The Troubling History Of Dropping the Ball at the 1
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Today I'm looking through the Entire History of Dropping the Ball at the 1 yard line. - Sport
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You forgot Niners @ Saints Oct 8th 1989. It's the 3rd quarter with the Saints up 17-3. At their own 40, Joe Montana throw a rainbow to Jerry Rice, who catches it at the Saints' 22 and had a clear way to their 1st TD of the game, but Rice loses control of the ball at the Saints' 2, but the refs still counted it as a TD.
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I never understood why immediately dropping the ball was ever supposed to be considered such an "in your face" to begin with.
they're too focused on wanting to do some type of celebration
Its just bm, like when im leading so far ahead in mario kart i brake before the finish line and reverse over it
What I don't understand is how you could see the Jackson play and think "Yes. That's something I want to do."
For the mediocre to average player who wants to have their name mentioned in the same sentence as Jackson, I guess that's the way to do it.
I keep telling people that this is the same exact thing as missing a base after hitting a home run. It's the stupidest thing you can possibly do.
Wow this happened a lot more than I was aware of.
Was going to comment this same thing
Same
It's always the white guys doin it too
I thought it was 1 or 2. This happens a lot.
That scene of everyone on the sideline freaking out at 12:17 is hilarious. Reminds me of the giant "STOP" sign that they unrolled for Forrest Gump.
another plot twist: That's the opposing team's sideline.
I'll always remember texting my brother, who is a Vikings fan, to let him know they drafted Jeff Gladney, and he was like "who tf is Jeff Gladney?" Little did we know at the time the kid ("kid" meaning four months my junior) only had two years left to live. Relationship trouble and high speed car crashes are two of the biggest pitfalls for fresh faces in the NFL, and this guy apparently stepped in both. RIP
One thing I would teach if I was a football coach... do not drop the football for any reason until you run through the back of the end zone. Even then, make sure a zebra has two hands in the air in the touchdown symbol before you drop the football.
Whenever I made a touchdown, I'd look at the ref and hand him the ball.
Worked both times.
@@TheWatchernator That works too.
The Barry Sanders technique: hand the ball directly to the ref after scoring. Guaranteed way to prevent this.
"Act like you have been there before" is the mantra I've always went by and would instill
Teach em to Gronk spike it every time
this has got to be the single most frustrating thing to see on a football field
When did fumbling become cool? I can not only do that but drop passes as well, NFL here I come!!
That ball must get awfully heavy after running with it for so long
Every single football coach should make this required watching.
As a rugby player, it boggles my mind how careless these players can be with the ball. It's like they forget they need the ball to accomplish the score.
Well you're probably playing a legitimate contest whereas this is clearly sports ENTERTAINMENT in the same vein as pro wrestling.
The self-inflicted Leon Lett play.
It doesn't come dumber.
I mean, Leon Lett's disaster was also self-inflicted....
@adiuntesserande6893 At least Leon Lett was actually holding on to the ball and Don Bebee had to knock it out to make him look stupid.
This ain't that...
Excuse me, I hate to interrupt but you have a call from a "Butt fumble" on line 1....
@@bobsnow6242 He might mean the other dumb play by Leon Lett. Trying to recover a dead ball, from a missed field goal, in the snow, to give the Dolphins a 2nd chance at the winning field goal.
I'm a lifelong Ducks fan. This kind of mistake terrifies me.
2014 must've been a fun year for you
@@IsaacPunts Bearing in mind that you can't spell 'fun' without 'F-U', yeah....
Same
Duck alum here. Wife attended Utah for awhile. She started to rub it in until Jake Fisher scooped it up and ran it back 100 yds for an Oregon TD. Luckily I didn't have to sleep on the couch that night 😊
Never understood why players think it looks cool to try and drop the ball right after crossing the goal line. So damn dumb. I remember DeSean doing it in the Army All-Star game and then again in the NFL so dumb.
I played football my entire upbringing, and not once did this concept even cross my mind. After scoring, I always looked for the nearest ref, and handed him the ball.
I miss old school football.
