Posted on 01/15/2018 11:57:12 AM PST by EdnaMode
Marcus Williams missed the important tackle in the New Orleans Saints’ season, allowing Stefon Diggs to score a miraculous touchdown and send the Minnesota Vikings to the NFC Championship Game next week.
After the game, the amateur editors at Wikipedia had their say.
Pro Wrestling Walrus @RasslinWalrus Oh my god, the Wiki trolls already got poor Marcus Williams of the #Saints. 🤣🤣 8:16 PM - Jan 14, 2018
“Easiest tackle in football history?” We’ll leave that to your opinion, but Williams did have the chance to send the Saints to the next round of the playoffs.
The Saints’ second-round draft pick this year, Williams has a very bright future in front of him based on how well he played as a rookie, including his interception in the second half of this game, but this night will sting for a while.
I am not a Saints fan, but the trolls should leave Marcus alone.
A loss is a team effort, just as a win is..................
That’s pretty harsh. Yeah he blew it, but that happens. It is just a game after all kids.
Bill Buckner is probably glad that they didn’t have Wikipedia back in 1986.
That was so much more than a missed tackle. He also managed to roll-block the only other teammate with a chance to make the tackle.
“You had ONE JOB!”
I didn’t watch the game but did see the game ending play. I made my 11 year old football player (son) watch the play and detail all the things the would be tackler did wrong.
For a pro football player, that was like a fisherman falling out of his boat and missing the water.
And yes, you win as a team and lose as a team.
Biggest mistake was not having his arms out. Even a glancing hit with a forearm on an airborne extended receiver would have sent him to the ground, in-bounds and game over.
Great example of the problem with so-called “social media.” People “can’t do” people feel they gain some sort of “status” by commenting negatively on those who have the courage and talent to attempt great things, with full knowledge that if they make a misstep, the naysayers will do what they are prone to do—criticize!
Die NFL, die!
Oooops! Should be: “’Can’t do’ people feel they gain . . . .”
People like this guy are one of the reasons why.
Video: Disgruntled Saints Fan Throws 65" TV Off Balcony
He should just be glad he doesn’t play in Colombia.
Yeah, I can imagine the stuff people would have written back then.
And also Keenum placed the ball in the perfect spot, he deserves some credit, too.
It’s ok if he won the contest, the idea was to make sure you’re in position to tackle him inbounds if he catches it. If he does that, the game’s over.
At the time, there was a story going around Boston that Bill was so distraught about that World Series error that he threw himself in front of an MBTA Train.
But his life was spared and escaped serious injury, as the train went between his legs.
The receiver also had the presence of mind (and agility) to stay in bounds (contrary to his instincts and coaching) and put the game on ice.
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