OT: Search for the Saddest NFL Punt of the Century (Jon Bois)
I did not expect to watch all 55 minutes of this but it was mesmerizing. Jon Bois analyzes every punt this century in the NFL to determine which is the saddest.
I'll attempt to embed, but if it doesn't work, here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9H9LwGmc-0
February 19th, 2019 at 4:47 PM ^
Looks like the embed worked, but I didn't make the link clickable. I'll let you decide whether that means I should get an upvote or a downvote.
February 19th, 2019 at 5:06 PM ^
Must be OT season ... 55 minutes of bad punts...yikes...next will we’ll be learning about different gravies...
February 19th, 2019 at 5:27 PM ^
I will ALWAYS watch anything by Jon Bois. Fighting in the Age of Loneliness and Football 17776 were enthralling, and his chart parties are always fantastic.
February 19th, 2019 at 5:30 PM ^
A better OT: I just watched Chris Hinton's senior highlights. OH MY...that kid is jumping off the screen-very impressive!!! A huge up-tick from his junior year. He will be just fine inside or outside. Impressive play where he lines up at RB near the goal line-the kid has good feet!
February 19th, 2019 at 6:36 PM ^
I would have said Sean Landeta of the Giants against 1985 Bears in the playoffs...
... but that was last century.
February 19th, 2019 at 7:43 PM ^
I'm old enough to remember that. It was hilarious.
Technically, I'd guess that wouldn't have been scored as a punt. But rather "Sean Landeta fumble, returned for a touchdown."
The funny thing is -- earlier that same year, Joe Theismann had a 1-yard actual punt in a regular-season game against the Bears!
Not that the 1985 Bears needed much help - but they got BOTH of those breaks in one year. Geez.
February 20th, 2019 at 8:07 AM ^
I'm convinced the '85 Bears could've, on every offensive possession, for the entire season...
1st & 10 - knee
2nd & 12 - knee
3rd & 14 - knee
4th & 16 - punt
...and finished 8-8.
February 19th, 2019 at 8:03 PM ^
"Football is a sad game." Truth, and yet I can't stop watching.
February 20th, 2019 at 7:36 AM ^
This is a great entry. Long but fascinating, and shows how so-called "Big Data" can be used for fun things like FB. Plus this guy and his team really knows how to use the infinite page idea of the web.
Some truly horrific games in that top ten list and of course hold on, get to the end there is a twist ending.
February 20th, 2019 at 8:22 AM ^
Amazing that the saddest punt in history occurred against the Lions and they still lost.
February 20th, 2019 at 12:41 PM ^
I was stunned that the saddest punt wasn't BY the Lions. But I guess managing to lose even when your opponent is incompetent is more LIONS than anything.
February 20th, 2019 at 8:46 AM ^
Lions own the saddest kickoff in history when they won the toss for OT and chose to kick off... Thanks Jim Schwartz.
February 20th, 2019 at 6:19 PM ^
I still think the saddest punt might have been the non-punt a while back. Was it K-State when the punter never went on the field and the long snapper just did his thing anyway?
February 20th, 2019 at 7:17 PM ^
Garo Yepremian.Miami vs. Washington Redskins in the LA Coliseum in Super Bowl VII.
Run back for TD by Michigan man Mike Bass.
Blocked by Bill Brundige who died a few weeks back.....
I was there (and younger than I am now).
Go Blue!
February 21st, 2019 at 8:56 PM ^
The saddest punt in college football history happened when our idiot punter dropped the ball vs Sparty.