October 25, 2010

You Will Believe a Punter Can Fly: Cleveland Browns punter Reggie Hodges ran 68 yards on a fake punt in the team's 30-17 upset of the New Orleans Saints, racing down the middle of the field and reaching the Saints' 9-yard line in the second quarter. "I was shot. I didn't have anything left," said Hodges. See the video.

posted by rcade to football at 10:54 AM - 8 comments

I loved watching that. A combination of pure terror ("Big men want to hurt me!") and pure exhilaration ("Look at me go!") made every yard after the first down an adventure.

I was so hoping he'd get into the end zone on that play.

posted by grum@work at 12:27 PM on October 25, 2010

That was fun! The usage of the telestrator in that replay reminds me of a time John Madden used the telestrator to circle the full moon in a shot that only included the moon. Look at that gaping hole!

posted by bender at 01:00 PM on October 25, 2010

That's even better than watching a fat guy run for a touchdown.

posted by lil_brown_bat at 02:12 PM on October 25, 2010

If he was miked up, I imagine we woulda heard something akin to, "ohcrapohcrapohcrap, running running running..."

posted by MeatSaber at 02:25 PM on October 25, 2010

LOL, Meat - 'that guy's really big - damn that guy's even bigger!'

posted by kokaku at 04:12 PM on October 25, 2010

Oh, that was fantastic. Thanks for posting it.

posted by evixir at 07:48 PM on October 25, 2010

Hey, that punter isn't exactly small...well, anyway, he issn't exactly short. Got a set of wheels on him, too!

(but he'll never in a million years get away with that again)

posted by lil_brown_bat at 08:28 PM on October 25, 2010

Give the first 25 yards to the play-caller and the linemen. That sidestep against the returner and the last 43 yards? All his.

posted by etagloh at 11:00 PM on October 25, 2010

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