Vonta Leach Memorial KTFO Award: Week 1
by MDC on Sep 15, 2011 10:45 AM CDT
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When Vonta Leach left Space City for Bodymore, Murdaland, I considered changing the name of this highly prestigious and universally coveted award. Instead, I decided pay homage to the Human Coke Machine and his time destroying would-be tacklers for your Houston Texans. (Philip Wheeler knows what I'm talking about!)
It's fitting, however, that the first person to win the award in 2011 is the guy who replaced Leach in the Texans' backfield -- FB/H-back/TE/WR/Autobot James Casey -- for his hit (around the 1:19 mark of this video) on Kavell Conner. The best part of that play? He did it on a play action pass. That's right: Casey was so committed to selling the play action that he went ahead and threw what would have been a monster lead block had the play actually be a run. That's dedication to one's craft.
After the jump, we break down a couple frames and hand out the award. FUN!
The offensive line creates a hole, James Casey appears to be the lead blocker, and Kavell Conner reacts to try to make the play on the running back. TWO MEN ENTER, ONE MAN LEAVES!
Casey -- despite knowing that (a) it was not a run and (b) that he had a pass route to run on this play -- stays in character. That character's name? Crusher Q. Headknocker, Esq.
Casey and Conner exchange pleasantries right where the imaginary blue line meets the super-imposed "1st & 10" graphic. Conner finds Casey intriguing; subscribes to his newsletter.
THOR tells the other Colts, "Sorry about your homey ... homies" and continues on his route.
And, with that, Kavell Conner ...
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He was definitely battlin' out there.
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Because of his high motor?
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He can read the playbook?
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Racist!
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
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by Jordann on Sep 15, 2011 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
How ya' figure?
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/southpaw'd
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
-Catch 22-
dammit! /throws the line back out...
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Thor went to Rice, which deserves a
by grungedave on Sep 15, 2011 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Very Ricesque
Mario Williams will have 4 sacks and 1 int by Game 4 of the regular season.
by Barryfromtexas on Sep 15, 2011 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Best community college in Texas.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Sep 16, 2011 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions
One of the craziest parties I ever went to...was at Rice.
Seriously. It blew my mind because I was totally expecting it to be lame.
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did anyone see Vonta mix it up with the Steelers sunday?
did not hesitate to make mark his territory.
I did
but did you read the ravens sbnation talk about the game? He may not be used to being a part of the passing game
by darkmagician on Sep 15, 2011 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions
Of course he did
WhenTHoR knocked Bethea back on a TD run it was pretty good too
Mario Williams will have 4 sacks and 1 int by Game 4 of the regular season.
by Barryfromtexas on Sep 15, 2011 11:38 AM CDT reply actions
So that's what a t-boned smart car looks like.
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Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
-Catch 22-
I didn't catch it at first
But when I saw it posted on BRB the first time from the youtube video, I wept. I think Thor just kinda made us all go “Vonta who?” If he can lay licks like that on play action passes…just damn. He’s arrived.
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with hits like that......
it makes me excited about what thor can do. i hope we don’t have to find out how valuable he is with an injury.
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by NoSafetiesNeeded on Sep 15, 2011 12:24 PM CDT reply actions
This makes me sad
Former Texans TE/WR Dorin Dickerson has “apparently” quit the Steelers’ practice squad.
The Steelers signed the local hero to the practice squad as a tight end Monday. Dickerson practiced Wednesday only to leave the team Wednesday night or Thursday morning. It’s not clear yet if Dickerson is walking away from the game altogether.
via rotoworld
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that is probably why he was cut from here.
Perhaps they didn’t see enough dedication from him. Didn’t he spend offseason working with both Andre Johnson and Larry Fitzgerald?
That IS sad...
Walking away from ANY NFL paycheck to do…. what?
Unbright
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...and do yoga... don't forget the yoga... very important.
I’d have thought he’d have stuck around to pad his blunt fund if nothing else.
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- MDC
"Let’s leave all the football talk to knowledgeable experts who have played the game, like Matt Millen and Emmitt Smith."
-tehGrindCrusher
And meditation, and holistic medicine studies
All things that are way more interesting when you’re stoned.
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
...and wind up hanging in a closet in Thailand wearing women's undergarments?
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- MDC
"Let’s leave all the football talk to knowledgeable experts who have played the game, like Matt Millen and Emmitt Smith."
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by DilloTex on Sep 15, 2011 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
So he's gonna be a bum?
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by MDC on Sep 15, 2011 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'll just be Jules, Vincent
no more, no less
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
by Hydroshock on Sep 15, 2011 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
That is sad news.
I hope that he found his true-calling, and it wasn’t just a lack of determination that made him walk away from an opportunity of a lifetime.
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
-Catch 22-
That story was B.S.
The story disappeared from the paper almost as soon as it went up, but it had already spread through the twitter-verse. Dorin said he has no idea where the guy got that from but it was totally false.
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64 percent of all the world's statistics are made up right there on the spot
82.4 percent of people believe 'em whether they're accurate statistics or not
I don't know what you believe but I do know there's no doubt
I need another double shot of something 90 proof
I got too much to think about
So basically he's hitting near what Vonta was doing last year
but add the versatility of an H-Back. No question now why Vickers is on the bench.
Vickers is pretty much just specials teams right now
For what he’s making, that’s easy money
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by The Night Owl on Sep 15, 2011 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions
IIRC
Vickers whiffed on the lead block on the opening kickoff. Not that it’s a big deal, but it kind of jumped out at me.
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im too lazy to edit or do screen caps but I have a runner up for the KTFO award
play starts at 6:57 of the second quarter, Megawatt™ throws the RG to the floor as if he was a teenage girl for the near sack.
scorindorin Dorin Dickerson
People i did not quit obviously. I dont kno where this fool from the post gazette got that info
good
"Suck it, Jim Tressel, you filthy, cheating, unfashionable piece of monkey scrotum."
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He followed up with
Dorin Dickerson
I cannot say wat happend but if ed bouchette wants to say somthing else tell him to call me
Mario Williams will have 4 sacks and 1 int by Game 4 of the regular season.
by Barryfromtexas on Sep 15, 2011 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions
thor played extremly well
for his first real game at fb except for the one play where the colts defender got in the back field super early and our rb ran right into them both but all in all i was impressed also be careful what you say thors arms will here you and their scary
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by Steelbluecurtain on Sep 15, 2011 1:46 PM CDT reply actions
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by MDC on Sep 15, 2011 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
/laughs
/wanders back over to check food bowl
/sneaks out S-B-D Science Diet fart
/looks bewildered
/chuckles inwardly
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.,,.-'(sic)'
There you go. That’s all the punctuation you were missing.
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