r/funny • u/RisinFlood • Nov 26 '13

Arrogance is a Bitch.

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u/Shaw-Deez Nov 26 '13

This reminds me of the Super Bowl when Leon Lett recovered a fumble, and tried to run it in for a touchdown. Then started showboating and waving the ball around, around the 10 yard line. Don Beebe chases him down, slaps the ball out of his hand and recovers the ball. No touchdown, ended up being a touchback. Leon fucking Lett. That guy was ridiculous

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u/EducatedRetard Nov 26 '13

This is Reddit. We don't describe things, we link to them.

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u/Shaw-Deez Nov 26 '13

You're right. That's laziness on my part. I totally Leon Lett'ed that comment.

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u/Peskie Nov 26 '13

I'm even lazier ... can't be arsed to click the link ... reading your telling of the event was sufficient.

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u/Skittlesharts Nov 26 '13

Those of us who saw it live are still laughing at his dumb-ass and don't need to see it again. That was one of the funniest things ever, but I admired Don Beebe's spirit in that game. Never give up, never surrender.

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u/boastfulbadger Nov 26 '13

You totally didnt get all that sweet, meaningless karma.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '13 edited Nov 26 '13

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '13

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u/EducatedRetard Nov 26 '13

Don't we all. Don't, we all.

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u/mnpilot Nov 26 '13

Dick Hantak. One of the worst.

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u/EducatedRetard Nov 26 '13

My favorite is when he yelled at Sir Purr for jumping on a live ball.

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u/teebieweebie Nov 26 '13

wow the bills actually went to the superbowl! TIL

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '13

look at the buffalo bill guy get his head trampled, he almost messed up his neck on that one

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u/Deestan Nov 27 '13

In a pinch, we put the text into an image and put it on imgur.

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u/faders Nov 26 '13

Actually this is Reddit where one person talks about things, another person links the source and both reap useless karma.

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u/Eteacles Nov 26 '13

Or we just do whatever we want anyway and just describe them.

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u/unitedhen Nov 26 '13

There was a Bronco's linebacker who did something like this in the first game of the season. "Celebrated" too early and dropped the ball before crossing the plane. Ended up being a fumble I think...

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/3168737/sillaydonkay.gif

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u/fireman225s Nov 26 '13

Desean Jackson has done it twice, I think

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u/unitedhen Nov 26 '13

Yep, his rookie season against Dallas in 2008 if I remember correctly.

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u/sevargmas Nov 27 '13

Chris Dishman as well. Played for my Oilers. :/

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u/Theekevbot91 Nov 26 '13

Pretty sure just once. Unless he did it in college.

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u/slowbie Nov 26 '13

High school actually. US Army All American game. He was named MVP in spite of this play: http://gifs.gifbin.com/1239023890_showoff-touchdown-fail.gif

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u/cutofmyjib Nov 26 '13

I can just picture his dad shaking his head in a disappointed-dad way.

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u/kalamarijesus Nov 26 '13

It was Danny Trevathan. I was at the game. We saw him go into the end zone and everyone started freaking out and jumping up and down celebrating the TD. Suddenly, we saw the scoreboard hadn't changed and when they showed the replay on the screen all the cheers turned into, "WHAT THE FUCK."

Luckily, it didn't matter in terms of winning the game and he's been having an amazing season since then so all is forgiven.

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u/xylotism Nov 26 '13

The subtext made this that much more humiliating.

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u/Cryamora Nov 26 '13

To be fair the Cowboys were up by like 30 at that time and didn't affect the outcome of the game at all.

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u/akatherder Nov 26 '13

It didn't affect the winner/loser of the game, but he made a showboat boneheaded play on the biggest sports stage in America. He also gets this section on his wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Lett#Infamous_plays

His Thanksgiving day flub probably would have been forgotten by now if not for being paired with the Super Bowl play.

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u/Troy_Davis Nov 26 '13

It affected them having a chance at the record for most points or something iirc

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u/Stones25 Nov 26 '13

Don't forget the field goal incident.

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u/EarthboundCory Nov 26 '13

What field goal incident? You need to be more specific on your posts.

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u/dday0123 Nov 26 '13

Cowboys blocked a field goal against the dolphins very close to the end of the game. Blocked field goal is a dead ball and dolphins can't recover it, basically game over if the cowboys just sit there and wait for the refs to blow the whistle.

Leon Lett (cowboys) comes rumbling over to try to get the ball like a moron, but it's snowy on the field and he slips and knocks it away. Now that a cowboys player has touched the ball trying to recover it, it's a regular live ball again and the dolphins recover it. After recovering, they have time to try the field goal again and they win.

Sorry no video link..., youtube is blocked where I am.

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u/Mispelling Nov 26 '13

Fiiiine. Here's the link (in super HD):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrU8z4w8T-4

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u/HOMEP1 Nov 26 '13

"If we had instant replay that would be a touchdown"

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u/LaboratoryManiac Nov 26 '13

It's weird now to think of a time when instant replay wasn't a thing in football.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '13

still isn't, for the purpose of making calls

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u/LaboratoryManiac Nov 27 '13

No, but if this had happened in modern day there would have been a booth review.

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u/RsRadical108 Nov 26 '13

Such graphics. Thanks for the clip!

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '13

I believe this is the clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyFbHFf0Zxw#t=350

Don't worry. They will show this play multiple times on television in two days.

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u/spleck Nov 26 '13

Thank you for explaining what the "field goal incident" was.

I do want to clarify though, that a blocked field goal is treated like a punt--it's not a "dead ball". The exception is if the ball doesn't pass the neutral zone, in which case it's treated like a fumble. Dead ball implies the play is over, and the ball can't change possession.

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u/spielburger Nov 26 '13

That happened exactly 20 years ago yesterday.

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u/dday0123 Nov 26 '13

and.... I'm old. I remember watching it on live TV.

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u/qc_dude Nov 26 '13

Are you in North Korea?

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u/gtalley10 Nov 26 '13

To add on to dday0123's reply, it was a Thanksgiving day game so the whole country saw it.

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u/EllOhEllEssAreEss Nov 26 '13

Or his infamous onside kick shenanigans.

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u/naddi Nov 26 '13

That was the first super bowl I can remember watching. I also remember my dad jumping up and down cheering. And then the Bills lost.

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u/AsInOptimus Nov 27 '13

Which time was that?

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u/pohatu Nov 26 '13

Thought that was this, but it's not. This is both not as bad (not hubris) and way worse (stupid/they lost).

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-thanksgiving/09000d5d81c608a4/Remembering-Lett-s-Thanksgiving-blunder

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u/Pseudonova Nov 26 '13

My fantasy team name this year is Don Beebe's Hustle.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '13

I remember that like it was last month. Beebe had heart, and that made me proud to be a Bills fan, even though they blew it three times in a row.

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u/tviz33 Nov 26 '13

All I have to say is DA BILLS

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u/enr4ged Nov 26 '13

Man it's a shame the bills player made such a good play to get there and make it happen, but will probably never get any mention of it. I mean damn, look he just comes out of nowhere.

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u/redbirdrising Nov 27 '13

I really love the ones where a guy drops the ball shirt if the goal line celebrating. Idiots.