NFL Week 11 thread -- Coming straight on like a Mark Moseley field goal

[Elliotte Friedman]

Worst MVP in NFL history

 

[Cosmo]

Trying to remember the barefoot kickers ... Rich Karlis is the one who comes to mind but I'm sure there were many more that I'm not thinking of.

 

[outofplace]

Trying to remember the barefoot kickers ... Rich Karlis is the one who comes to mind but I'm sure there were many more that I'm not thinking of.

Tony Franklin was the only other one I could think of without looking it up. Mike Lansford kicked barefoot for extra points and field goals but put on a shoe for kickoffs. The Steelers apparently had a barefoot punter by the name of John Goodson in 1982.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Just to congratulate Cosmo for the thread title. My Drew Bledsoe/wine gag I almost posted was much lamer.

No Kelly Stouffer reference?

 

[MileHigh]

Trying to remember the barefoot kickers ... Rich Karlis is the one who comes to mind but I'm sure there were many more that I'm not thinking of.

How he kicked that ... in Cleveland ... in that bitter cold ... in the AFC Championship.

I'm hurting thinking about it.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Rented a vehicle once to Rich Karlis. He gave me his name so I could look up his reservation, and he seemed amazed that I remember that he was a kicker for the Broncos back in the day. Very decent guy. He had shoes and socks on both feet when picking up the vehicle, by the way ...

 

[I Should Coco]

Tony Franklin was the first one who came to mind for me, from his days with the Eagles. Too lazy to look, but he might be the only barefoot kicker in any Super Bowl.

 

[HanSenSE]

 

[MileHigh]

Tony Franklin was the first one who came to mind for me, from his days with the Eagles. Too lazy to look, but he might be the only barefoot kicker in any Super Bowl.

Karlis was in Super Bowl XXI.

 

[Junkie]

How he kicked that ... in Cleveland ... in that bitter cold ... in the AFC Championship.

I'm hurting thinking about it.

Also, he missed the one in overtime. Wide right. I'm still bitter thinking about it.

 

[MileHigh]

Also, he missed the one in overtime. Wide right. I'm still bitter thinking about it.

Still looks good to me.

In 1984, he kept missing kicks by hitting uprights. The great Drew Litton had this cartoon:

 

[Junkie]

My seats were in the Dawg Pound, right on the right hash. We were all cheering because he missed. Then all the Broncos players were running on the field and the Browns were slumping off. We were all, WTF? Denver still would have won, unless the Browns fired Schottenheimer before their next possession. But at least it would have lasted a little longer.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

Bill Belichick Calls For U.S. To Take Action Against Turkey, Azerbaijan For 'Unprovoked And Deadly Attacks On Armenians'

 

[swingline]

I hope after this all ends, I never again have to see the phrase, "out of an abundance of caution." ****ing tired of reading that on every Covid-19 story of shutdowns or quarantines. I don't know why that phrase gets such a reaction out of me, but, for me, it just kind of encapsulates the whole of this ****ty time.

 

[TigerVols]

Bill Belichick Calls For U.S. To Take Action Against Turkey, Azerbaijan For 'Unprovoked And Deadly Attacks On Armenians'

He'll never have to buy a drink in Glendale, Calif., again.

 

[ChrisLong]

He'll never have to buy a drink in Glendale, Calif., again.

If they have training camp in Fresno, he'll get the key to the city.

I told my brother that the Angels are now totally screwed, handing the team over to an Armenian. Of course I was kidding. We are Armenian (half) so we joke about those sort of things. My brother asked me how many eyebrows Minasian has. Tim Kirkjian surely approves of the hire.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

He'll never have to buy a drink in Glendale, Calif., again.

Hell, closer to home, he won't have to buy one in Watertown, Mass. again.

 

[LanceyHoward]

In 2010 I was watching a football game with my then 15 year old son. Mark Mosley was shown in some sort of clip. I told my son that Mosley was the best of the old fashioned straight on kickers. My son had no idea what a straight ahead kicker was. I had to get up and demonstrate the how the kick was performed. And I am old enough to remember the Gogolak brothers were considered flakes.

I wonder how long it will take the Australian punting style to take over American football.

 

[TigerVols]

If they have training camp in Fresno, he'll get the key to the city.

I told my brother that the Angels are now totally screwed, handing the team over to an Armenian. Of course I was kidding. We are Armenian (half) so we joke about those sort of things. My brother asked me how many eyebrows Minasian has. Tim Kirkjian surely approves of the hire.

Two.

One across the top of the eyes, the other across the top of the shoulder blades.

 

[ChrisLong]

Two.

One across the top of the eyes, the other across the top of the shoulder blades.

You must know Armenians or are Armenian.