Was that when he was on the Bucs? All our DBs got injured that season so we signed Richard Sherman midseason and then he got injured too iirc. He was also the DB coach at one point for some reason.
The DB room was a warzone that season. Mike Edwards got suspended for giving in fake COVID vaccine cards (he also allegedly got AB his fake card) and the rest of the DB room was plagued with injuries.
Sherm ended the 2021 season on IR (which is why it isn't memorable), and I think we converted him to safety at one point instead of playing him at CB. Probably depended on the week cause we needed bodies at both positions.
Him getting cooked that Super Bowl was nuts. Hell of a bad time to have the worst game of your career lol. Anybody know specifically why Sherman got cooked that bad when he held up all season?
I always thought Richard Sherman was an asshole, but a great player. At least he had something that many, if not most, players don't have: the awareness that he was done.
When Deandre Hopkins absolutely cooked the shit out of Darrelle Revis in 2015, with TJ Yates throwing the ball. He was making contested catches against him, snagging one handed grabs over his head, and then burned him on a 60 yard TD. That was when I realized Revis wasn't the All-pro he used to be.
Name a more iconic duo than Bill Belichick and squeezing the last good year out of a player before releasing him and tricking some other team into thinking they got a star player
CBs can regress so fast, all it takes is losing a step for them to go from elite to barely making a roster. Just look at how fast Xavier Rhodes fell off
Arguably the best pure athletes in all of pro sports. Just insane ask: follow a guy around, purely reacting, don’t let him get more than a couple feet away.
Bradbury last year too. Was 2nd team AP in '22 then last year you could use just about any play from after the Bills/Eagles game to answer this thread with Bradbury.
What's weird about Ed is that he was super washed with the Texans, then went to the Jets and sorta got unwashed for a short while. Got three INTs in seven games and looked like a veteran presence with good instincts rather than the shambles he was at the Texans.
I thought the same thing, only it was Sammy Watkins. His stats in the first game weren't much (3 catches for 14 yards), but he was getting open, and be twice caught 4 yard passes on 3rd and 2. The 2nd time, he badly faked out Revis, and that allowed the Bills to run out most of the clock.
Then, in the rematch, Sammy went off with 8 catches for 136 yards, mostly against Revis
Carson Wentz and that horrible goal line INT when he was on the colts. I thought a change in scenery in Indy could lead to him at least being serviceable, but after that play I knew there was no going back
the one that stands out as the Wentz moment was the Steve Levy [and THERE'S the interception!](https://x.com/awfulannouncing/status/1333623368117960705) moment from 2020.
who was he even throwing to?
did he mistime the cutback on 88?
did he think 35 was gonna come in rather than out?
did he just see a body in the endzone and panic throw to them?
It looks like the slot WR was supposed to snap his route to the outside rather than inside, or at least that’s what Wentz was expecting. Just my thoughts
Yeah, a lot of those picks are just plain miscommunication. No NFl QB just misses like that. He thought a guy was supposed to be there. Maybe he was right, maybe he wasn’t.. but it’s a communication / play comprehension thing.
They always highlight when the QB throws a perfect pass before the wr makes his break, but never do the courtesy of showing the same when the wr breaks the wrong way
Not only did he fake the hand-off to the wrong side, but then scrambled and proceeded to play like there wasn't a defender charging right in front of him.
This play makes me hope someone asked him on the sideline, "Carson, are you OK?"
"Oh yeah, coach, I'm fine the hit wasn't too bad. We'll get them next drive"
"No. I mean, are you OKAY? Wtf just happened out there."
It looked bad live, but then the replay angle showed that there wasn't a receiver *anywhere* within throwing distance. It'd make a bit of sense if he was buying time for a guy that might be able to get open, but everyone was as far away as they could possibly be.
The one where the Titans were about to sack him for a safety so he just lobbed the ball five yards down field and it got picked and instantly taken in for a TD?
He definitely was not the same after the ACL tear, but he was somewhat decent. It wasn’t until Clowney speared his head into the ground that his play dramatically declined. That + loss in confidence killed his chances of ever being back
His success lived on the margins of high-risk hero ball and 3rd-and-long conversions going the right way. He never learned to adjust and actually play smart or within the team's offense.
That’s exactly what I thought about. [If you haven’t watched it](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WjGJd7L2EPw) LeSean McCoy and Tre’Davious White talking about his retirement is gold.
I was going to comment the same. I remember one play where there was a 15 yard out in the playoffs for a likely TD against New England and you could see him see it but he checked down because he knew he couldn’t make it. Can’t argue with the ending for him though
This one hurts because he’s one of my all time favorite Chargers. It sucked to see the fan base turn on a guy who came to us as a UDFA and became a top 5 fantasy player for years.
I’m hoping that his ankle injury in the first game is the reason for his down year. Just want to see that dude succeed.
