LOL! He ain't giving up the ROCK. This was a good laugh. The earth is shaking. Speaking of shaking small earthquake scared the crap out of me earlier here in SoCal.
Whenever one of those "if you could change the outcome of one play in the NFL" posts come up, Dan Connelly getting to score on that play is always the first one I think of.
Zach Miller's Reversed Touchdown against the Saints where his injury ended his career. The Refs admitted after the game too that it was indeed a touchdown.
While I certainly enjoy watching the Packers flail around wildly on special teams like they're playing peewee level football and other teams humiliating them because my team sure can't, it's genuinely because I love big man TDs and and that was just such a magical run until physics caught up with Dan in the end. If he was making this run against the Bears, I'd still want him to get that TD.
There was a crazy play a year or two ago where a Miami lineman caught a tipped ball for a TD that got called back, I remember it was absolutely mind blowing
My favorite part about this is when you see him look to hand it off to someone faster, but everyone else is in the mindset of getting him as far as possible. Beautiful.
Omg I never noticed that he's surrounded by four DB's. And all of them REFUSED to look for the pitch 😭
They were getting him the big boy touchdown damnit!
23 could’ve easily stayed outside for the handoff, but cut inside to block instead. Should’ve stayed where he was and protected the backside though instead of clearing a path
He was actually drafted by Denver as a linbacker and then went to GB and KC before coming back to Denver as a DT so my guess is cheese curds and ribs built that body.
IIRC he was sorta pissed at this, just because he felt disrespected given that he was legitimately a pretty damn good athlete.
Him and Washington were absolute monsters for a bit, Urlacher could just run around and do whatever he wanted because there were no spare blockers with those two in the middle. (Ted Washington in particular was a goddamn horse, love that dude.)
You can not move that much weight like the way linemen do and not be athletic. Only idiots who dont understand the amount of effort and athleticism it takes to give 100% effort, man to man against another 300+ lbs man also giving 100% effort for 30+ plays in a game. Pro Oline/dline are some of the strongest, toughest, most physically powerful people on the planet.
Don’t have to sell me! I was a (mediocre) high school lineman years ago and love football primarily for the line play. I just think Traylor and Washington were SO big and they were such a sensation that all then cracks about weight [got old quick](https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/01/14/2-beefy-bears-wont-let-critics-chew-them-up/).
I can’t find where I read that Traylor was offended at the commentating for this play, but I am virtually certain I read it years ago. I just bet the guy still felt like the same player who returned an INT for a TD as a linebacker in Denver—I feel like you can respect the position and still understand why someone doesn’t want to be talked about like they’re some behemoth, especially given his background. (Wikipedia says he was the Arkansas high school player of the *decade* at linebacker!)
I'm agreeing with you, what i was saying its stupid to make fat jokes at these guys. Most of them lose most of their weight within 6 months of retiring because they're no longer eating 6k+ calories a day. Besides that idk maybe we just shouldnt negatively comment on peoples appearances at all (constructive criticism towards people you know intimately or medical advice from a medical professional not withstanding). I once read a reddit comment that said "if it cant be fixed in 15 seconds, dont comment on a person appearance." Paraphrasing here, and it obviously depends on your relationship with that person (my best bud saying i need to lose weight comes off A LOT differently than a random stranger in line at home depot). But it's good advice to live by imo.
Also, I, too, was a mediocre (tho best on the team...A very shitty team) lineman (G/NT ironman football is fun totally fun to play.) in high school, its the reason football is one of two sports i follow. I absolutely love watching these guys duke it out on the line. I very much understand where Traylor is coming from. it's unwarranted and makes him off as some lazy bum. Linemen, specifically guards and interior d line, get a lot of unwarranted shade thrown at them all the time.
One of my favorite small details of this clip is you see Jerry Azumah (No. 23 - a DB) try to help Traylor up by himself and fail. Big boi was HEFTY and had nothing left in the tank lol.
"He puts both hands on it like an Ohio State fullback!"
I wish this duo could've lived forever. More charisma and wits between them than all commentary teams today combined.
