Just Can't Get Enough!

IMHO (In my Homer Opinion), it’s one of the greatest of all time.

There have been a couple of other INT, then strip fumble; but I’ve never seen one taken to the house or done with such… purpose and what seemed like forethought (the way he knifed through the blockers with the specific goal of getting the ball back).

Look around the 19-25 sec mark, Drew stiff arms this guy into the arm.

Whoever did this video on youtube is a genius. The background music is Epic! I was glad I was able to find it. I watch it at least 3 times a day.

But what I loved about the play is the Saints sideline, they were all running with Meachem to the endzone. The play was just BA on an epic scale.

And very very smart!!!

Meachem is running with the ball…while the whole Saints sideline erupted!

“In your years of watching football have you ever seen a play like this?”

Yes, twice prior. A practically identical play occurred during this 2003 MNF game between the Colts and Bucs. The second TD of the game is credited as a 57 yard fumble return by Keenan McCardell. Brad Johnson’s pass had been intercepted by Mike Doss, who was subsequently stripped of the ball by McCardell. This play is the basis for the “Keenan McCardell Rule”, which has been adopted by many FF leagues in order to govern the scoring awarded on such an unusual play. The only difference between Meachem’s strip and McCardell’s was that the latter hit the ground, before being scooped back up.

The other more recent double change of possession I’ve witnessed also involved Tampa Bay, but did not result in a TD. In a 2008 game vs the Broncos, Jeff Garcia’s pass intended for Antonio Bryant was intercepted by Marcus Thomas. Thomas returned the pick 11 yards, at which point he was stripped of the ball by Warrick Dunn. Arron Sears recovered for the Bucs.

thanks for that!

And what about the #37 for the Redskins – he just let Meach slip right past him and get to the ballcarrier and strip the ball. He just laid his hands on Meach but didn’t block him at all, and if he even makes ANY KIND OF EFFORT to impede Meach’s progress, the strip/score never happens. I bet he got chewed up and spit out by his position coach at the film review of that game.

Depeche Mode. Ahh, 80’s techno-pop…

Cant help but remembering how PISSED I was when I saw it and how I was hoping for everything that he had dropped the interception, just anything to reverse the call because at that point we still had a chance at the number one seed. But with nothing on the line and looking back at the play its pretty marvelous

from the washington side… they went silent and just said “touchdown”… i had no idea what was going on. called my dad and he told me “hope you dvr’ed the game”