Posted on 12/26/2016 5:52:36 AM PST by C19fan
The Kansas City Chiefs have given a gift to all football fans - minus those in Denver - by having defensive lineman Dontari Poe throw a touchdown pass. Poe, who is listed at 346 pounds, lined up in the backfield and received a handoff in the games final moments as the Chiefs were just two yards from the Broncos end zone at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. But rather than powering the ball up the middle in an attempt to drive his way in for the score, Poe gracefully leaped off his feet and floated the ball over the top of the defenders to Demetrius Harris.
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I watched that last night.
It was freaking awesome.
Lots of butthurt from Denver fans whining “rubbing salt in the wound.”
This is he NFL — you should NEVER take your foot off the accelerator. Besides, when you have a big and time is almost gone that is the PERFECT time to try a trick play.
This just puts the rest of the league on notice that you need to be worried about Reid.
Note: I am not nor have I ever been a Chefs fan. But I love innovation.
He's the first guy I thought of...LOL
Barry Sanders, days before announcing his retirement, speaking on rookie Aaron Gibson (OT) who reported to camp at almost 400 pounds, “No human being gets to be 400 pounds by lifting weights.”
I wish there was a weight limit in the NFL and in our food stamp program.
The former because they use that weight to hurt others when they tackle them. Look at the tackle of Matt Barkley that injured his shoulder in his last game for USC. The latter for obvious reasons.
I’m a Broncos fan, but am happy to see KC advance. Their club has been frustrated by the Broncos for decades. With the Raiders now hurt, they now have the chance to get to the Super Bowl. Don’t blow it, Chiefs!
Not quite the description I had in mind...let's say, uh, athletically, yeah, that's it, athletically.
But good on 'im, anyway...and I'm not even a Chiefs fan.
I’m warming up to the Chiefs this year.
Remember, that the Chiefs have been led for the last four seasons by Alex Smith ... that’s the same Alex Smith who was cast aside by the 49ers in favor of Colin Kapernick.
Smith doesn’t put up Tom Brady or Drew Brees numbers. But he’s a steady game manager and he doesn’t make a lot of mistakes.
Today, the Chiefs are 11-4 and have an excellent chance at 12-4 and the AFC West title, considering the resurgent Raiders just lost their fine young quarterback, Derek Carr, with a broken leg.
The 49ers are 2-13.
Karma, karma, karma, Mr. Kapernick.
This is what made him famous. This is why he got his nicknames -- The Hefty Lefty, or, the Pillsbury Throwboy, or, J-Load -- and how he became a piece of football folklore.
But as that photo of Lorenzen playing with something called the Northern Kentucky River Monsters shows, there's something else notable: Lorenzen will not stop playing football. And furthermore, as a gargantuan quarterback monster, he's completely unstoppable at low levels of football you didn't know existed.
We've tried our best to create a timeline of Jared Lorenzen's post-NFL football career. It is incredible.
January 2008: Lorenzen wins the Super Bowl as Eli Manning's backup with the New York Giants. He is listed at 6'3, 288 pounds.
Jim O'Connor, USA Today Sports
Huge, to be sure.
September 2008: A few months after winning the Super Bowl with the Giants, Lorenzen is cut by the Indianapolis Colts. He is listed at 6'4, 285 pounds. (He grew an inch, apparently.) He looks like this.
They have Andy Reid as coach. They will never win the Super Bowl. He'll do something fundamental and stupid. Watched it for 14 years.
Weights? No.Ding Dongs? Yes!
You HAVE to know that these behemoth men CAN manipulate their tonnage.
Reminds me of the Geico commercial with the Sumo wrestler on ice skates. OF COURSE, he could do it.
Love that commercial.
The thing that is surprising to me is that Reid used it in a game he was certain to win, instead of saving it for, say, New England at a crucial time. I thought maybe it was because the next time, he will run instead of pass, but the defense will have to drop some defenders back just in case.
As I recall, Daunte Culpeper was pretty hefty. And that bust of a draft pick that the Raiders had a few years ago, can’t remember the name. But they weren’t 300 lbs.
Yeh JeMarcus Russell. What a lunk. As 1st pick in the draft and all that big $$ he held out of training camp. Cant decide if he or Ryan leaf is the #1 bust of all time. Al Davis got taken to the cleaners for sure.
Jared Lorenzen was too damn fat. Look at Big Ben Roethlisberger— he’s a monster sized QB but he’s in fairly good shape.
There ya go!
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