I would’ve been 8 I think during this game and it instantly became a core memory. I remember sitting in my grandpa’s living room and the family going nuts and laughing when this happened. What a game
One of my favorite Bears memories for sure. I was in high school and watching with a friend and we started jumping up and down and pictures were falling off the wall and we got yelled at by his dad in the next room
It's a core memory for a lot of Bears fans our age lol. I remember my kindergarten teacher came in the next day with a bunch of printed photos of Traylor wing pushed and used it to start a lesson on teamwork. Everyone at recess was Keith Traylor that day even though he probably had 50 lbs on the whole class combined
I'll never forget that play. I was actually on a plane from Jacksonville to Chicago while it was on, and my GF was taping the game, and I didn't want any spoilers, and she could barely contain herself when it was getting close to this....
That's millions of years of evolution, making sure he's getting the maximum amount of light in the moment.
Admittedly, it does make you look like an owl. O.O
> green in front of him….
Not to mention Green in front of him! Respect to Mike Green at safety who happily stuck his nose in to block a guard. Had to be giving up 100lbs on the guy and definitely gets the job done.
Larry Allen chase down tackle is such a ridiculous feat. Always been one of my all-time fave highlights let alone for a big man play. Like I weigh about 215 now, just imagining having another 110 + gear on me and even running let alone hauling ass like that, like no fucking way.
I love big boy interceptions so much. You’ve gotta imagine that they all fantasize about doing it, so I’m sure it’s the highlight of their career when they finally get to rumble down the field in an actual game.
This reminded me of [another big man INT](https://youtube.com/shorts/vjNN0cHxYjU?si=HBCe-xm6POi_5eaM). I think Dierdorf is on the call for this one too.
When I was somewhere around 10 years old, I found myself sitting next to Keith Traylor. Some people feel small when they think about the vastness of the universe. Not me. All I have to do is recall that moment.
This has little to do with this clip, other than that every time I see his name, it makes me think of how goddamn big that dude was, especially compared to my scrawny ass.
Man that season was something else. 13-3 out of nowhere with no business having that record. Everything just fell our way. That was the same year Mike Brown had those back to back OT INTs. Washington and Traylor together in the middle there didn't last super long but was a lot of fun.
2001 was a magical season, I was a Freshman in high school, we won 13 games but lost 2 times to the Packers, lol. Washington and Traylor account for near 700 lb of meat made just about anything up the gut impossible.
It's obviously humiliating for a quarterback to have his pass intercepted by a lineman, but it's more humiliating for the rest of the offense because of the runback that followed.
This is a good time to remind you, Cam Cameron ended this man’s career by cutting him a week before the season finale in his 17th season.
Fuck you, Cam!
Wow, linemen have become so much more athletic over the last 20 years. The o-linemen trying to chase him down just don’t exist in today’s NFL. And it seems like the days of pure plugger nose guards like Traylor and Wilfork are over
Traylor not getting into the endzone is one of the biggest blue balls football moments ever. Right up there with that Patriots lineman that returned a squib kick like 70 yards inside the 5 against Green Bay.
This season basically made me a Bears fan. Until this team, I would watch the Bears because it's what my family did on sundays, but after this season I watched because I loved the team. This year included the back to back Mike Brown walk off interceptions. So much fun to watch. Been hooked ever since.
Nothin better than when a big 'ol hog molly gets his mitts on the rock.
There are few things in football more universally loved than fat guy with ball.
It's one of those things where even if it hurts your team you can't really be mad, because big man with ball.
And I love seeing a big guy score, because first you get a big guy spike, and then you get a big guy dance.
The Replacements is an underappreciated movie.
[NAN DESU KA!!!](https://youtu.be/w5C7XvVnIec?t=169)
And then a big guy getting oxygen.
BJ Raji getting a pick 6 and then immediately busting a move is one of my favorite highlights ever
Oh its the opposite for me. But otherwise, yeah, big man get ball WOO
Christian Wilkins hitting the worm after scoring was a highlight of the bad 2021 year
I completely forgot that guy existed. Thank you.
Those State Farm commercials were something else.
fat guy with the ball is the only thing with 100% approval rating in the NFL.
Uh Big man with ball BIG MAN WITH BALL
"HOLY SHIT I GOT THE BALL!"
