Why did Flutie drop-kick today????????

[redgtxdi]

I heard about it today, then saw it & wondered if it was for some special reason, but couldn't find anything on tv or internet.

P.S. Interestingly, here's a past article where Flutie talks about some play (now deemed illegal) where you send a kicker downfield, throw it to him & he drop-kicks an early field goal??? (or something like that).

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/printthread.php?t=27558 <----you have to scroll down a bit or search for the word "Flutie" and you'll find it

 

[Anubis]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=1770562&enterthread=y

 

[redgtxdi]

Lookin' for your answer in there...........

.......but it eludes me..............

 

[Baked]

Why don't you call him up and ask him?

 

[redgtxdi]

Originally posted by: Baked
Why don't you call him up and ask him?

Doh!! Didn't think of that!!.........brb......

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: redgtxdi
Lookin' for your answer in there...........

.......but it eludes me..............

 

[cavemanmoron]

Better answer's.

http://www.nfl.com/teams/news/NE

Longtime veteran Doug Flutie made the NFL's first successful drop kick since 1941 following Cassel's first touchdown pass with 6:10 left.

http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/NE/9133564

FlutieFlutie converts NFL's first drop kick in 64 years

NFL.com wire reports

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (Jan. 1, 2006) -- Doug Flutie added another oddity to his football résumé when he converted a drop kick in the fourth quarter of the New England Patriots' game against the Miami Dolphins.

It was the league's first drop kick since the 1941 NFL championship game, according to the web site for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

With starting quarterback Tom Brady sitting out most of the season-ending game, backup Matt Cassel threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Tim Dwight to cut Miami's lead to 25-19 with 6:10 left in the game. Flutie, who was listed as the No. 3 QB, came in for the extra point and lined up at quarterback.

After a timeout, Flutie took the snap, dropped the ball and kicked it off a short hop through the uprights for one point. He ran off the field and embraced coach Bill Belichick.

According to the Hall of Fame site, Chicago's Ray "Scooter" McLean converted the last drop kick in the Bears' 37-9 victory against the New York Giants on Dec. 21, 1941.

 

[redgtxdi]

Thanks caveman. I just got done reading that fox article myself.


As best I can tell, it looks like maybe Flute asked Belichick if he could do it & Belichick gave him the OK??

Nothin' really in writing just yet, but I'm just judging by his embrace after he successfully made it.

Being that it was after Cassell's TD pass, that's what makes me assume it was definitely intentional 'cuz he wasn't out on the field already.

Kinda' cool anyway. Not being done since '41 is unique.

 

[n yusef]

Like I said in the other thread, this was most likely Flutie's last game and he wanted to leave with a bang.

 

[Syringer]

So is a drop kick anything like a round house? I'd like to see Chuck Norris kick a field goal.

 

[SludgeFactory]

I wasn't really paying attention to this game, but the announcer (Randy Cross maybe) was talking about how Flutie is a walking encyclopedia of football history. I assume this is his tribute to the old NFL.

Looking at the standings, it seems to me the game was pretty much meaningless anyway. So Belichick let him try it.

 

[redgtxdi]

Here's the excerpt about the "downfield to the kicker" type of drop-kick score tactic I was talking about from the article..........


When Donald Trump owned the New Jersey Generals of the USFL he ordered more gadgetry, so they ran an off-balance goal-line muddle huddle thing they called the Trump Tower. Doug Flutie was the QB, and if ever a man was born for this type of football, it was Flutie. Once he told me about a bunch of his ideas he called "Ways to win a game that a coach would never think of."

My favorite was this one: "What do you do when you're down by a point and you're near midfield and you can call only one more play? Line your kicker up on the flank, run him across the field, throw him the ball and have him try a drop-kick." A drop-kick? During the live action? "It's legal," Flutie said. "Three points." Yeah, but who knows how to dropkick in this day and age?

"I do," Flutie said. "I practice it."

Man.....of all the trick plays I'd love to see tried in a game........LOL!!!! :laugh:

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: redgtxdi
Here's the excerpt about the "downfield to the kicker" type of drop-kick score tactic I was talking about from the article..........


When Donald Trump owned the New Jersey Generals of the USFL he ordered more gadgetry, so they ran an off-balance goal-line muddle huddle thing they called the Trump Tower. Doug Flutie was the QB, and if ever a man was born for this type of football, it was Flutie. Once he told me about a bunch of his ideas he called "Ways to win a game that a coach would never think of."