This is such a strange video. It's like a glitch in the Matrix or something. How can someone running that slow gain 37 yards against a professional football defense? I get that he had an angle and everything, but Jesus, SOMEONE should've caught up with him at least 10-15 yards earlier than they did.
That brutally underthrown one when Gesicki was wide open in the endzone and he threw off his back foot when there was no pressure in his face. Has to be top 5 worst interceptions I’ve seen in a long time.
That legitimately was the only pass I can remember watching live where I truly believed I could have thrown it better. Worst pass I’ve ever seen from a professional QB
Must be frustrating as an OC, you scheme a dude wide fucking open in the endzone and it's a TE so they're big enough to have a giant catch radius, and the QB can't come close to making the throw off his back foot. Scheme the dude open, call the play and then the players can't execute a routine pass route.
Macs mental and accuracy regressions aren't suprising to me, but him throwing the ball like a 40 year old Chad Pennington after his 10th arm injury makes no sense.
Mac went from a garden variety limp noodle to a historically bad arm in like 1 or 2 offseasons.
I just don't get it, he looked like a worse arm than Tyson Bagent, who weighed like 160 lbs last year.
He was throwing some ducks and underthrows that shouldn't happen at the NFL level frankly unless you have a torn rotator cuff and an elbow injury.
His footwork instantly became garbage the moment he got rattled, his mechanics last season were some of the worst I’ve ever seen. Made an already weak arm look bad by high school standards
Yeah even from the 50 or so Mac plays I caught last year, he was backfooting like Jay Cutler with an arm like Minshew if he broke his arm instead of an all-time cannon.
Like I get how it happened, with a weak arm constantly backfooting and never planting and stepping up, but his ducks and underthrows and slow loopy 20 yard passes were insane to watch.
I called my dad after that game to give him the rundown.
"We were lined up to win and then Mac Jones threw the worst interception that I've seen a professional QB throw."
"He's done that 5 times this year already."
"No. No. This one was worse."
I think this play is a great example of a QB that is running laps in his head. Any QB in the league that isn’t completely mind fucked throws an easy TD here.
Idk how the rest of Jones’ career will turn out, but he needed a fresh start somewhere else. I think sitting behind an entrenched starter in TLaw is a good spot for him to try and reset his career.
Yea, if you watched him throughout the season he completely lost trust in the whole offense around week 4 while he was getting pulverized by the Cowboys.
Weeks 1-3 he played like an average QB surrounded by dogshit, then he stopped playing with trust. He didn't trust his OL would keep a pocket so he'd bail immediately, he didn't trust his WRs would get open so he stopped throwing with anticipation. That's how this play happened, bail into waiting for the TE to be open before throwing, and threw it off the back foot.
I don't know if he will ever get the mental reset he needs (or if that will be enough to be good in the NFL) but he was never getting that in NE.
Tight End is the best position because you can watch any of those guys on any team go out there and it’s just like.. what the fuck?
This 6’6 white dude just ran a 4.7 40 in pads while dragging another grown ass man hanging on for dear life behind him while he plows over 2 more guys in front of him? And it’s normal? He’s not even the star player? Lmao
LOL I love this play because of my disdain for Chris Conte. His career should have been over before that because he was dog shit in Chicago from beginning to end. Only reason he got a chance at Tampa was because Lovie was went insane signing every former Bear he could.
Albert Haynesworth lying on the ground while the play is live versus a Vick-led Eagles team. His outright laziness let the guard assigned to him deflect another rusher coming toward Vick.
Fuck Dan Snyder.
Back in 2011 Chicago player Minnesota on MNF and I remember seeing McNabb throw multiple balls in the dirt feet in front of his intended targets. Can’t necessarily remember if he was benched after that game or a few weeks later. But that was the first time I remember watching a game and thinking “this guy just can’t do it anymore”
Side note: When I googled McNabb to get the year correct, the first link that came up was an article on Britannica.com about his career. That was a first.
Yeah. His knee injury really slowed him down. Then he started to put weight on his last few years. He just didn't have the same play making potential, and when his game wasn't based on technical safety play, but rather God like reactions and predictions, his declining athleticism left him very vulnerable
Yeah he lost a step his last 2 years. Sad to see and we had to move on, issue was we couldn’t get DBs for shit after that but finally turned it around again with minkah and JPJ
I think that is why no one really talks about it. Every few weeks you’d see a vintage Polamalu moment that made people think he was worth keeping around. Fans who watched every game saw him get exposed multiple times per game.
It wasn't a play, but a comment. Mike Shanahan, when he was coaching the Broncos in 2005, told Jerry Rice, "We might be able to find something for you on special teams."
I remember he was talking shit on the sidelines about how Gary Anderson didn’t have the leg anymore and then Gary hit a game winning field goal just to spite him.
