arkowi Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 I had a good friend growing up that could stand flatfooted and do a full backflip and land back on his feet...in full football pads. no lie. we were like 6th, 7th grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_was54321 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 A offensive player cant assist the ball carrier into the endzone. Not enforced very often though.Considering most linemen are over 6' 5 and have huge wingspans this idea has no chance of working. Case closed. Maybe not in Dallas.... What about in Denver where the atmosphere is lighter?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_was54321 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 A offensive player cant assist the ball carrier into the endzone. Not enforced very often though.Considering most linemen are over 6' 5 and have huge wingspans this idea has no chance of working. Case closed. Haven't you ever watched World's Strongest Man? Those guys can throw kegs like 20 ft straight up in the air. Redskins need to sign Mario Pudjanowski from Poland- he won the world's strongest man several times. He's also got a good polish name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDawg Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 This thread has gotten out of control. We have m_was54321 quoting himself and thesmartestmaninamerica with such an enormous ego that I'm almost positive that he's fabricated the girlfriend, the looks and the money part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Rad Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 There is some kind of leaping penalty. You can run forward and jump up but cannot run forward and leap. During the "lavar leap" he stops for a moment before the ball is snapped. I remember this being called on the Skins in recent years. Bingo. This is the right answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Rad Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 What if they got a midget and a big strong guy trained as a hammer-thrower. The hammer-thrower could swing the midget (who is holding ball) around his head and easily toss him 10 ft or so, easily enough to get him into the endzone on short yardage. Reminds me of when Walter Payton got carried into the endzone by Willam Perry. Reggie Bush/Matt Lienart sort of did the same thing against Notre Dame too.I think there is a rule against it, but it would be much more fun if there wasn't. Now THIS is funny :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_was54321 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 This thread has gotten out of control. We have m_was54321 quoting himself and thesmartestmaninamerica with such an enormous ego that I'm almost positive that he's fabricated the girlfriend, the looks and the money part. Come on KDawg you are contributing nothing to this conversation. You are just here to call people out who are actually having a dialog. Typical cynical negative post from you. No sense of humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDawg Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Come on KDawg you are contributing nothing to this conversation. You are just here to call people out who are actually having a dialog. Typical cynical negative post from you. No sense of humor. Do you ever actually read my posts? Negative? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsrevival Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Are you implying that you have someone leap over a pile in an attempt to block a field goal or PAT?If someone tried that and someone hit them, they'd more than likely be dead. Think about it. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: My thought exactly. Could you imagine getting a running start and slipping a little right at the very end and not getting up high enough??? You'll have body parts all over the place. SPLAT!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 you're 45 and you're knockin boots with a gymnast? nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDawg Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: My thought exactly. Could you imagine getting a running start and slipping a little right at the very end and not getting up high enough??? You'll have body parts all over the place. SPLAT!! If I were an O-Lineman I'd be salivating watching some guy swandive at me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyeG Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 What if the safety pole-vaulted over the line? that would work too The funniest thing I seen in awhile... Ok,your the kicking team,you line up to kick a FG.You see some yo-yo start running in from 20 yrds. out doing backhand springs :laugh: sureley your not going to snap the ball,your going to wait for him to leap over the line and get a 5 yrd. offsides penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashburnskinsfan Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 There is no rule against this on offense. On defense and special teams there is a rule against leaping. On defense, you cannot use any other player in any way to help you leap. So if the "leaper" can get over the line without any help you are okay. The rule is strict for special teams. You cannot get help from another player to leap, nor can you get a running start to your leap if you come down on another player. The only example of this that I remember would be the Colts vs. Bucs game a few years ago. The game where the Colts were down by 21 with under 4 minutes. In that game, a Buc player ran and lept to block a FG. The FG was blocked but the player was called for leaping because he came down on a teammates back. The Colts got to re-kick and they won the game. I think it's happened a few times. Lavar was also penalized for a leap attempting to block a field goal against the Giants in 2003, but the kick was good and the penalty was declined. Rule 12, Section 3, Article 2 of the 2003 Official Playing Rules of the National Football League defines the unsportsmanlike conduct/leaping penalty as follows: "Clearly running forward and leaping in an obvious attempt to block a field goal, or try-kick after touchdown and landing on players, unless the leaping player was originally lined up within one yard of the line of scrimmage when the ball was snapped." Even if a player could perform a gymnastic-like leap it would be pretty easy to counter. Think of what a gymnast does when they do a somersault ... to generate the forward speed to clear the line you would start a long way back, giving the opponent plenty of notice, and the slightest nudge from the other team as you passed over would be nasty for your landing. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaudry Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 If you want a runningback who can do gymnastics stuff, here is your guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaSkin Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Not a horrible hypothesis, but it would be nearly impossible to perfect for two reasons: 1) pads are heavy 2) You would have to time it pefectly, as you would need a running start to get high enough. And the opponents would do all they could to mess with you in the snap count. In all, not worth a roster spot for this hypothetical "specialist," except maybe on a high school team where the players are smaller and less sophisticated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowboyinDC Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Haven't you ever watched World's Strongest Man? Those guys can throw kegs like 20 ft straight up in the air. Redskins need to sign Mario Pudjanowski from Poland- he won the world's strongest man several times. He's also got a good polish name. Its a penalty, I didn't say it was physically impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richanathai Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Um, thanks for putting words in my mouth DS.Did I recommend any of that? My question is, what would be wrong with having a goal-line specialist with acrobatic training that could leap entirely over the line? It would be unstoppable. DS is it that only you can be creative with ideas????? DA, get a life, wake up, stop dreaming, and stop playing SIMS where in your imaginary world you are PB with a gymnast who can set up in diff positions. :doh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richanathai Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 What if they got a midget and a big strong guy trained as a hammer-thrower. The hammer-thrower could swing the midget (who is holding ball) around his head and easily toss him 10 ft or so, easily enough to get him into the endzone on short yardage. Reminds me of when Walter Payton got carried into the endzone by Willam Perry. Reggie Bush/Matt Lienart sort of did the same thing against Notre Dame too.I think there is a rule against it, but it would be much more fun if there wasn't. Freakin hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazhog Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 This would be legal as long as no other player was used as a stilt or spring board of some type. You used to see this in college ball more in the 80's... In fact, Walter Payton had a goaline move that was similar to what I believe you're talking about... To block like a Punt, I think this would take to much time. It's quicker to come off the corner aiming for the point about 3 yards ahead of the punter (from where he catches the snap) "the kicking spot... The long snapper gets the ball back to the punter as a goal .8 of a second... from the moment the balls snapped... It's actually kicked pretty quick. All you really have to do as a blocker is hold up a guy for a moment... To block a kick a defender needs pretty much a clean shot... Sorry about the long reply... Hope this makes sense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartestmaninamerica Posted January 4, 2006 Author Share Posted January 4, 2006 well, im glad that this 'crazy idea' (which I said it was by the way) has gotten either serious consideration or a good laugh. I was not aware of the anti-leaping rule and that is the obvious reason this is never used on defense - however, someone with great leaping ability would be useful when trying to score from the 1 yard line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paavo Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 As I recall Payton liked leaping over people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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