My favorite was this one: "What do you do when you're down by a point and you're near midfield and you can call only one more play? Line your kicker up on the flank, run him across the field, throw him the ball and have him try a drop-kick." A drop-kick? During the live action? "It's legal," Flutie said. "Three points." Yeah, but who knows how to dropkick in this day and age?

"I do," Flutie said. "I practice it."

Man.....of all the trick plays I'd love to see tried in a game........LOL!!!! :laugh:

Flutie's the man. The NFL is run by a bunch of old ass conservatives who only know how to play by the book.

 

[yosuke188]

The drop-kick was just a way of saying good bye from Flutie.

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: yosuke188
The drop-kick was just a way of saying good bye from Flutie.

I have been a Flutie Fan, long before there was ever Flutie Flakes.

Even before he went to Buffalo.
http://www.dougflutie7.com/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=16



Doug Flutie, born October 23, 1962 is a fan-favorite quarterback who has played professionally for 19 years, appearing in the United States Football League, the National Footbal League, and the Canadian football league. He is the older brother of the CFL's all-time reception leader Darren Flutie. He has an autistic son, Doug Flutie Jr. in whose name a foundation dedicated to autism research has been established

 

[Hummin]

Y'all do know a drop-kick can be used in another situation, right?

When a team receives a punt, if the punt is fair-caught, the receiving team can then drop-kick for a field goal right then, even if time has expired on the clock.

Very little known rule of football, but it's there.

 

[hdeck]

Originally posted by: Hummin
Y'all do know a drop-kick can be used in another situation, right?

When a team receives a punt, if the punt is fair-caught, the receiving team can then drop-kick for a field goal right then, even if time has expired on the clock.

Very little known rule of football, but it's there.

that would be a pretty long drop-kick.

 

[Sukhoi]

Originally posted by: Hummin
Y'all do know a drop-kick can be used in another situation, right?

When a team receives a punt, if the punt is fair-caught, the receiving team can then drop-kick for a field goal right then, even if time has expired on the clock.

Very little known rule of football, but it's there.

I find it rather amazing that a woman knows that.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: hdeck

Originally posted by: Hummin
Y'all do know a drop-kick can be used in another situation, right?

When a team receives a punt, if the punt is fair-caught, the receiving team can then drop-kick for a field goal right then, even if time has expired on the clock.

Very little known rule of football, but it's there.

that would be a pretty long drop-kick.

IIRC a drop kick can actually travel farther than a placed kick.

 

[Muck]

Originally posted by: redgtxdi
I heard about it today, then saw it & wondered if it was for some special reason, but couldn't find anything on tv or internet.t

Because they knew that ESPN would slobber all over themselves and not show the game highlights.

 

[Slick5150]

Originally posted by: hdeck

Originally posted by: Hummin
Y'all do know a drop-kick can be used in another situation, right?

When a team receives a punt, if the punt is fair-caught, the receiving team can then drop-kick for a field goal right then, even if time has expired on the clock.

Very little known rule of football, but it's there.

that would be a pretty long drop-kick.

Not if they're punting out of the end zone. That's why some teams have taken a safety on purpose towards the end of the game (if you're up by 3, giving up 2 is a good tradeoff for getting the ball on the other side of the 50)

 

[Justin218]

I'd love to see some of those crazy flutie ideas actually tried. Maybe he'll become a coach in the future? It'd be great, the other team wouldnt know what was going on.

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: Slick5150

Originally posted by: hdeck

Originally posted by: Hummin
Y'all do know a drop-kick can be used in another situation, right?

When a team receives a punt, if the punt is fair-caught, the receiving team can then drop-kick for a field goal right then, even if time has expired on the clock.

Very little known rule of football, but it's there.

that would be a pretty long drop-kick.

Not if they're punting out of the end zone. That's why some teams have taken a safety on purpose towards the end of the game (if you're up by 3, giving up 2 is a good tradeoff for getting the ball on the other side of the 50)

Yeah that's it, they're afraid of someone trying a drop-kick ... something that's been done twice in the past 65 years, not because of the fear of a blocked punt that will result in a touchdown or giving up very good field position that would lead to a touchdown/fg.

 

[konichiwa]

Originally posted by: Hummin
Y'all do know a drop-kick can be used in another situation, right?

When a team receives a punt, if the punt is fair-caught, the receiving team can then drop-kick for a field goal right then, even if time has expired on the clock.

Very little known rule of football, but it's there.

You don't have to drop kick in this situation ... you can get an untimed field-goal try as well if you fair-catch a punt. No drop kick necessary...

 

[edro]

Video?!