Posted on 01/01/2006 4:37:29 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (Jan. 1, 2006) -- Doug Flutie added another oddity to his football résumé when he converted a drop kick in the fourth quarter of the New England Patriots' game against the Miami Dolphins.
It was the league's first drop kick since the 1941 NFL championship game, according to the web site for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
With starting quarterback Tom Brady sitting out most of the season-ending game, backup Matt Cassel threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Tim Dwight to cut Miami's lead to 25-19 with 6:10 left in the game. Flutie, who was listed as the No. 3 QB, came in for the extra point and lined up at quarterback.
After a timeout, Flutie took the snap, dropped the ball and kicked it off a short hop through the uprights for one point. He ran off the field and embraced coach Bill Belichick.
According to the Hall of Fame site, Chicago's Ray "Scooter" McLean converted the last drop kick in the Bears' 37-9 victory against the New York Giants on Dec. 21, 1941.
And what, pray tell, is a "drop d.. " oh, forget it, I don't think I want to know!
That was a second instance. Back in the late '60s or so, the Bears got a fifth down (without the officials realizing it at the time, of course) and scored the decisive touchdown to defeat the Rams. The call stood. The upshot was the black straps the officials now wear on their hand, to keep track of the down. It loops around the thumb and one finger; they start with the index finger on first down and move it sequentially to the next fingers in succession.
"Happens all the time in a rugby match :.>"
Flutie`s no Jonny Wilkinson, thats for sure.
I also seem to remember a drop kick play on national television about 5-15 years ago. Either a national college game or a significant pro game. Seemed like the drop kick was performed as part of a failed screen option in a trick play or a double reverse.
Info on the two games in which the fair catch kick successfully produced a field goal. Both were Packers -- Bears games>
http://www.packers.com/news/stories/2004/09/16/2/
"Boston College...a football program the defines itself by several upset victories but with no real success in its own right."
How about holding the longest current streak of post season bowl games won? How about having one of the best graduation rates in the NCAA?
"IMHO the single wing is as appropriate as it was when it was designed originally and a good single wing offense is hard to stop."
Two points. The single wing and the wishbone have much in common. I'm also reminded of a quote by the legendary OU coach Bud Wilkinson where Bud stated that no formation was superior to any other. What was important was that the formation selected and the players capabilities matched.
It was BC! Get your facts straight!
He's practiced it for years. Apparently, there's some obscure rule that allows a drop kick from any place on the field. At least that's what I remember.
So... say you were down by two points and had the ball on your own 40 with five seconds left. You could throw a pass to a receiver at the other team's twenty, and then the receiver could attempt a 30-yard drop kick.
That's why Flutie's practiced it. But the NFL may have changed the rule in recent years.
See #110.
Also, in this case, Belichek let Flutie try it in case he's out of football altogether next year. Flutie's 43.
If I learned anything from the Three Stooges it was that footballs used to be shaped like watermelons.
Yes.
5.56mm
Hillary Clinton whores are still bad for our country, even if they do dropkicks in NFL games.
Also, scoreboard.
That's why Flutie's practiced it. But the NFL may have changed the rule in recent years.
Late last night Chris Berman mentioned this drop kick is done in Canadian football. He saw Flutie score this way before.
That was my first question too.
Flutie's son is autistic, as you probably know. I wonder how much medical bills/expenses might play in his democratic mindset. (Hill's socialistic healthcare plans). Or it could simply be that old Irish BC/Kennedy legacy lunacy. I suspect Fat Teddy's had Flutie at the family compound in Hyannis more than once, and Kerry's fed him a few meals, too. They massage people they think will garner adulation, etc.. Look at Kerry's ridiculous horning in on Lance Armstrong's seventh Tour de France run.
damn...Flutie is almost my age.
Blanda is only 78...anyone got his number.
My sentiments, exactly. I used to think he was a nice guy. He's a pinko bum in my book now.
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