Gotta like the guy.
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.
Gotta like the guy.
http://members.aol.com/Argonuter/stats.html I don't know. Some bigger guys would have loved his career.
What was the reason for the drop kick instead of a conventional extra point kick or going for a 2 point conversion?
Another interesting tidbit in this article... Matt Cassel was the back-up QB to Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart at USC... He completed a grand total of 20 passes in his NCAA career and never threw a touchdown pass in college.
We'll see how much you like him during the 2008 campaign season.
I saw it...Why? I would have been more impressed if he'd thrown it left handed through the goal posts. A hasbeen making a rare play = Much air time on news channels. Miami still won, so I am happy.
I find Flutie much less annoying than Tom Brady... much, much less.
BC is where Flutie went
The Dallas Cowbows actually used that rule once back in the 1970's.
Maybe they wanted to go for a two point conversion and there was just no way to make it happen.
WTG Flutie
Thanks my friend
Happy New Year
WTG Flutie
Live, it was a jaw dropper.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Boston College...a football program the defines itself by several upset victories but with no real success in its own right.
Stunt. But fun to watch.
I sure wish I would have seen it5, but I was watching the Redskins beat Philadelphia and go to the playoffs for the first time since 1999 :-)
In a "punt or drop-kick" the objective is the extra point or a field goal or kicking downfield in the fourth down? Which? For a field goal or an extra point they set the ball. In a fourth down the kicker receives the ball from the center and kicks it to the other team.? I'm really trying to understand the significance of this.
With your nick and knowledge, I assume you're a fellow Trojan and already realize the following, which I state for others: the Patriots' drafting of Cassell, in light of his nearly nonexistent college experience, simply illustrates SC's incredible depth.
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