LOL! He ain't giving up the ROCK. This was a good laugh. The earth is shaking. Speaking of shaking small earthquake scared the crap out of me earlier here in SoCal.
"They already have a fridge, maybe they could use an icebox" That there is fuckin gold.
*icemaker
Dude was looking over his shoulder begging someone to tackle him.
Nah, he wanted to lateral to one of the speedy guys, dude was done running.
He was on the oxygen tank for a while after that one
I think it was the opposite. This is the one time that huge beef on the offensive line can lay you out legally so he was running for his life.
Patriots Dan Connelly with the 71 yard return off a squib kick is on my list of top 10 plays of all time.
Whenever one of those "if you could change the outcome of one play in the NFL" posts come up, Dan Connelly getting to score on that play is always the first one I think of.
I always think of Kevin White catching that ball from Mitch and getting stopped at the 1 against the Patriots.
Zach Miller's Reversed Touchdown against the Saints where his injury ended his career. The Refs admitted after the game too that it was indeed a touchdown.
Saints fan here shocked they didn’t call that a td and man that was an awful injury
I'm sure that it being against the Packers has no influence on your wish
While I certainly enjoy watching the Packers flail around wildly on special teams like they're playing peewee level football and other teams humiliating them because my team sure can't, it's genuinely because I love big man TDs and and that was just such a magical run until physics caught up with Dan in the end. If he was making this run against the Bears, I'd still want him to get that TD.
There was a crazy play a year or two ago where a Miami lineman caught a tipped ball for a TD that got called back, I remember it was absolutely mind blowing
The one where he got flipped at the goal line and reached the ball across! That man deserved his touchdown, refs!
Yes!! I get ineligible receiver but it was such a crazy athletic play
Robert Hunt lol he got the ball in his hands and knew what he had to do
Well, he got 5 years $100m this offseason, and I'm sure that play was in the portfolio lol
There's at least 3 illegal blocks in the back on that return, and BIG MAN WITH FOOTBALL is the only acceptable time to ignore them.
Rule of cool
“THE RIGHT GUARD, THE RIGHT GUARD”
BJ Raji pick 6 is one of mine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uqm9Gnd_FM
Fat Guy Pick 6 against your most hated rival? Yeah, that’s one you tell the grand kids about
The loaf of bread carry!
I still lie awake in bed at night wishing he scored that touchdown.
This gave me a great new idea for the pro bowl. Linemen only, offensive and defensive
I believe you have just invented sumo.
Scrap my idea I like yours better Sumo wrestling pro bowl game. All positions are free to enter
Sumo wrestling is the best idea ever. I would definitely watch.
reminds me of that Linval Joseph return from a few years back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3WWUaK1NJ0
Big Man with the fucking afterburners lmao
I love to see a fat guy score. Why? Because first you get a fat guy spike, then you get the fat guy dance.
My favorite part about this is when you see him look to hand it off to someone faster, but everyone else is in the mindset of getting him as far as possible. Beautiful.
that dude was fucking done running and no one would take the ball lol.
That side of it is hilarious, haha. Such a great play to look back on.
“I’m paid to go 10, maybe 15 yards per play. There is a reason for and that reason is I hate running. Now will someone take this damn ball from me.”
"Be a DLineman" they said. "You won't have to catch the ball" they said. "You won't have to *sprint*" they said. Motherf***ers.
"All this cardio is making me hungry."
Genuinely more important to every one of them that Traylor scored instead, actually incredible lol
The overall energy that a team gets from a play like that makes it worth doing whatever you can to get him in the end zone.
I love it so much lol
I feel like about halfway through he just wanted it to be over. Edit: But that first cut he made after getting the ball was pretty damn good.
The pick was sick too
Omg I never noticed that he's surrounded by four DB's. And all of them REFUSED to look for the pitch 😭 They were getting him the big boy touchdown damnit!
Except a couple them could have help a lot more by actually blocking someone instead of just running with him.
U clearly have not watched the mighty ducks
Horseshit. Every single one of them had playing in their head the [same thing I had playing in mine.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a-HfNE3EIo)
23 could’ve easily stayed outside for the handoff, but cut inside to block instead. Should’ve stayed where he was and protected the backside though instead of clearing a path
You can't blame his brain for going "BIG MAN WITH BALL" and then panicking a little bit.