*THIS* is the reason why I've ranted against end zone camera crews **FOR YEARS!!!** The players have become so fixated upon preparing their next bump-and-grind display in the end zone that they've gotten away from the basics, like, ya' know--making sure that they actually carry the ball into the end zone!!!
Well, teams, high school and up, could go back to NOT playing mentally defective idiots in the first place. Like how it was pre-1980. The over the top celebrating started to get worse in the 80's and afterwards, basically because coaches increasingly look for athleticism and didn't care how stupid the player was.
How is that the fault of the media? The players should be intelligent enough to not make a mistake like this.
That's an immediate cut for me, you just can't do that and if you're selfish enough to make that mistake, you have no business playing.
You’re not cutting a prime deshawn jackson
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You cut a player for making a mistake? From the player's perspective it looks like he's already in the end zone. Give the guy a break and tell him not to drop the ball until he's all the way to the baseline
@@BitcoinMotorist He's not in the end zone, if he thinks he is he needs to get his eyes checked. For heaven's sake, just wait an extra yard. It's ridiculous.
No, in the pros you wouldn't cut him. You would trade him for a player who isn't a dumbass
Broncos fan here. When that play happened against the Ravens, one of the Broncos, who at the time was a star linebacker, jumped in to recover the football, and then he got injured for doing so. I was watching that live on TV as it happened. I was yelling "STUPID!!" at the player for dropping the football before the endzone.
Champ Bailey getting run down by Ben Watson was a rough one...
Celebrate IN the end zone WITH the football. Not as you enter 😂
Better yet, give the ball to the ref, *then* celebrate.
These kids want to be like Deion
you almost wonder why somebody made up a rule that you have to touch the ball down to the ground
I honestly think this has more to do with the increase in narcissism than anything. Our selfie-culture caused this.
Yeah it's a bunch of lone wolf narcissists not evidence of a fraudulent sports league/s...
Narcissism is used too inflationary. I would call it Protagonist Syndrome but yeah, I agree on anything else
@@a.r.4822Watch pre-1980 interviews with athletes. They used to be more intelligent. Yeah, sports used to be slower and more boring because coaches wanted most of their players to have a fair amount of intelligence. Nowadays it's all about pure athleticism, so teams have more idiots on them.
There is also the forced fumble in Superbowl XXVII when Leon Lett stuck the ball out running for a touchdown after recovering a fumble, and Don Beebe knocked it out of his hand. Different but in the same spirit of these examples.
I hate these "look at me" plays and players
Common with certain types of players. They don't look like Peyton manning for instance. Elite athletes, but not so fond of the fundementals
How is a dropping a ball anything worthy of attention?
Just say black players and be done with it....@@kenw2225
every drop is followed by an endzone celebration. the root cause is lack of humility
Every year it was ruled a fumble and ruling
1971: Steelers:touchback
2008: Eagles: POS at 1
2012: Kansas: POS at 1
2013: Broncos: touchback (1st instance called correct on spot)
2013: TTech: POS at 1
2014: Oregon: (1st time returned back by other team)
2017: TCU (1st time premature fumble team recovers their fumble for the score)
As a TCU fan, I just about went ape-💩 ballistic when Gladney dropped that ball, but thankfully he recovered it before I could have a full blown conniption fit, because I had watched the Oregon/Utah game where the dropped ball was returned for a TD (and Oregon was becoming my 2nd favorite team).
The only thing better is when a guy does that "dive into the endzone" thing and his knee lands before the goal line.
We do drills where if there's a fumble you fall on the ball. Do not try to scoop and score, just try to fall on the ball and gain possession. Too many chances to recover a fumble are lost because someone wants to pick it up and run. Another drill we do is . Everyone lines up at the 50 yard line in a single line. On the whistle, player has a ball and sprints to the end zone where they have a certain amount of time to get there. They sprint through the end zone, around the goalpost and then they hand the ball to the official. The official being the guy who previously sprinted down. That guy will run back to the 50 with the ball. Drill repeats itself until done. Even lineman do it as well, just in case. It's good for physical conditioning and you also instill into the players to hold onto that ball.