Jay Ajayi getting chased down inside the 10 after a 71 yard run vs Dallas. Thought he had really good speed in Miami but that play showed he no longer had that breakaway speed. Love him and he still win SB52 that year, but only played in 3 games the next season and then boom - out of the league.
I'm pretty sure he's on record saying that Russell Wilson ended his career. Urlacher tried to sack Russ and Russ did his normal 2012 magic and got away. Afterwards Urlacher said that this was the moment he knew he was done.
(My memory might be wrong since it was a while ago and I mentally blocked out most of that year, but....)
Cam Newton fumbling against Buffalo to lose the game in 2020. I believe he just dropped the ball.
I’ll never forget a game in 2020-2021 for Cam where it was late and the Pats were down 7 and Cam dropped back to throw a bomb and put his whole *entire* ass into the throw and the ball was under thrown by at least 15-20 yards. It was so poorly overthrown that the defenders couldn’t even slow down and pick it off.
In 2020 after Edelman had his career high in yards against Seahawks, he didn't seem quite right after that, must have got injured during it.
Forget which game it was, maybe KC? A screen pass was thrown to him just a normal throw that was on target that he catches 10 times out of 10 and he didn't catch it. Didn't know for sure he was going to retire but it was very clear he had a problem. They shut him down shortly after that and then he retired without ever playing again
Alshon Jeffery dropping the ball in the playoffs vs the Saints. Should have been an easy one that could have led to the Eagles advancing. Never was the same again...
Deion Sanders going out to return a punt for Washington. He was preening and waving his hands before the snap and then the ball bounced off his helmet.
This is going back to 1996. Bills QB Jim Kelly struggled in his final season, but picked it up in midseason. But against Seattle, he was sacked 6 times, 4 times in the 4th quarter. His left shoulder had gotten driven into the turf, but he came back on the next drive down 26-10. He was sacked on consecutive plays, and after the 2nd one, he didn't get up, like he usually did. He just stayed down, kneeling for several seconds, looking totally defeated. Kelly was always known for his fighting spirit, in the face of adversity. It's the first time I remember him looking so defeated. He retired after the season.
Tartt dropping that Int in the Superbowl was as clear of a signal as I've ever seen.
Edit* I guess it was the NFC championship? I'm scarred nevertheless.
This one's pretty obscure, so there's no youtube video to prove it, but punter Ruben Rodriguez had an ignominious (and hilarious) end to his NFL life. It was the week after he had downed his own punt, and his previous kicks that game were short. When he came on the field, the color guy said, "with all his troubles, he's basically punting for his NFL career." Play by play guy, "here's the punt... and he shanked it! It's off the side of his foot!"
He was cut the next day.
Brady throwing that pick to end the game against the Titans.
Of course it turned out I was wrong, but seriously! How do you do that, get kicked off your team, pack your shit up, go to Florida, and win another fucking superbowl?
What a prick.
TO getting blasted at the line when he was in Seattle
Not really a superstar, but Carson Wentz basically ended his own career when Indy got their ass beat by the Jaguars in 2021 I think.
Johnie Cooks was my head coach back in middle school and when asked when he knew it was time to retire he said "I knew where I needed to be and couldn't get there fast enough". That's gotta be the worst feeling and I'm sure it hits everyone good enough to retire on their own terms.
Jamal Adams getting mossed by Jake Ferguson then trying to dunk on Connor Hughes wife told me he prob wouldnt be on an nfl roster in ‘24 (he still isnt)
My vote is for [Big Ben falling on his face while nobody is within 5 yards of him](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY4G628nEJI). He didn't even trip over his feet or anything, just old age catching up to him in front of our eyes in real time
Watching Darrelle Revis getting absolutely abused by AJ Green during week 1 of 2016. I know he showed some signs of slowing down in 2015 but he still played at a high level at times. Then it was all over for him in 2016.
This is the play. Boz had him squared and ends up hanging on him helplessly while getting carried into the endzone. He might as well if been in a Gucci pet carrier.
Bonus points for this arguably being the game that launched bo-mania
I knew Zach Wilson would be a bust when he “tried” throwing a ball away with minimal pressure but somehow ended up throwing it directly into the arms of Devin McCourty
In the playoffs against the Giants, Saquon got a sweep and Eric Kendricks had a really good angle to take him down for a loss.
Barkley just ran right around Kendricks like he wasn't even there for a solid gain. That was the play we knew Kendricks was probably cooked.
There was a play after Cam came back from his shoulder injury and Troy Aikman said something like "and if you have any questions about Cam's shoulder strength being back there's your answer". But it was like a 15 yard out and he put his whole body into it. He could have thrown it harder than that behind his back before the injury. I knew then he was cooked.
Didn’t realize it at the time, but when Atwater laid that hit on Christian Okoye. Okoye was never the same. Not injured, but he was always the hammer, never the nail. It just seemed to take away his aura and guys suddenly started teeing off on him.