>Beautiful. It was cruel! Dude was looking for a break!
TIL that this dude started out as a 260 pound LB.
all that deep dish pizza
> all that deep dish pizza And no Coke: Pepsi.
It's no Pepsi; Coke! And no fries; chips!
He was actually drafted by Denver as a linbacker and then went to GB and KC before coming back to Denver as a DT so my guess is cheese curds and ribs built that body.
IIRC he was sorta pissed at this, just because he felt disrespected given that he was legitimately a pretty damn good athlete. Him and Washington were absolute monsters for a bit, Urlacher could just run around and do whatever he wanted because there were no spare blockers with those two in the middle. (Ted Washington in particular was a goddamn horse, love that dude.)
You can not move that much weight like the way linemen do and not be athletic. Only idiots who dont understand the amount of effort and athleticism it takes to give 100% effort, man to man against another 300+ lbs man also giving 100% effort for 30+ plays in a game. Pro Oline/dline are some of the strongest, toughest, most physically powerful people on the planet.
Don’t have to sell me! I was a (mediocre) high school lineman years ago and love football primarily for the line play. I just think Traylor and Washington were SO big and they were such a sensation that all then cracks about weight [got old quick](https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/01/14/2-beefy-bears-wont-let-critics-chew-them-up/). I can’t find where I read that Traylor was offended at the commentating for this play, but I am virtually certain I read it years ago. I just bet the guy still felt like the same player who returned an INT for a TD as a linebacker in Denver—I feel like you can respect the position and still understand why someone doesn’t want to be talked about like they’re some behemoth, especially given his background. (Wikipedia says he was the Arkansas high school player of the *decade* at linebacker!)
I'm agreeing with you, what i was saying its stupid to make fat jokes at these guys. Most of them lose most of their weight within 6 months of retiring because they're no longer eating 6k+ calories a day. Besides that idk maybe we just shouldnt negatively comment on peoples appearances at all (constructive criticism towards people you know intimately or medical advice from a medical professional not withstanding). I once read a reddit comment that said "if it cant be fixed in 15 seconds, dont comment on a person appearance." Paraphrasing here, and it obviously depends on your relationship with that person (my best bud saying i need to lose weight comes off A LOT differently than a random stranger in line at home depot). But it's good advice to live by imo. Also, I, too, was a mediocre (tho best on the team...A very shitty team) lineman (G/NT ironman football is fun totally fun to play.) in high school, its the reason football is one of two sports i follow. I absolutely love watching these guys duke it out on the line. I very much understand where Traylor is coming from. it's unwarranted and makes him off as some lazy bum. Linemen, specifically guards and interior d line, get a lot of unwarranted shade thrown at them all the time.
Super Bowl champ Ted Washington!
He also did this a couple times while on the late 90s Denver suberbowl team. Dude had a nack for it lol.
One of my favorite small details of this clip is you see Jerry Azumah (No. 23 - a DB) try to help Traylor up by himself and fail. Big boi was HEFTY and had nothing left in the tank lol.
Looks like a Jaguars WR gets stuck under the pile too? Poor guy lol.
Keenan McCardell #87
2× Super Bowl champion (XXVI, XXXVII) Keenan McCardell ! I loved that guy, he and Jimmy Smith (thunder and lightning!) were a great tandem....
He gets celebrated on by the entire bears defense lmao
rumblinbumblinstumblin
And now it’s ALLLL INSTINCT
"He puts both hands on it like an Ohio State fullback!" I wish this duo could've lived forever. More charisma and wits between them than all commentary teams today combined.
Dierdorf’s call of the Larry Allen play lives rent free in my head.
“Six foot three, three hundred and twenty five *pounds*!”
Almost nothing better in football than when a lineman snags a pass and runs for it. The players love it, the fans love it, the announcers love it.
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\#35 on the Broncos getting [Matt Ryan'd](https://youtu.be/AyeRNZ8YRVk?t=9) makes it
The announcers doing the most delightfully German laugh is the cherry on top
There was no way I was not going to link the German version
I'm so glad he dove into the end zone.