I don't get it. It's simple. Just hold on to the damn ball. The end zone is freaking 10 yards long. You can wait 5 more yards to drop the dang ball.
So I'm assuming this was your epiphany to finally see that it's all rigged?
@@IndependentWhistleblower rigged? No. It's just players being dumb. Not everything in this world is rigged.
And in case you think I am naive, I have played sports with guys who were literally this dumb and this unaware. Talented guys that have cost us games because they had their head that far up their rear.
Even an army bowl from the early 2000's? Or some nothing fcs game? No way those young morons gonna keep that quiet. Even the NFL. Some CTE riddled fool or some jealous owner, a spited ref would have spilled it by now. I think its obvious to say individual attempts have been made by certain people to sway the outcome of certain games but I think to say it's all 100% rigged is silly.
The old saying "you had one job to do" comes to mind
This is actually a lot more common then even this video makes it seem and it's not just early celebrations dives , extensions and sometimes just flat out drops. The reason this seems like a new phenomena is the number of televised games and recency bias
As a lifelong Oregon State fan, I call it the "Chad Johnson" drop. 😆
Of all the people close to 100k this man def deserves it the most. Hang in there man I love your vids
Sterling Sharpe was guy who wouldn’t drop a ball at the goal line because he kept that ball until he got to the sidelines, then he brought it home later.
A game against the Lions he got stripped at the 1 yard line show boating instead of scoring an easy TD.
Love this style of content from you Isaac keep it up 😭🤞🏾
One thing that is mind blowing about the whole this is they had instant access to Replays on the broadcast and simply chose not to institute for soooo long.
i like to imagine there’s an invisible barrier forcing the ball to not cross the goalline
I knew DeSean would be featured. His special play has been admired by so many high school and college players that you can watch them imitating their idol on a frequent basis ;)
I was watching that 2015 OSU/OK game and screaming at the TV that he dropped that ball early. No players picked it up and no coaches challenged the play.
They game goes to commercial after kicking the extra point, then first thing back after commercial the commentators review the play in slow motion showing the gaffe. OSU ended up winning by multiple touchdowns, so it did not matter in the long run.
As soon as I saw this video title, I immediately knew what player you were going to lead this with. It's also funny that referees weren't catching these blatant gaffes for decades. It's even worse that coaches weren't doing anything about this, particularly when it started to be common place and getting coverage, complete with referees starting to take notice.
fascinating video Issac, I like your editing style and your delivery is great. do more of these for sure
I definitely will
Touchdowns are hard to come by for teams and players, even for high-scoring teams, to not just hand the ball to the referee.
The thing I don't understand, is why are coaches not telling their players to pounce on any ball they see on the ground?
Similar thing happened around that time with wide receivers dropping/throwing the football the instant their feet established in the end zone for a TD catch. I don’t believe it ever really cost anyone points, but I do believe that’s what Calvin Johnson was doing during the infamous “Calvin Johnson rule” non catch that threw the NFL into chaos for years to come.
Impressive research and video compilation!
Not sure about college, but in the NFL, this should be a finable play from the team. Make players pay a $50k fine and this stupidity goes away over night.
Most of these guys are HORRENDOUS with money, they’d either not care or brag it up like that celebration cost 50k boi! 50k to a guy that makes $5M with $600k in debt to a jewelry store
This was an excellent video man
Watching all these in a row rose my heart rate lol
As a Utah fan it was immaculate to get one of these plays back this season.
Love the vids man the editing is great!
I will never understand how players think this is a good idea ever.
Congrats on that video sponsorship my man, love to see it
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I'll never forget watching Jackson in that all american game. Wild.
Al McGuire, the hoops coach and broadcaster, once related a story about how if you're all alone after a steal, an open path to the basket, you STILL want to do a two-handed gorilla dunk just to leave nothing to chance. Having two hands on the football as you near the goal line is the same sort of thing. You can even do a rugby-type dive, somersault and spike the ball, but it would help if, y'know, you had both hands holding the ball when you reached the end zone.
next level stuff ike
Thanks Brotha
Once upon a time, there was rule called a touch down. Had to touch the ball down in the endzone for the score. Dropping the ball short, like seen here, shows players that are full of ego. Seems like when they get to the big leagues they forget too many fundamentals they've been taught as a kid. Baseball players especially.
