Strahan "breaks" sack record

You're right, letting Strahan sack you (setting it up) to break a record that any knowledgable sports fan knows shouldn't even be his, is much worse than being happy after being eliminated from the playoffs...especially after playing such a marvelous game and a half after Barkley got injured. But, I'm sure you were laughing too. (Hate to imagine your reaction if Francis was laughing after being eliminated from the playoffs.)

I also like how you keep referring to the fact that Favre could've fumbled and cost the Packers the game. Riiigt. They were up by 9 at the time (with two minutes left), and I'm pretty sure Favre can hold on to the ball when he knew the sack was coming. Plus, the Giants still would've had to get an onside kick...not likely.

The offensive line should be fine. I'm guessing they're a little bit more excited about having Favre, one of the greatest QBs ever, lining up behind them rather than being bummed about giving up the record sack...one every person knows they didn't give up.

 

Glad we agree that what Favre did was worse.

"Any knowledgable sports fan" knows the record shouldn't be his? That somehow changes the situation? Whose record should it be then? So, it's okay to lay down and give another team a sack, as long as most people don't think he deserves the record?

And either it's okay to laugh or it's not. It doesn't matter if the team played a good game the game before, or someone got injured, or you were eliminated from the playoffs, or what kind of shoes you were wearing. Rudy's laughed a ton on the bench this year while his team was losing, is that okay? I personally don't care. I didn't even care when Simms was laughing after Applewhite's interceptions. At what point is it okay to laugh? Are you allowed to laugh after you're in the dressing room? Can you laugh after you leave the arena? What about when you get back to the hotel? When you see your wife and kids? What is the appropriate time that RM95 thinks one needs to wait before they can show any positive emotion after a loss? Should they hold off until the next day before cracking a smile? Was Favre laughing when he was hugging Strahan after laying down and giving him a sack? Was Strahan laughing? Is that okay?

But it was possible. More likely than if he were to have performed a simple handoff to a running back.

If the offensive line is fine with giving up a record-breaking sack at the end of a game, then I'd say that's a lot worse than someone laughing after a game. I like how it's never okay to laugh when you're losing, but it's apparently okay to be fine with giving up a sack. I'm sure the line is pissed, and rightly so. But of course they're not going to say anything to the media about it.

 

I believe it would be much more likely to fumble the ball when you actually have to hand it off to someone else, compared to holding the ball and taking a slide.

Even if Strahan tried to take the ball from Favre, the play would be ruled dead because Favre was already on the ground.

This "he could fumble and cost the game" argument is weak, I could win the lottery and buy a beach house in Malibu too...

 

You never know what is going to happen on a roll-out. A blitzing DB could've come in and knocked Favre into next week, who knows. If a roll-out is safer than a hand-off, why don't teams ever roll their QBs out of the pocket when they're trying to kill clock and preserve a win? To prevent injury, true, but partly because it's a more risky play as well.

 

I'm referring to the fact that everyone knows that Deacon Jones really owns the record for sacks in a season (I heard yesterday that they've even given him a trophy in the past commemorating this fact)...sorry you can't read this thread and understand it.

I'm also sorry you can't understand how it's not OK to laugh or smile after being eliminated from the playoffs. To me, it was a personal slap in the face after putting so much energy into the year, and, even moreso, that series. If I was disappointed, I would've really liked it if the player I was rooting for gave a flying ****.

I'm sure both Strahan and Favre were laughing...but what you can't seem to grasp is the significance of the situation. For one thing, Favre gave him the record (something I've already stated, and you've already forgotten...big surprise...that I don't agree with) so why should he be upset about it? Strahan just "broke" a 17 year old record, why should he be upset? If Drexler had scored 102 points, or set some other record, then I'd be fine with him smiling. However, if I recall correctly, he went something like 2-15 or something (just an estimate...I know he sucked ass). Regardless, I'm sure that was the only time of the year that Strahan laughed like that at the end of a loss. And if Favre has another chance, which he won't, he won't be laughing after being eliminated from the playoffs.

 

Well it's Brett Favre, they roll him out all of the time, and he doesn't seem to have problems with getting knocked out. Also Favre had the whole defense scouted out before he did that roll-out, so he'd know if there were any free blitzers coming off that side, he also had his eye on the defense the entire time he did the roll-out. It's not like a roll-out pass where the qb actually has to watch downfield for an open WR.

When team's aren't trying to get a first down, they just have the qb take a knee instead of risking a fumble by handing it off. The only reason teams hand the ball off is when they need a first down to run out the clock. So the safest play for a team is letting the qb keep it and take a knee, Favre basically took a knee because a second after he fakes the hand-off, he slides.

 

Also Brett Favre hasn't missed starting a game since 1992, so the odds of him actually getting injured to the point of missing any gametime are the smallest in the entire NFL...

 

If Deacon Jones really owns the record, Favre wouldn't have given away a sack. Obviously the "everyone" you refer to doesn't include Bret Favre, or Strahan for that matter. It also doesn't include the Green Bay lineman that was on the Rome show before the game, saying how much he didn't want the record "broken" against him.

Are you not putting much energy into this year, because Rudy has been laughing on the bench all year long during losses. You're also assuming that laughing or smiling means you don't care. How can you make that assumption? Anytime someone is laughing in or after a game, it means they don't care? Have you ever laughed after a bad day at work? Do you think you might have cause to laugh or smile after your last day at work, EVER?

The significance of the situation, I see. So breaking a "record", that you seem to be saying wasn't even really broken, is more significant than finishing the last game of your life?

You don't know that either of those are true. That could have been the only time in his career that Drexler was laughing after a loss.

Band Geek -- quit nitpicking, I'm just trying to give RM95 a hard time, and you're getting in the way.