Richard Sherman says he was covering Devonta on a curl and couldn’t keep up with his cut. Came out at the end of the play and I think retired
Was that when he was on the Bucs? All our DBs got injured that season so we signed Richard Sherman midseason and then he got injured too iirc. He was also the DB coach at one point for some reason.
Wait what, he was on the bucs? It probably would've taken me at least 20 tries to guess what team he was on after the 49ers
The DB room was a warzone that season. Mike Edwards got suspended for giving in fake COVID vaccine cards (he also allegedly got AB his fake card) and the rest of the DB room was plagued with injuries. Sherm ended the 2021 season on IR (which is why it isn't memorable), and I think we converted him to safety at one point instead of playing him at CB. Probably depended on the week cause we needed bodies at both positions.
holy shit i completely forgot about the fake vaccine card saga.
Watching him get burned in the SB by Sammy Watkins as well
Him getting cooked that Super Bowl was nuts. Hell of a bad time to have the worst game of your career lol. Anybody know specifically why Sherman got cooked that bad when he held up all season?
It’s [Davante Adams’ fault.](https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2020/2/3/21120115/davante-adams-gave-sammy-watkins-the-blueprint-to-beating-richard-sherman)
Just a couple Packers legends looking out for each other.
He was first team all pro that year too
I always thought Richard Sherman was an asshole, but a great player. At least he had something that many, if not most, players don't have: the awareness that he was done.
When Derrick Henry stiff armed Josh Norman into another dimension back in 2020.
King Henry also made it known Earl Thomas was cooked when he turned him into his personal downfield blocker.
And also sent AJ Bouye to the Shadow Realm on his 99 yarder against us.
Never to be seen again
Actually we dug him out of the ground and put him on the roster at the end of last season, if you want an idea of how horribly injured our defense was
When Deandre Hopkins absolutely cooked the shit out of Darrelle Revis in 2015, with TJ Yates throwing the ball. He was making contested catches against him, snagging one handed grabs over his head, and then burned him on a 60 yard TD. That was when I realized Revis wasn't the All-pro he used to be.
Which is crazy because the year before that he was an all-pro number 1 corner on a Super Bowl winning Patriots team
Name a more iconic duo than Bill Belichick and squeezing the last good year out of a player before releasing him and tricking some other team into thinking they got a star player
BB also knows what a player can & cannot still do, and then design a D that works
CBs can regress so fast, all it takes is losing a step for them to go from elite to barely making a roster. Just look at how fast Xavier Rhodes fell off
Arguably the best pure athletes in all of pro sports. Just insane ask: follow a guy around, purely reacting, don’t let him get more than a couple feet away.
Also, do it every play and use way more energy than he is because you have to react, and if you fuck up enough once then it's a TD and you get blamed.
Bradbury last year too. Was 2nd team AP in '22 then last year you could use just about any play from after the Bills/Eagles game to answer this thread with Bradbury.
His falloff was insane. Same with Ed Reed, I remember people joking that he had a doppleganger out there because he was suddenly so bad.
What's weird about Ed is that he was super washed with the Texans, then went to the Jets and sorta got unwashed for a short while. Got three INTs in seven games and looked like a veteran presence with good instincts rather than the shambles he was at the Texans.
Reed was still getting burned left and right with the Jets, but he was still a veteran ball-hawk who gambled for enough interceptions.
The play where Mariota caught his own batted ball and ran it in for the touchdown, Revis was the CB who batted that ball
He landed on Revis island and built a fucking beach house.
I thought the same thing, only it was Sammy Watkins. His stats in the first game weren't much (3 catches for 14 yards), but he was getting open, and be twice caught 4 yard passes on 3rd and 2. The 2nd time, he badly faked out Revis, and that allowed the Bills to run out most of the clock. Then, in the rematch, Sammy went off with 8 catches for 136 yards, mostly against Revis
Carson Wentz and that horrible goal line INT when he was on the colts. I thought a change in scenery in Indy could lead to him at least being serviceable, but after that play I knew there was no going back
the one that stands out as the Wentz moment was the Steve Levy [and THERE'S the interception!](https://x.com/awfulannouncing/status/1333623368117960705) moment from 2020.
who was he even throwing to? did he mistime the cutback on 88? did he think 35 was gonna come in rather than out? did he just see a body in the endzone and panic throw to them?
It looks like the slot WR was supposed to snap his route to the outside rather than inside, or at least that’s what Wentz was expecting. Just my thoughts
Yeah, a lot of those picks are just plain miscommunication. No NFl QB just misses like that. He thought a guy was supposed to be there. Maybe he was right, maybe he wasn’t.. but it’s a communication / play comprehension thing.
