using his legs” rather than “run/running.”

Please make it stop.

There's a difference between designed runs, RPO, and simply rolling a guy out of the pocket. "Running" only describes the first of these, but "using his legs" encompasses all of them.

 

[JohnnyU]

Remember “Watch his feet”?

 

[satch]

Remember “Watch his feet”?

Unfortunately

 

[JohnnyU]

Remember “Watch his feet”?

Unfortunately

Paul McGuire if memory serves

 

[satch]

It seems announcers, Tony Romo tonight for example, are unaware that we have a word for the act of a QB using his legs. It’s called, “running.” Yet, they consistently opt for the phrase “use/using his legs” rather than “run/running.”

Please make it stop.

There's a difference between designed runs, RPO, and simply rolling a guy out of the pocket. "Running" only describes the first of these, but "using his legs" encompasses all of them.

Say what now? Explain why “using his legs” is the logical choice for the scenarios you listed. I’m not claiming “running” is always the best choice, but “uses his legs” never is. Which one makes more sense.

“Josh Allen rolls out right.”
“Josh Allen uses his legs”

 

[jon_mx]

Joe Namath selling pantyhose. He literally was using his legs..

 

[JohnnyU]

Remember “Watch his feet”?

Unfortunately

A guy in one of my leagues was irritated enough he changed his team name to “Watch his feet”.

 

[satch]

“The key to tonight’s game is Josh A

Remember “Watch his feet”?

Unfortunately

A guy in one of my leagues was irritated enough he changed his team name to “Watch his feet”.

Better than “I Murdered Paul McGuire.”

 

[IvanKaramazov]

It seems announcers, Tony Romo tonight for example, are unaware that we have a word for the act of a QB using his legs. It’s called, “running.” Yet, they consistently opt for the phrase “use/using his legs” rather than “run/running.”

Please make it stop.

There's a difference between designed runs, RPO, and simply rolling a guy out of the pocket. "Running" only describes the first of these, but "using his legs" encompasses all of them.

Say what now? Explain why “using his legs” is the logical choice for the scenarios you listed. I’m not claiming “running” is always the best choice, but “uses his legs” never is. Which one makes more sense.

“Josh Allen rolls out right.”
“Josh Allen uses his legs”

In the specific context of the Bills, when people talk about using Allen's legs, they mean both getting him out of the pocket and also running for positive yardage.

 

[satch]

It seems announcers, Tony Romo tonight for example, are unaware that we have a word for the act of a QB using his legs. It’s called, “running.” Yet, they consistently opt for the phrase “use/using his legs” rather than “run/running.”

Please make it stop.

There's a difference between designed runs, RPO, and simply rolling a guy out of the pocket. "Running" only describes the first of these, but "using his legs" encompasses all of them.

Say what now? Explain why “using his legs” is the logical choice for the scenarios you listed. I’m not claiming “running” is always the best choice, but “uses his legs” never is. Which one makes more sense.

“Josh Allen rolls out right.”
“Josh Allen uses his legs”

In the specific context of the Bills, when people talk about using Allen's legs, they mean both getting him out of the pocket and also running for positive yardage.

Sounds like you’re referring to “mobility” or “running ability.”

“Use/uses/using his legs” sounds like something a doofus would say when they don’t have the vocabulary to speak more concisely.

 

[rockaction]

Paul McGuire

Worst commentator I can remember. The absolute worst. Romo does laps around that guy.

Wasn't he a former kicker or something? I don't know. He was putrid.

 

[satch]

Paul McGuire

Worst commentator I can remember. The absolute worst. Romo does laps around that guy.

Wasn't he a former kicker or something? I don't know. He was putrid.

You mean, “Romo uses his legs around that guy.”

 

[JohnnyU]

Paul McGuire

Worst commentator I can remember. The absolute worst. Romo does laps around that guy.

Wasn't he a former kicker or something? I don't know. He was putrid.

LB / P

 

[efactor]

Romo is only half as annoying as Greg Olsen so there's that

 

[Dickies]

Paul McGuire

Worst commentator I can remember. The absolute worst. Romo does laps around that guy.

Wasn't he a former kicker or something? I don't know. He was putrid.

Probably knows how to use his legs

 

[rockaction]

Romo is only half as annoying as Greg Olsen so there's that

I like Olsen. Olsen and Romo both. They're fine. Guys on the fourth or fifth broadcast of the networks are uber ****ty. Those are the guys I can't stand.

