RIP Nick Buoniconti

all that matters is who didn't do it thank you god

 

Many records get broken because of expanded schedules (14 games to 16, 154 games to 162) or changes in the game and its rules (21st century passing). To equal/beat the Dolphins' mark you have no advantages. You have to win 'em all. That makes it a little special.

 

My Dad's favorite AFL-NFL player from the time he saw him in person when the Patriots played the Oilers at Rice Stadium in 1965. When we moved to South Florida in 1968, Dad used Buoniconti as a lesson on how you could reach your full potential despite not being the biggest or strongest player on the field.

 

It's douchy to toast to someone else's failure.

 

I don't think that's what they're doing. They're toasting the continuing proof that what they did is special.

 

So going forward Mariano Rivera should toast every January when he finds out he's still the only unanimous player inducted into Cooperstown? What's the difference?

 

Because this is a group, not individual achievement, and group self-celebration is different.

 

only in that more people are exhibiting douchy behavior.

 

The MNF game against the '85 Bears with a bunch of the '72 players on the sidelines was amazing.

 

Dolphins: They did it themselves.
Rivera: Depended on other people for the votes.

 

OK, how about Don Larsen toasting every time a perfect game is ruined in the World Series?

I get that they want to honor their accomplishments. That gesture, however, always struck me as being in poor taste.