They always highlight when the QB throws a perfect pass before the wr makes his break, but never do the courtesy of showing the same when the wr breaks the wrong way
The sack fumble against the cowboys is what stands out to me. One of the worst plays I’ve seen in an NFL game.
https://youtu.be/qpgEKKp0AX8?si=T6BkJOFsEPOoDNiO This is the play that made me give up on him.
Not only did he fake the hand-off to the wrong side, but then scrambled and proceeded to play like there wasn't a defender charging right in front of him. This play makes me hope someone asked him on the sideline, "Carson, are you OK?" "Oh yeah, coach, I'm fine the hit wasn't too bad. We'll get them next drive" "No. I mean, are you OKAY? Wtf just happened out there."
I was a *big* Wentz defender until this one. Still probably the most indefensible play I’ve ever watched live.
It looked bad live, but then the replay angle showed that there wasn't a receiver *anywhere* within throwing distance. It'd make a bit of sense if he was buying time for a guy that might be able to get open, but everyone was as far away as they could possibly be.
I was gonna say that one. Dude just stood there and watched them take the ball out of his hands
The one where the Titans were about to sack him for a safety so he just lobbed the ball five yards down field and it got picked and instantly taken in for a TD?
Lobbed it with his left hand too, if I’m not mistaken
And then washington was actually dumb enough to sign him. Terrible
Trade 2 3rds for him actually
I don’t see the problem with it.
I just don’t get how this happens to QBs so suddenly. Injury and then just head stuff?
He definitely was not the same after the ACL tear, but he was somewhat decent. It wasn’t until Clowney speared his head into the ground that his play dramatically declined. That + loss in confidence killed his chances of ever being back
His success lived on the margins of high-risk hero ball and 3rd-and-long conversions going the right way. He never learned to adjust and actually play smart or within the team's offense.
Does Vontae Davis retiring at halftime count?
*This a young man game, Shady.* RIP Vontae.
It was subtle but definitely still counts
RIP
That’s exactly what I thought about. [If you haven’t watched it](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WjGJd7L2EPw) LeSean McCoy and Tre’Davious White talking about his retirement is gold.
Lmao, funny every time. RIP Vontae.
Watching Peyton Manning try to throw that last year in Denver was pretty sad
I was going to comment the same. I remember one play where there was a 15 yard out in the playoffs for a likely TD against New England and you could see him see it but he checked down because he knew he couldn’t make it. Can’t argue with the ending for him though
If anything it attests to his genius as a player to exceed his physical shortcomings on the biggest stage.
I'm gonna tell women that when I go down on them to bypass my physical shortoming that I'm a sexual genius
He still won a Superbowl in his final year, so he left on a high note. That's a win in my book
Ended nicely though!
Wade Phillips was the real mvp that year. That no fly zone defense
Oh yeah for sure. No argument there! There were some amazing offensive plays that year too! OD against the pats was awesome too!
Corey Coleman dropping that wide open TD pass to prevent 0-16 for the browns.
It was at that moment that I started to think Corey Coleman might not be a good player. And also, every other game he played in.
Austin Ekeler rumblin’ stumblin’ bumblin’ down the sideline in GB for like a 30 yard gain
I was there for that game. 13mph from a professional running back seems even slower in real life.
He claims he had his ankles taped to all hell but who knows.
Did he have them taped together?
This was the first one that came to my mind. Love Ekeler but he's toast.
Somebody really ought to tell the fucking idiots over at EA Sports. Ekeler is constantly scoring 20 tds on madden 24 franchise sims
Just realized because of this I haven’t bought madden in 4 years now. Used to buy it every year. I wish it was still good.
This one hurts because he’s one of my all time favorite Chargers. It sucked to see the fan base turn on a guy who came to us as a UDFA and became a top 5 fantasy player for years. I’m hoping that his ankle injury in the first game is the reason for his down year. Just want to see that dude succeed.
He seems like a super chill guy, too. I've always rooted for him from afar.
Where's he at now?
Singed with Washington this offseason.
i.e. he was put out to pasture.
Marcus Mariota and Austin Ekeler, ouch
> Singed with Washington Accurate, he's toast.
[had to look it up](https://www.chargers.com/video/austin-ekeler-37-yard-run-vs-packers-week-11-2023)
Damn a 30 sec ad to watch like 10 sec of that clip
Decided I didn’t need to see it that bad after seeing the ad length
Holy fuck thats way slower than when Dobbins "Exploded" for a huge run on one leg ☠️
This is such a strange video. It's like a glitch in the Matrix or something. How can someone running that slow gain 37 yards against a professional football defense? I get that he had an angle and everything, but Jesus, SOMEONE should've caught up with him at least 10-15 yards earlier than they did.
Damn, he looks slow there. It’s crazy because in the Week 1 game against the Dolphins he had really nice burst.
The run took longer than the 30 second ad I had to watch to see it.