In 2022 the only example I know of is the Cardinals-Raiders game (week 3 i think?). Raiders fumbled the ball and Byron Murphy Jr. returned it for the walk-off TD. He pulled a jackson but it seemingly was just over the line and stood as a touchdown after a quick review.
You didin't spend enough time on the 14-point fumble in the Utah Oregon game. That is the king of 1-yard-line fumble plays
I was at that game vs utah where Oregon scoop n scored. Went from heartbreak to elation in a second. Crazy season
I remember a couple of times Vince Young did it but it was never called out.
It's an optical illusion. The player thinks he's 2 or 3 feet into the end zone when he's an inch outside of it
Great video. It happened another time in 2021 that you didn't mention (probably because it's an obscure play and had no impact on the result of the game)
Western Kentucky @ Louisville, September 11th, 2021
early in the fourth quarter, Ahmari Huggins-Bruce ran 80 yards to score a 95 yard TD but dropped the ball 3 feet before crossing the goal line.
I believe I do have that one in there
@@IsaacPunts Oh crap you're right, nice job!! I was at that game with my mother and I was so excited to finally see that play happen live
I am typically here for punting content … but this topic is tremendous and an opportunity for a fuller documentary with interviews and such (by those who do that extensive work). Great job.
I call it the Kaelin Clay play
As do I. As a Utes fan, that one play is embedded deep in my memory.
As weird as it is to drop it as the runner it’s almost as irritating when defenders don’t go for the drop
When something like this happen I always think “oh man if that happened to me I’d never be able to get back on the field”
You haven’t scored until you’ve scored
The Kaelin Clay Utah drop was probably the most damaging to the team. Utah went from being up 14 to having 60 points dropped on them 💀
Jerry Rice had one of these, but because he was Jerry Rice (this is during the 89-90 season) and there wasn't any replay at the time, it stayed a TD, but he clearly, on the replays, loses control of the ball at the 1 and fumbles it out the back of the end zone. It was against the Saints at the Superdome (where they later murdered John Elway in SB 24, lol)
I remember that, and he clearly realizes it, but JT runs up and say in his ear, they didn’t see it, and Jerry starts celebrating, and it’s in the record book.
I was at that Clemson game. We lose that game and we don’t make the national championship game
Helluva video!
If I was a Coach, you're getting benched the rest of the season.......and your back up is taking your spot. Just like I always said & lived by when I was in the Military......if you screw up the small things you KNOW you shouldn't do....I CANNOT trust you to do the Major Things
It is not so surprising. A skilled athlete’s brain is predicting where it WILL BE not where it is.
Eric Dickerson did it late in his career ... I'm searching for the exact game. He spiked the ball on the 2 yard line and everyone had to line up at the 2, where he ran it in. It was only time he did it in the pros, afaik
2:50. Dear gen z. This is not what tv looked like in 1985. TV was what we called our screen back then.
1999 Oklahoma v Texas. OU receiver Antwon Savage dropped a touchdown at the 1 yard line. Was still called a TD though.
Good breakdown I.p.
As an Alabama fan, I remember the Mark Barron pick! He about gave me a heartastroke with that pick six. You know Coach Saban had his ass running that next practice
2017 Chicago Bears' Marcus Cooper vs the Steelers should've gotten a dishonorable mention
Great video
I can understand why this is called "Jacksoning" but I think it also be called "Oregoning" since they've been prime offenders for this over the years.
I’ve never played organized football so I can only imagine the rush you get out of scoring a TD so I can see how you would forget in the moment.
*With that being said,* just…hold the ball for another yard? Like cross line, hear whistle, see signal, and then celebrate your ass off.
