Best Stiff Arm Ever?

Not sure I’ve seen one better. Good thing I had Kentucky in my confidence pool.


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4 responses to “Best Stiff Arm Ever?”

  1. Dreamweapon Avatar
    Dreamweapon

    Well, that was nice but I do recall seeing a Pack-Panthers game some years ago where Favre stiff-armed an onrushing Dan Morgan in the face so hard that Morgan’s leg, which had got jammed up on the crappy turf, shattered, and he crumpled onto the field in a mass of quivering jelly. Then again, if I recall correctly, most of Morgan’s seasons tended to end that way, so maybe it was just him. It was a sweet play though, I would guess 99% of all QBs would have been killed in the situation he was in, and he not only came out of it, the other guy got wrecked. It was like football jujitsu or something. Yeah, he stayed around too long and got all Diana Ross on us in the end, but he was an all-time great player in his prime.

    Also, from a live-witness perspective, I was on a rugby team some years ago which had this hulking lock from Nigeria, Bruno, and one time he ended up with the ball in space somehow on a broken set-piece play, and had a full head of steam–a lot of beef on the hoof, stampeding at high speed. This opposing fullback from the other team was the only guy left between him and a waltz in for a try. I should mention here in case you aren’t into the sport that fullbacks in rugby are not what they are in American football, they’re the last line of defense and tend to field a lot of kicks–they’re usually among the lightest players on a team, kind of akin to corners. Anyway, this fullback comes screaming in for his mandatory shot on Bruno, and right as he’s getting there, Bruno sticks out his arm and plants his mitt right in the guy’s face. It looked like, and probably basically was, a punch to the skull delivered at high speed. The guy got knocked clean off his feet and came crashing down on his melon. If I had to draw a correlation with nature, I would say it was the equivalent of a striped tabby trying to tackle an adult bison. The crowd ate it up, they were completely frenzied. I just remember turning to the other prop and he was like “Christ! That was a fucking PUNCH, man!!” I was just giggling like a schoolgirl. It was like something out of a cartoon, it happened so fast and so violently, with such a vivid effect.

  2. Michael A. Vickers Avatar

    I’m a SD homer so I’m biased, but this one is my favorite:

    http://links.lpsol.com/fkult

    (I promise it’s not a rick roll)

  3. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    Dreamweapon – I do seem to remember that Favre play vaguely, and it was great. But as you mention, Morgan’s frailty does make it lose some value in hindsight. Obviously, there are plenty of good stiff arms, but I love this guy’s mouth piece flying off so far.

    On a related note – I know you love Favre – so how crushing has it been to see every Favre fan’s greatest fear come to fruition over the past six weeks?

    Nice rugby story.

  4. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    Michael A. Vickers – Wow. Very solid pic.

    PS – How good is D. Sproles!?!?!

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