 

[zed2283]

Remember “Watch his feet”?

Unfortunately

Paul McGuire if memory serves

Theismann

 

[Deamon]

Was looking for the "annoying things commentators say" thread so I could link it here. THat's how I found the old thread which seems like a moderator has deleted now.

 

[JohnnyU]

Remember “Watch his feet”?

Unfortunately

Paul McGuire if memory serves

Theismann

I’m pretty sure McGuire coined the phrase, or at least that’s what others talked about here.

 

[efactor]

Romo is only half as annoying as Greg Olsen so there's that

I like Olsen. Olsen and Romo both. They're fine. Guys on the fourth or fifth broadcast of the networks are uber ****ty. Those are the guys I can't stand.

It's not even that I don't like them or think they don't know their stuff, but both need to learn that every second doesn't have to be filled. Like being around my ex-wife at times.

 

[rockaction]

Simply crying about the ex-wife. Sorry about that. Most of us have exes that make us cringe when we think about them. You're not alone in having golden silence ruined by someone.

 

[satch]

There was a play later in the game where Josh Allen escaped a collapsing pocket and had a nice run up the middle for a first down. Or as Tony Romo put it, Josh Allen “showed off his legs.”

 

[zed2283]

Remember “Watch his feet”?

Unfortunately

Paul McGuire if memory serves

Theismann

I’m pretty sure McGuire coined the phrase, or at least that’s what others talked about here.

Theismann was always talking about watching the QBs feet, even said one time on-air that he had a "foot fetish."

 

[JohnnyU]

Remember “Watch his feet”?

Unfortunately

Paul McGuire if memory serves

Theismann

I’m pretty sure McGuire coined the phrase, or at least that’s what others talked about here.

Theismann was always talking about watching the QBs feet, even said one time on-air that he had a "foot fetish."

This was different. McGuire talking about RBs mostly.

 

[satch]

Remember “Watch his feet”?

Unfortunately

Paul McGuire if memory serves

Theismann

I’m pretty sure McGuire coined the phrase, or at least that’s what others talked about here.

Theismann was always talking about watching the QBs feet, even said one time on-air that he had a "foot fetish."

This was different

Sure was. I recall this one time, McGuire suspected viewers were ignoring his pleas, and after one particularly nifty Tiki Barber run he exclaimed with great furor, “For the love of Christ I’ll damn you all to hell if you don’t watch his feet!!!!!”

Followed by 10 seconds of awkward silence and an unplanned commercial break.

 

[ChiefD]

You know who I really enjoyed this postseason as a game analyst?

Jason Garrett

Totally different guy than when he's in the studio. I probably learned at least one new thing in each broadcast with him that I didn't know before. Underrated in my opinion. Would love to have him on Sunday Night Football instead of Collinsworth.

 

[nirad3]

You know who I really enjoyed this postseason as a game analyst?

Jason Garrett

Totally different guy than when he's in the studio. I probably learned at least one new thing in each broadcast with him that I didn't know before. Underrated in my opinion. Would love to have him on Sunday Night Football instead of Collinsworth.

Not sure who it was on this board, but they likened Garrett to a "unsalted Saltine cracker" in terms of how dry and boring he was.

 

[JohnnyU]

You know who I really enjoyed this postseason as a game analyst?

Jason Garrett

Totally different guy than when he's in the studio. I probably learned at least one new thing in each broadcast with him that I didn't know before. Underrated in my opinion. Would love to have him on Sunday Night Football instead of Collinsworth.

Not sure who it was on this board, but they likened Garrett to a "unsalted Saltine cracker" in terms of how dry and boring he was.

He’s likable

 

[efactor]

Simply crying about the ex-wife. Sorry about that. Most of us have exes that make us cringe when we think about them. You're not alone in having golden silence ruined by someone.

I got it

She wasn’t the ex-wife from hell, but she definitely wasn’t the “enjoy the zen” type of woman.

 

[Gally]

You know who I really enjoyed this postseason as a game analyst?

Jason Garrett

Totally different guy than when he's in the studio. I probably learned at least one new thing in each broadcast with him that I didn't know before. Underrated in my opinion. Would love to have him on Sunday Night Football instead of Collinsworth.

Wow, I thought the exact opposite. I thought he said the most basic and obvious things over and over again with no real insight. I thought he was terrible.