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Thursday, March 28, 2024

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A Power Ranking Of The Funniest Parts Of This Old Football Play From 1933

If you’re on the Internet even a quarter of the amount of time as me, you probably saw this video clip being shared everywhere. I’m not sure what it is, where it’s from, the only thing I can tell you is that our guy Kyle Brandt is narrating whatever the hell it is. And also, it’s probably from 1933. But this thing is like a Magic Eye. The more you stare at it, the more you notice.

Let’s go ahead and power rank the best aspects of this video. We’ll go from worst to first.

7. The quarterback’s 1-step drop

You don’t see too many 1-step drops in the game today. It might be because defensive lineman today carry more horsepower than most pickup trucks, even the ones with JD Power Awards. But here? These are guys who probably had morning shifts in the lumber yard and/or volunteered to play football just so the team would have enough guys. So the push they get up front is as non-existent as the grass on the field. Thus why the quarterback can take one step back to pass. Compare that to the half-marathon step drop Russ Wilson and Pat Mahomes take today.

6. #35’s pursuit of the quarterback, even after the ball was thrown just so he looks good on film on Monday

If you played college, high school, or even just pee-wee football, we all knew a guy on our team who gave just enough effort to not look bad. #35 is that guy. Notice how late he comes into frame. And even then runs right by the quarterback just to appear like he hustled on the play. That way, come film time on Monday, coaches can’t single him out. He probably also give Boobie Miles effort in the weight room without having the God-given talent of Boobie Miles.

5. The camera man with no regard for sidelines, standing in the endzone, trying to get the best shot

Before the SkyCam, there was the GroundCam, which was literally just a guy on the field holding a camera. Probably the camera man who drew the shortest straw, and/or the guy the camera crew hated the most. In this instance, let’s call him Greg. I will give Greg credit however. Check out my man’s squat and man move after the play is over. Nice shot, Greg Scorsese.

4. The defensive back slipping on the goal line

This one’s just funny. I would’ve initially guessed this clip was from the ’80s with the amount of white powder on the field. This guy nearly goes Malcolm Butler in the Super Bowl, but instead goes America’s Funniest Home Videos with that face plant.

3. The blatant smack in the face by the defensive end like 4 seconds after the pass was thrown.

I actually love this. Mainly because in today’s game, that would not only be a 15-yard roughing the passer penalty, it would probably also be a fine, a suspension, and lead every sports talk show for the next week. Myles Garrett thinks that open-hand slap was unnecessarily rough… and late. It’d be like if Ndongukong Suh was one of The Three Stooges.

2. The two handed pass.

No wonder this era was called The Great Depression. Their quarterback threw worse than Tebow. I’m sorry, that was unnecessary. But then again, so is throwing a two-handed chest pass from the 1-yard-line. Maybe he was just trying to get the ball to his wide out as fast as. he could considering the defensive secondary’s blazing speed.

1. The pristine blocking from #72

You just can’t teach that form.

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Gotta love the people who say the game was so much better back in the day. Or better yet, the people who say the game was so much more violent back in the day. Even with the pretty lame “safer” rules the league has instilled, the game today is a SAW movie compared to the Pleasantville they had back then.

Austin

Austin hosts a country music morning radio show in Chicago after nearly a decade in sports talk radio (The Jim Rome Show, Steve Gorman SPORTS!) Colin Cowherd and Smash Mouth follow him on Twitter and he wears pants every day.

Austin

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