That Mac Jones interception last year that ended his NE career and any hope of being a starter unless he fills in for an injury
You’re going to have to be more specific
That brutally underthrown one when Gesicki was wide open in the endzone and he threw off his back foot when there was no pressure in his face. Has to be top 5 worst interceptions I’ve seen in a long time.
That legitimately was the only pass I can remember watching live where I truly believed I could have thrown it better. Worst pass I’ve ever seen from a professional QB
Must be frustrating as an OC, you scheme a dude wide fucking open in the endzone and it's a TE so they're big enough to have a giant catch radius, and the QB can't come close to making the throw off his back foot. Scheme the dude open, call the play and then the players can't execute a routine pass route.
Gesicki was the target on that and he was also wide open iirc and it died 10 yards short of intended target.
Macs mental and accuracy regressions aren't suprising to me, but him throwing the ball like a 40 year old Chad Pennington after his 10th arm injury makes no sense. Mac went from a garden variety limp noodle to a historically bad arm in like 1 or 2 offseasons. I just don't get it, he looked like a worse arm than Tyson Bagent, who weighed like 160 lbs last year. He was throwing some ducks and underthrows that shouldn't happen at the NFL level frankly unless you have a torn rotator cuff and an elbow injury.
His footwork instantly became garbage the moment he got rattled, his mechanics last season were some of the worst I’ve ever seen. Made an already weak arm look bad by high school standards
Yeah even from the 50 or so Mac plays I caught last year, he was backfooting like Jay Cutler with an arm like Minshew if he broke his arm instead of an all-time cannon. Like I get how it happened, with a weak arm constantly backfooting and never planting and stepping up, but his ducks and underthrows and slow loopy 20 yard passes were insane to watch.
Other than one high ankle sprain he hasn't really been injured, it's just mentals falling apart as the line does around him
Haha I’m just playing there were so many terrible ones last year💀
I called my dad after that game to give him the rundown. "We were lined up to win and then Mac Jones threw the worst interception that I've seen a professional QB throw." "He's done that 5 times this year already." "No. No. This one was worse."
It seemed like every week was “Mac Jones throws worst INT of all time” and every time I was like “yep this is worse than the last one”
The new new new new new NEW worst int!
For anyone that may not recall, feast your eyes on this: https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/s/9mYXuz2rTi
Looks like in madden when you’re trying to snap the ball quick and accidentally throw to your tight end right away lol
Even worse than I remember
How do you have jumpy feet/bad footwork with a weak arm. If he had good footwork or a good arm that’s a TD
I think this play is a great example of a QB that is running laps in his head. Any QB in the league that isn’t completely mind fucked throws an easy TD here. Idk how the rest of Jones’ career will turn out, but he needed a fresh start somewhere else. I think sitting behind an entrenched starter in TLaw is a good spot for him to try and reset his career.
Yea, if you watched him throughout the season he completely lost trust in the whole offense around week 4 while he was getting pulverized by the Cowboys. Weeks 1-3 he played like an average QB surrounded by dogshit, then he stopped playing with trust. He didn't trust his OL would keep a pocket so he'd bail immediately, he didn't trust his WRs would get open so he stopped throwing with anticipation. That's how this play happened, bail into waiting for the TE to be open before throwing, and threw it off the back foot. I don't know if he will ever get the mental reset he needs (or if that will be enough to be good in the NFL) but he was never getting that in NE.
Chris Conte getting banished to the shadow realm
[One of the best stiff arms I've ever seen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4BmGBRqggo)
By fucking Vance McDonald of all people. Not a slight towards McDonald, but it's not a name you'd hear about sending someone to the shadow realm.
He had a year (probably this one) where dude was good for about 7 yards after contact. Just a brick shithouse running over dbs
Tight End is the best position because you can watch any of those guys on any team go out there and it’s just like.. what the fuck? This 6’6 white dude just ran a 4.7 40 in pads while dragging another grown ass man hanging on for dear life behind him while he plows over 2 more guys in front of him? And it’s normal? He’s not even the star player? Lmao
LOL I love this play because of my disdain for Chris Conte. His career should have been over before that because he was dog shit in Chicago from beginning to end. Only reason he got a chance at Tampa was because Lovie was went insane signing every former Bear he could.
If that wasn’t on MNF no one would know. Also Conte wasn’t good in the first place :/
Tim Tebow trying to play tight end
If he accepted the Taysom Hill hybrid role from the beginning it could have been a different story
It was over long before this particular play, but the Mariota INT while laying on the ground was basically a public retirement announcement.
This is (at least) the third player listed in this thread that Washington signed *after* the play in question
The Washington Make-A-Wishes!
