go pats!
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sanblaster
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Go Bears..... (peep)
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da bears!!
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chuyler1 said:
ya, i was there, it was so funny...everyone was like what the heck is going on....then he drops way back and boom....my son was like what....is that legal////how many points for that....i've never seen that before....i said, i don;t think it's been done in the nfl??? it was pretty cool though, flutie!!!
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Bazooka Joe, what the heck was that all about. I caught bits of it on all the highlight programs. Why did he kick it for? What happened?
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sanblaster1 said:
he did a drop kick for the PAT... it was like this was the way to get him in the game and contribute, seeing they brought casell in instead of him....it was kind of nutty, but hey it worked....i understand this is hoe PAT's were dome before they had a holder....i guess years ago you could drop kit the ball from anywhere on the field and if you got it through the uprights is was 3 points...(a field goal basically)
It was for the extra point after a touchdown. They brought Flutie in for the extra point play. Everyone thought the pats were going to try for two and he just dropped back and kicked it for a field goal. It's only worth 1 point (the same as if the kicker had done it) but I guess it is something Flutie has been wanting to do his entire career.
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chuyler1 said:
In American football and Canadian football, one method of scoring a field goal or extra point is by drop-kicking the football through the goal.
The drop kick was often used as a surprise tactic. The ball would be snapped or lateraled to a back, who would perhaps fake a run or pass, but then would kick the field goal instead.
This method of scoring worked well in the 1920s and 1930s, when the football was rounder at the ends (similar to a modern rugby ball). Early football stars such as Jim Thorpe and Paddy Driscoll were skilled drop-kickers.
In 1934, the ball was made more pointed at the ends. This made passing the ball easier, as was its intent, but made the drop kick obsolete, as the more pointed ball did not bounce up from the ground reliably. The drop kick was supplanted by the place kick, which cannot be attempted out of a formation generally used as a running or passing set. The drop kick remains in the rules, but is seldom seen, and rarely effective when attempted.
The only execution of the drop kick in recent years in the NFL was by Doug Flutie, reserve quarterback of the New England Patriots, against the Miami Dolphins on January 1, 2006 for an extra point after a touchdown. This was the first successful drop kick in the NFL in the over 64 years since it was executed by Ray "Scooter" McLean of the Chicago Bears in their 37-9 victory over the New York Giants on December 21, 1941 in the NFL championship game at Chicago's Wrigley Field.
Flutie's drop-kick was a farewell gesture by Coach Bill Belichick for the 43-year-old Flutie in what was expected to be his last regular season home game before retirement; it was not a strategic move. With 6:10 remaining in the game, the Patriots scored a touchdown to bring them within six points of the Dolphins. Flutie's drop kick closed the gap to five points, 20-25. The Patriots lost this final game of the 2005 regular season 26-28, but had already qualified for the upcoming playoffs as division champions.
Prior to Flutie's historic drop-kick, the only recent vocal proponent of the drop-kick in the NFL had been Jim McMahon, quarterback for several NFL teams. During the 1980s, while playing in Chicago, McMahon regularly practiced the drop kick, and was known to frequently petition Bears head coach Mike Ditka for an opportunity to use the maneuver. Ditka, who regarded the play as an anachronism, never allowed it.
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Good stuff.
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chuyler1 said:
in case you don't know what a ditka is:
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chuyler1 said:
no, what's it about??? is it on dvd?
Yeah, it came out on DVD a few weeks ago. Will Farrell volunteers to be his son's soccer coach after his father (who has a son the same age) trades him to another team. Will's character recruits his father's neighbor (Mike Ditka as Mike Ditka) to be his assistant coach so he can beat his father.
Picture Mike Ditka coaching a bunch of 12 year olds...I give it a 7/10.
Picture Mike Ditka coaching a bunch of 12 year olds...I give it a 7/10.
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bazooka joe said:
they couldn'y even score 7 points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(glare)
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ronin12 said:
haha, i like the giants too....even thought they are for NY.
