ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
The ending to today's Pats-Raiders game was so completely idiotic, it had me wondering if it was the dumbest play in NFL history. So I decided to list all of the other dumb ones I could think of and see how it compared.
IMO the only one that truly compares to today's screw-up was the first Miracle at the Meadowlands. I can see the argument that the Giants were having a terrible season whereas today's loss may kill the Pats' playoff chances, but I still think former was worse because the Pats were at best going to OT, while the Giants had the game locked up. Reading through the Wikipedia entry on the play, I didn't realize that rules at the time didn't allow QBs to simply take a knee, though clearly they could have done something better than what they ended up doing. Also, the play was the culmination of a season's worth of dysfunction between the players and coaching staff (I wonder if something similar is going on with New England and their co-OCs). So I'd give MatM a narrow victory over whatever we end up calling today's ending as dumbest play in NFL history.
- Wrong-way Marshall
- Miracle at the Meadowlands
- Miracle at the New Meadowlands
- Leon Lett's Thanksgiving Blunder
- Griff Whalen fake punt
- Washington's "Swinging Gate" fake FG
- Orlovsky runs out of the end zone
- DeSean Jackson drops the ball at the 1
IMO the only one that truly compares to today's screw-up was the first Miracle at the Meadowlands. I can see the argument that the Giants were having a terrible season whereas today's loss may kill the Pats' playoff chances, but I still think former was worse because the Pats were at best going to OT, while the Giants had the game locked up. Reading through the Wikipedia entry on the play, I didn't realize that rules at the time didn't allow QBs to simply take a knee, though clearly they could have done something better than what they ended up doing. Also, the play was the culmination of a season's worth of dysfunction between the players and coaching staff (I wonder if something similar is going on with New England and their co-OCs). So I'd give MatM a narrow victory over whatever we end up calling today's ending as dumbest play in NFL history.
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