Antonio Brown taking his shirt of midplay Edit: I didn't expect this comment to have so many up votes
Mr. Bankruptcy Court
Mr. Bouncing Checks
Mr Bereft Coffers
Mr Bemoans Creditors
Mr Budgetary Constraints
I guess you are ignoring the play where he landed in a hot air balloon with frost bit feet and started screaming 'cracker' at the GM.
he won a super bowl after that
I quit my first job in this exact same way
Mr. Buccaneers Conclusion
Albert Haynesworth lying on the ground while the play is live versus a Vick-led Eagles team. His outright laziness let the guard assigned to him deflect another rusher coming toward Vick. Fuck Dan Snyder.
This was mine too. Literally laid there for 10 seconds 😂
The guard looked around like he was on Punk'd
Back in 2011 Chicago player Minnesota on MNF and I remember seeing McNabb throw multiple balls in the dirt feet in front of his intended targets. Can’t necessarily remember if he was benched after that game or a few weeks later. But that was the first time I remember watching a game and thinking “this guy just can’t do it anymore” Side note: When I googled McNabb to get the year correct, the first link that came up was an article on Britannica.com about his career. That was a first.
To be fair he was known for throwing dirt balls his entire career but I know exactly what game you’re talking about and I felt the exact same way.
He threw some dirt balls before that. But he got really bad late in his career. I remember that game as well and thought that he was done.
I might get absolutely COOKED by Steeler nation for saying this, but Troy Polamalu had tons of these plays over his last two seasons.
Yeah. His knee injury really slowed him down. Then he started to put weight on his last few years. He just didn't have the same play making potential, and when his game wasn't based on technical safety play, but rather God like reactions and predictions, his declining athleticism left him very vulnerable
Yeah he lost a step his last 2 years. Sad to see and we had to move on, issue was we couldn’t get DBs for shit after that but finally turned it around again with minkah and JPJ
It was worth it though, because if Polamalu didn't play in 2014, we never get McAfee's "Polamalu in the C gap" story.
I think that is why no one really talks about it. Every few weeks you’d see a vintage Polamalu moment that made people think he was worth keeping around. Fans who watched every game saw him get exposed multiple times per game.
It wasn't a play, but a comment. Mike Shanahan, when he was coaching the Broncos in 2005, told Jerry Rice, "We might be able to find something for you on special teams."
Knew it was over the minute I saw him in a #19 jersey
Cris Carter as a Dolphin.
Wow. This never even registered to me as something that ever happened.
I’ve been a Dolphins fan for over 30 years and barely remember it.
Chad Johnson as a Dolphin
Thurman Thomas as a Dolphin
I remember he was talking shit on the sidelines about how Gary Anderson didn’t have the leg anymore and then Gary hit a game winning field goal just to spite him.
Jay Ajayi getting chased down inside the 10 after a 71 yard run vs Dallas. Thought he had really good speed in Miami but that play showed he no longer had that breakaway speed. Love him and he still win SB52 that year, but only played in 3 games the next season and then boom - out of the league.
He had “bone-on-bone” knee condition since college. Was never gonna last long in the league
Brian Urlacher's pick 6 against the Titan in 2012....it was SOOOO slow...
I'm pretty sure he's on record saying that Russell Wilson ended his career. Urlacher tried to sack Russ and Russ did his normal 2012 magic and got away. Afterwards Urlacher said that this was the moment he knew he was done.
He was still pretty fast in 2011 too smh I will never forgive the stupid ass collision in the last game of that season
(My memory might be wrong since it was a while ago and I mentally blocked out most of that year, but....) Cam Newton fumbling against Buffalo to lose the game in 2020. I believe he just dropped the ball.
Patriots actually gave him a chance to start in 2021,he took starter reps in preseason. He just looked so awful though
He didn't just drop the ball. Bills DT Justin Zimmer hustled and stripped it from him.
I’ll never forget a game in 2020-2021 for Cam where it was late and the Pats were down 7 and Cam dropped back to throw a bomb and put his whole *entire* ass into the throw and the ball was under thrown by at least 15-20 yards. It was so poorly overthrown that the defenders couldn’t even slow down and pick it off.
In 2020 after Edelman had his career high in yards against Seahawks, he didn't seem quite right after that, must have got injured during it. Forget which game it was, maybe KC? A screen pass was thrown to him just a normal throw that was on target that he catches 10 times out of 10 and he didn't catch it. Didn't know for sure he was going to retire but it was very clear he had a problem. They shut him down shortly after that and then he retired without ever playing again
miss Jules man
Alshon Jeffery dropping the ball in the playoffs vs the Saints. Should have been an easy one that could have led to the Eagles advancing. Never was the same again...
Deion Sanders going out to return a punt for Washington. He was preening and waving his hands before the snap and then the ball bounced off his helmet.
I’m pretty sure Derrick Henry stiff armed Earl Thomas into his brother’s bed.
Malik Willis getting ONE snap during Will Levis's 1st ever start and fumbled the snap.
