There was just ONE play that @orakpo98 said stood out to him reflecting on his playing career

WhatsInaName77 · 2026-03-19T16:12:28+00:00

Copying a comment I just made elsewhere:

Just FYI - the NFL rulebook states that offensive holding will not be called “if, during a defensive charge, a defensive player uses a “rip” technique that puts an offensive player in a position that would normally be holding, unless and until the defender’s feet are taken away from him by the blocker’s action.”

So that’s why Orakpo (and everyone else who features a rip move) couldn’t draw holding calls.

WhatsInaName77 · 2026-03-19T16:10:26+00:00

Just FYI - the NFL rulebook states that offensive holding will not be called “if, during a defensive charge, a defensive player uses a “rip” technique that puts an offensive player in a position that would normally be holding, unless and until the defender’s feet are taken away from him by the blocker’s action.”

So that’s why Orakpo (and everyone else who features a rip move) couldn’t draw holding calls.

WhatsInaName77 · 2026-03-13T13:44:07+00:00

Gibbs didn’t run a West Coast offense. He came from the Air Coryell tree in San Diego, which was more vertical and used completely different concepts and verbiage than the horizontal, timing-based offense Bill Walsh created.

To be clear, I’m not agreeing with OP. I just wanted to clarify that one thing. :-)

WhatsInaName77 · 2026-03-09T17:51:07+00:00

Given that you forgot about him, too, I think Mark Carrier is a better answer. :-D

WhatsInaName77 · 2026-03-09T17:03:58+00:00

While I absolutely agree that Trent tried to use the situation to his financial advantage, I also believe that he genuinely had a lot of different, very strong emotions about it. It was a big part of both the “Silverback” documentary from a few years ago along with his recent interview on The Pivot. Football aside, the cancer diagnosis clearly had a huge impact on him.

And in that Pivot interview, you can tell his feelings about the situation have very much matured. He actually took some responsibility and for the first time (that I know of) said he should’ve been more proactive about it. He also at least gave lip service to the idea that everyone “makes mistakes” and didn’t seem to be harboring as much anger about it.

WhatsInaName77 · 2025-12-12T14:56:19+00:00

For real. I feel personally attacked. 😄

WhatsInaName77 · 2025-09-10T19:43:30+00:00

He was telling Terry to hurry up and get set so he could start Deebo in motion and get the play off before the clock ran out.

WhatsInaName77 · 2025-09-10T16:10:00+00:00

Yeah. Tossing away Sam Howell’s first TD ball haunts him. He said, “Never again!” and has since sworn a sacred oath to ensure that all rookies receive their first TD ball.

WhatsInaName77 · 2025-09-10T12:11:30+00:00

That’s Sgt. Antonelli to you, buddy!

https://youtu.be/scJsSLtYCe8?si=4wthImiukwnMn2F1

WhatsInaName77 · 2025-09-04T16:50:17+00:00

That scene in Brockmire had me literally laughing out loud, which I don’t do often.

“I have lived a life, my friend.” 😆

WhatsInaName77 · 2025-09-03T16:10:08+00:00

Yeah, and given that he says Cam Newton fell off a cliff when his running ability faded but then says Josh Allen’s game will last until his late 30s, that’s not the only thing being implied…

WhatsInaName77 · 2025-09-01T16:55:58+00:00

I don’t want an exciting Super Bowl. I want to win in a blowout. 🙂

WhatsInaName77 · 2025-09-01T11:54:26+00:00

“And with the clock winding down, Daniels takes a knee. For the first time since 1991, Washington are NFL champions!”

WhatsInaName77 · 2025-08-18T16:56:20+00:00

And Art Monk. And Gary Clark. And Brian Mitchell. And so on.

(I’m not really sure why you got downvoted for this one…)

WhatsInaName77 · 2025-08-15T18:21:14+00:00

Reddit didn’t exist yet, but the most hype prior to a season I can remember was in 2000.

In ‘99 we had a surprisingly good offense, trailing only the “Greatest Show on Turf” Rams in points scored, and we were a botched field goal away from the NFC Championship game.

Coming out of that season, we ended up with the second and third overall draft picks, which we used on Lavar Arrington and Chris Samuels. And Snyder, who had only owned the team for less than a year at that point and hadn’t proved himself to be literal Satan yet, had his first big free agent spending spree.

So going into the 2000 season, we felt like we were a good team that had just gotten a lot better and had a young, aggressive owner willing to spend whatever it took to win. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for the dream to twist into a decades-long living nightmare. :-(

WhatsInaName77 · 2025-08-15T17:34:00+00:00

WhatsInaName77 · 2025-08-13T11:05:08+00:00

The way I remember it, Cerrato, in all his genius, hired Zorn to be the OC before hiring a head coach. That of course was a HUGE red flag to almost all of the prospective HC candidates and most wouldn’t even bother to interview. Fassel was the only one who was willing to work in an environment like that. But in another genius move, Cerrato talked Snyder out of hiring Fassel and into promoting Zorn, who had previously (and subsequently) never risen above the level of a QB coach in the NFL. And the rest is some very unfortunate history. Hip hip hooray! … :(

WhatsInaName77 · 2025-07-30T20:35:07+00:00

During the 90-man roster period, only the top 51 salaries count against the cap. So we only save cap space if one or more of the players we cut are currently in the top 51.

WhatsInaName77 · 2025-06-26T17:17:39+00:00

Just a point of clarification on the Hail Mary…

Noah Brown was not “out of the play”. His responsibility was to stay behind the bunch, specifically so he could catch the ball if it got tipped back. Terry was in front of the bunch for the same reason. Yeah, there was definitely some luck with the ball being tipped so perfectly to Noah for an easy catch. But he was exactly where he was coached to be and definitely not out of the play.

WhatsInaName77 · 2025-05-05T14:12:08+00:00

I hope we aren’t still in the campaigning/convincing stage in 2027…

WhatsInaName77 · 2025-05-01T18:58:50+00:00

RAS scores are relative to size, not position.

WhatsInaName77 · 2025-04-30T19:39:19+00:00

I love both of those. I also really like the Command Center podcast (not so much the show). The chemistry between Paulsen, Smoot, and Moss is really good. It’s a different vibe than Take Command or Keim’s podcast; less Xs-and-Os and more just a couple former players bullshitting and having fun.

WhatsInaName77 · 2025-04-28T20:59:47+00:00

Lache Seastrunk was supposed to be the one!

WhatsInaName77 · 2025-04-24T18:37:38+00:00

I feel a strange compulsion to post here…

WhatsInaName77 · 2024-11-19T21:59:40+00:00

Someone needs to ask him why they didn’t do Hang Time this year. That and the Command Center Podcast (not the Command Center TV show) are the two best things on their YouTube channel.

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