Countdown to 2008 NFL Kickoff

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    matt robinson 17 Well-Known Member

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    I was at that game too, it was a 60 yard punt return TD, the crowd went nuts, everyone was chanting Loooouuuuuuuu!!!! I liked Piccone so much that I peeled part of the 8 on my Rich Caster jersey to make it look like #89...
     
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    Haha, that's great. On NFLN recently they were doing a piece on those bad Bucs and showed clips from that game.
     
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    matt robinson 17 Well-Known Member

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    Joe Willie and Richard Todd shared that game at QB, a very sad moment at Shea....the beginning of the downward spiral!
     
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    Italian Seafood New Member

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    Didn't they share most of that season? I was 9 but I've read about it--Lou Holtz wanted Namath between the 20s and Todd to run the veer offense in the red zone, something like that. I remember them going in and out and the crowd roar when Joe came back in. That game was one of the few bright spots of that season, one of three wins.
     
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    nyjunc 2008 TGG Bryan Cox "Most Argumentative" Award Winn

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    The downward spiral began long before that year.
     
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    WhiteShoeWillis Well-Known Member

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    nyjunc 2008 TGG Bryan Cox "Most Argumentative" Award Winn

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    Dwight Stone
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    matt robinson 17 Well-Known Member

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    George Sauer #83...a fantastic receiver

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    matt robinson 17 Well-Known Member

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    True...but I'm meant it was the end for my hero Joe Willie!
     
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    matt robinson 17 Well-Known Member

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    Yes and Todd was horrible, which pissed us all off, 'cause we wanted Joe Willie to play...
     
  11. Italian Seafood

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    Future star--that didn't exactly work out, did it?

    Good find. Got him from the LA Express of the USFL--another guy who returned kicks well, forgot about him.
     
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    nyjunc 2008 TGG Bryan Cox "Most Argumentative" Award Winn

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    Kevin Swayne(His only NFL TD but not his biggest catch as a Jet, do you know what his biggest catch was?)
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    Blake Spence- He'd be a beloved NY Jet if they had held on in Denver. This pic is a little tricky, try to name the game.
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    Wild guess: regular season 2001 vs Cincinnati in a comeback win we needed for the playoffs? I remember him making a big catch along the sidelines late, I think.


    A little tricky? A 1998 home game, early season, that's all I've got. Ravens in Week 2?
     
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    Cakes Mr. Knowledge 2010

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    The Titans/Jets have returned 20 kickoffs for scores.

    3
    Justin Miller
    Leon Washington

    2
    Leon Burton
    Bobby Humphery
    Chad Morton

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    Emerson Boozer
    Jonathan Carter
    Jerricho Cotchery
    Aaron Glenn
    Leon Johnson
    Burgess Owens
    JoJo Townsell
    Kevin Williams



    16 punts returned for scores

    4
    Dick Christy

    2
    Santana Moss
    JoJo Townsell

    1
    Bill Baird
    Chris Farasopoulos
    Bruce Harper
    Michael Harper
    Leon Johnson
    Terance Mathis
    Lou Piccone
    Kirk Springs
     
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    Can't believe we're only 82 Kevin Swayne days until the first regular season game. Can't wait.
     
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    Both in one game, one was the opening kickoff of the year, and the other won it in OT.
     
  17. Italian Seafood

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    People made a huge deal out of him leaving for the Redskins, too, when he really just had that one great game for us. That game ultamitely was a key factor in us winning the AFC East that year though, Vinny's only win for the season.
     
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    nyjunc 2008 TGG Bryan Cox "Most Argumentative" Award Winn

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    Swayne's biggest catch was against Oakland in '01 so you had the year right but were off by a few weeks. It was during the GW FG drive and on a 3rd and 10.

    The pic is from 1998 but there are some clues in the pic to let you know when it was from. This one is extremely difficult.
     
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    Matthew Hatchette
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    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    Dude, junc, if you're gonna put Hatchette in there, you might as well include McCareins. :smile:
     

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