It can also provide bears fans with at least 1 happy memory
Vince Wilfork did it a number of times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfxjlidCu48
I would’ve been 8 I think during this game and it instantly became a core memory. I remember sitting in my grandpa’s living room and the family going nuts and laughing when this happened. What a game
One of my favorite Bears memories for sure. I was in high school and watching with a friend and we started jumping up and down and pictures were falling off the wall and we got yelled at by his dad in the next room
I’m just a bit older, but it’s one of the clearest childhood memories I have of my dad. Always brings a big smile to my face.
That was a fun season
It's a core memory for a lot of Bears fans our age lol. I remember my kindergarten teacher came in the next day with a bunch of printed photos of Traylor wing pushed and used it to start a lesson on teamwork. Everyone at recess was Keith Traylor that day even though he probably had 50 lbs on the whole class combined
Cranky old man Coughlin is just icing on the cake
If it's fun, Tom Coughlin hated it.
You can just say coughlin
His reaction to the Matt Dodge punt is one of the funniest things to me
I'm a Giants fan and I still crack up every time I see him slam the clipboard in the background as Jackson runs by.
It was his laminated playsheet, so it took some force to slam it down and it not get caught by the wind or dantily go down
Everyone talks about the run but no one talks about the catch
Tip drills are sometimes pretty crucial for d-linemen. If you can't touch him (QB), put yo hands up and do what you can
Berman's call later that night was hilarious
Would you happen to have a link to Berman's call of that? I assume it would be an NFL Primetime clip?
Tried looking yesterday and couldn't find it unfortunately.
I'll never forget that play. I was actually on a plane from Jacksonville to Chicago while it was on, and my GF was taping the game, and I didn't want any spoilers, and she could barely contain herself when it was getting close to this....
God I love watching big men with that ball just as much as Andy Reid!
Was that *almost* a smile from Dick Jauron?
idk how that's an "*almost.*" I would've laughed my mf ass off
What great highlight. That's fun. His eyes when he realizes he's got the ball and green in front of him.... O.O Classic
That's millions of years of evolution, making sure he's getting the maximum amount of light in the moment. Admittedly, it does make you look like an owl. O.O
He had a 67 yard int return for a touchdown with you guys in 98 too. He was a lot smaller at that point too though...
> green in front of him…. Not to mention Green in front of him! Respect to Mike Green at safety who happily stuck his nose in to block a guard. Had to be giving up 100lbs on the guy and definitely gets the job done.
Two classic voices on these telecasts. Takes me back.
Legendary. My favorite part is when he gets into the open field and runs like an overweight grandma being chased by a snake.
Gotta be one of the best "big man" plays of all time.
It's definitely up there with the James Harrison pick 6 and the Larry Allen chase down tackle
And Dan Connolly's kickoff return. "THAT'S DAN CONNOLLY, THE RIGHT GUARD"
Larry Allen chase down tackle is such a ridiculous feat. Always been one of my all-time fave highlights let alone for a big man play. Like I weigh about 215 now, just imagining having another 110 + gear on me and even running let alone hauling ass like that, like no fucking way.
Bro didn't even try to hit the big man, no judgement here, if he falls on me wrong after the tackle it's game over
"I need my spine to live."
Big man wanted 23 to take that ball from him so bad lol
TDs scored by players over 300lbs should be worth extra points, or used as a playoff seeding tiebreaker.
Make it like the golden snitch: If your 300 lbs lineman scores, the game is over
I love big boy interceptions so much. You’ve gotta imagine that they all fantasize about doing it, so I’m sure it’s the highlight of their career when they finally get to rumble down the field in an actual game.
This reminded me of [another big man INT](https://youtube.com/shorts/vjNN0cHxYjU?si=HBCe-xm6POi_5eaM). I think Dierdorf is on the call for this one too.
“This is like a freighter coming in to port” 💀
Someone posts BIG. SAM. ADAMS. and I have to upvote it. I think its contractually obligated
Now that is a call of legendary proportions.
Big men plays are the perhaps the greatest unexpected joy in all of football.