"_With that being said, just…hold the ball for another yard?"_
The solution is even easier than that: _Hand the ball to the referee after every play._
Love it! Only suggestion is highlight the years in a different color when talking about them on the timeline. Keep up the awesome work, you're getting a heck of a lot better at everything!
Thanks brother! Yeah I tried a couple different things but couldn't get it to look good but I agree
8:50 pretty sure that after this Whittingham made it a rule on the team that you must give the football to the refs or drop it at the back of the end zone. As such Utah hasn't had a problem with it since.
Also i was at that game and everyone was confused and once we found out, we let that player know our anger.
Oh and 14:10 watch 52 at the end of that replay. He had his head in the game. Shame we barely lost that game.
Good one
Georgia’s Roquan Smith did this against I believe South Carolina in 2018 or 19 after jumping the route around mid field.
Georgia also did it in 2008 in its opening game vs ha southern on a punt return. It was still a blowout on a fringe game so nobody knows about it. Asher allen
It's not quite a Desean Jackson drop, but a Missouri player did drop the ball heading into the endzone in OT vs Auburn in 2022.
Some of these aren't even close - the players let go of the ball in their rear hand at the 2 yard line, while their front foot hasn't even crossed the goal line. Just look down for that wide stripe and the different color grass, THEN drop the ball and celebrate.
Watched the one live in the Utah Oregon game. That Utah player handed every single touchdown ball to the ref in the end zone for the rest of his college career after that play. Never again.
That stunt was particularly awful, because it amounted to a 14 point turnaround. I'd have kicked that player off the team for even doing it once.
I am not from America and I don't get this. Why is it considered "cool" to drop the ball before getting into the end zone? If not, why so many did this?
It is 100% not considered cool to drop the ball before going into the endzone. The only reason to do that is so you can get to celebrating with your hands and arms. Usually, the "look at me!!" crowd, or the "point at the audience!" crowd.
An odd clarification question:
Would you consider Marcus Cooper's fumble on the blocked FG (Bears/Steelers, 2017) a DeSean Jackson or a Leon Lett? It does have the defender involvement of the Leon Lett, but the stopping at the 2 yard line of the DeSean Jackson, so I'm not sure where it would be classified.
I saw that one and called it a Leon Lett
I need punting videos to get me into the mood. My lady would appreciate more punting videos.
It wasn't Desean Jackson, it was Me-Sean Jackson.
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1:41 who drew that diagram!?
Dalvin Cook - FSU RB had an incidental situation like this. Worth checking out.
I’m a MSU Spartan fan/alumni and K9 definitely did not cross the line during the MSU v scUM game in 2021
I've been an Eagles fan my whole life and I remember the Desean Jackson gaff....oh, do I remember!!!!!!
You didn’t have the one where Marcus Cooper on the Bears did it in the game against the Steelers. It was like 2017 or something
Good unique video
Damn I didn't know Desean been dropping footballs at the 1 yard line for FIFTY THREE YEARS
I think you missed one of the more iconic DeSean Drops, and the first time I ever saw it...and it was by the GOAT himself. Jerry Rice did it in a game around 1990 at a game at Veterans Stadium in Philly, kind of.
The game is well known because it was a San Francisco comeback against Buddy Ryan's dominant defense. There is a legendary highlight overhead of Montana throwing the most beautiful pass to Jerry Rice in that day game with the light green astroturf visible. You see that highlight 100 times in a Montana or Rice highlight video.
However, earlier in that game Rice caught a TD and dropped the ball clearly on the one yard line, and it wasn't called. It was controversial at the time as Madden and Summerall rightly pointed out that it changed the whole tenor of the game.
Any die-hard SF fans or a more rabid NFL fan than myself might know what I'm talking about. I was stunned it wasn't in your video, to be honest. In fact, I think Jerry Rice did it on more than one occasion and it wasn't called. Like almost every other controversial play in the 1980s and early 1990s, they always seemed to go SF's way.
I almost included that one but I didn't want this video to be about normal celebrations that accidents happened on and more about just this specific dumb type of celebration. I only included the '71 play for the historical aspect.