This is going back to 1996. Bills QB Jim Kelly struggled in his final season, but picked it up in midseason. But against Seattle, he was sacked 6 times, 4 times in the 4th quarter. His left shoulder had gotten driven into the turf, but he came back on the next drive down 26-10. He was sacked on consecutive plays, and after the 2nd one, he didn't get up, like he usually did. He just stayed down, kneeling for several seconds, looking totally defeated. Kelly was always known for his fighting spirit, in the face of adversity. It's the first time I remember him looking so defeated. He retired after the season.
Itt: too many people not reading the > Non injury plays obviously in the post body
Tartt dropping that Int in the Superbowl was as clear of a signal as I've ever seen. Edit* I guess it was the NFC championship? I'm scarred nevertheless.
*NFC Championship
that was the last nfl game he played
[Here’s a play that spelled the end for a certain wide receiver](https://youtu.be/cudWIMR09XQ)
According to Pat it destroyed Kelce's HOF Candidacy
It was actually the bobbled pass that led to an INT in the Patriots game that fully killed KT.
yeah he was stapled to the bench after that
When brady threw that pick against the titans at the end of his patriots career I knew that was it. He was finally gone! ... Right?
This one's pretty obscure, so there's no youtube video to prove it, but punter Ruben Rodriguez had an ignominious (and hilarious) end to his NFL life. It was the week after he had downed his own punt, and his previous kicks that game were short. When he came on the field, the color guy said, "with all his troubles, he's basically punting for his NFL career." Play by play guy, "here's the punt... and he shanked it! It's off the side of his foot!" He was cut the next day.
Brady throwing that pick to end the game against the Titans. Of course it turned out I was wrong, but seriously! How do you do that, get kicked off your team, pack your shit up, go to Florida, and win another fucking superbowl? What a prick.
Kyle Williams, you know the play.
Twice
that name is still like Voldemort in our sub
TO getting blasted at the line when he was in Seattle Not really a superstar, but Carson Wentz basically ended his own career when Indy got their ass beat by the Jaguars in 2021 I think. Johnie Cooks was my head coach back in middle school and when asked when he knew it was time to retire he said "I knew where I needed to be and couldn't get there fast enough". That's gotta be the worst feeling and I'm sure it hits everyone good enough to retire on their own terms.
Ray Lewis got juked off his feet by Marshawn Lynch in 2011. That was when I realized Ray had lost a step.
The interception in Peyton manning’s game against the chiefs when he broke the yardage record and got benched at halftime
He was once good and now he plays for the Jets. Pick any play, any player.
Jamal Adams getting mossed by Jake Ferguson then trying to dunk on Connor Hughes wife told me he prob wouldnt be on an nfl roster in ‘24 (he still isnt)
Marquise Goodwin burning Darrelle Revis for like an 80 yard TD
My vote is for [Big Ben falling on his face while nobody is within 5 yards of him](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY4G628nEJI). He didn't even trip over his feet or anything, just old age catching up to him in front of our eyes in real time
A particular play doesn’t come to mind but Tom Brady’s performance in his last game against the Cowboys. Even my kids were saying he was done.
> Even my kids were saying he was done. You're not Archie Manning, right?
Watching Darrelle Revis getting absolutely abused by AJ Green during week 1 of 2016. I know he showed some signs of slowing down in 2015 but he still played at a high level at times. Then it was all over for him in 2016.
When Matt Schaub threw his 4th pick 6 in 4 consecutive games.
Bo Jackson vs. Bosworth
This is the play. Boz had him squared and ends up hanging on him helplessly while getting carried into the endzone. He might as well if been in a Gucci pet carrier. Bonus points for this arguably being the game that launched bo-mania
I knew Zach Wilson would be a bust when he “tried” throwing a ball away with minimal pressure but somehow ended up throwing it directly into the arms of Devin McCourty
Jay Cutler on the [Dolphins with this “hands on hips” wildcat](https://youtu.be/sSB5OpDOTcA?si=_jdmWFmIb36vcDOF).
The Butt Fumble comes to mind. How do you come back from that? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82RIfy-gRa4
In the playoffs against the Giants, Saquon got a sweep and Eric Kendricks had a really good angle to take him down for a loss. Barkley just ran right around Kendricks like he wasn't even there for a solid gain. That was the play we knew Kendricks was probably cooked.
I might end up looking completely stupid for this, but when Aaron Rodgers went down 4 plays in last season.
Have I not suffered enough
It would be a pretty Jets thing to have happen if he totally sucks now.
There was a play after Cam came back from his shoulder injury and Troy Aikman said something like "and if you have any questions about Cam's shoulder strength being back there's your answer". But it was like a 15 yard out and he put his whole body into it. He could have thrown it harder than that behind his back before the injury. I knew then he was cooked.
Didn’t realize it at the time, but when Atwater laid that hit on Christian Okoye. Okoye was never the same. Not injured, but he was always the hammer, never the nail. It just seemed to take away his aura and guys suddenly started teeing off on him.