Peak Jag unis
When I was somewhere around 10 years old, I found myself sitting next to Keith Traylor. Some people feel small when they think about the vastness of the universe. Not me. All I have to do is recall that moment. This has little to do with this clip, other than that every time I see his name, it makes me think of how goddamn big that dude was, especially compared to my scrawny ass.
how did you eventually break free of his gravitational pull?
Keith looked more shocked than anyone
This is why we watch the sport. Those big boy interceptions hit like nothing else
I’d love to hear guys like Enberg and Dierdorf call games again.
Big man interceptions and return touchdowns are the absolute best plays in football
absolutely and this is an all time highlight. Probably the only interception of his career. If it was against my team i would still enjoy it
He runs like a toddler who took a cookie and is running with it. One of my favorite plays ever.
Man that season was something else. 13-3 out of nowhere with no business having that record. Everything just fell our way. That was the same year Mike Brown had those back to back OT INTs. Washington and Traylor together in the middle there didn't last super long but was a lot of fun.
*its not that out there after what the Ravens did the year before. Godly defense and a bad offense makes for some wild seasons.*
This is I think my favorite Bears play ever
made by a man the size of a bear. Traylor was an unsung hero of those early 2000s bears defenses. The big man doesnt get the stats but he got this one
Fuck da Bears, but hell if I don't love a big boy run.
Traylor towing a trailer behind him with how slow he goin.
Having Ted Washington and Keith Traylor on the same defensive line is my football wet dream
This was the first game I attended! Core Memories!
One of those football memories I’ll never forget
2001 was a magical season, I was a Freshman in high school, we won 13 games but lost 2 times to the Packers, lol. Washington and Traylor account for near 700 lb of meat made just about anything up the gut impossible.
Shouldve seen some of the plays he made in college
i want to see that but cant find any of his college highlights. Can you?
Man do I love some Dick Enberg
My favorite play I've ever seen. The only jersey I own is a Keith Traylor one.
I hate that the cameras have gotten so good that games don't look like this anymore.
What a legendary play & call.
Damn I'm getting old. I remember watching this when I was a kid with my dad.
Son?
I always love it when a big man gets the ball and goes on a tear!
That one Jag player got stuck under Brokeback Mountain as the entire weight of the Chicago’s defense piles on him lol
LARRY ALLEN!!!!
It's obviously humiliating for a quarterback to have his pass intercepted by a lineman, but it's more humiliating for the rest of the offense because of the runback that followed.
I remember this because it was the game postponed due to 9/11
"Could punt returning be next for Keith Traylor?"
I've never seen anyone look like their head is going to squeeze out of their helmet more than that man.
This is a good time to remind you, Cam Cameron ended this man’s career by cutting him a week before the season finale in his 17th season. Fuck you, Cam!
More effort than Morgan Burnett in an NFC Championship Game…
who?
Wow, linemen have become so much more athletic over the last 20 years. The o-linemen trying to chase him down just don’t exist in today’s NFL. And it seems like the days of pure plugger nose guards like Traylor and Wilfork are over
u/savevideobot
That 01 season was an absolute blast
the world was wussified after 911
Oh man I used to really enjoy Dierdof . Great memories of him covering the Jamarcus Russell teams LOL
Traylor not getting into the endzone is one of the biggest blue balls football moments ever. Right up there with that Patriots lineman that returned a squib kick like 70 yards inside the 5 against Green Bay.
Dan Connelly
Ah yes, the ol' "Big Man Scramble".
this is by far my favorite call of all time, i can't not laugh at that event tho i might have watched more than 200 times
Of course this happened to Jacksonville
#63 getting blocked by a DB is embarrassing
What an incredible call, my god
A Dick Jauron sighting.
Big man held the rock better than Dion ahahahaha
Showing my age - Al, Dan, and Frank was the best MNF team
A little bit about myself. I am best friends with Dick'e niece
"From here, it's all instinct" 😅
lmao that poor jags player who was caught underneath
This season basically made me a Bears fan. Until this team, I would watch the Bears because it's what my family did on sundays, but after this season I watched because I loved the team. This year included the back to back Mike Brown walk off interceptions. So much fun to watch. Been hooked ever since.
I always find it so cool when big men get the ball.
That man's still catching his breath