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ROYALw/CHEESE* BS CB MS 2179 said 01/03, 01:31 PM
If you don't remember Jason Elam's game winning kick against Buffalo, here's how it went down. The Broncos were trailing the whole game and were in the fourth quarter with about 30 seconds or so when Jay Cutler threw a first down to Brandon Marshall. The clock kept running and the Broncos had no timeouts. The clock was ticking down with 11 seconds to go and the special teams unit had to sprint for their lives to at least get the kick off to win it. Only eleven seconds. Never before has a special teams unit got out that fast, , get the kick off, AND make it, which won the game. That made Denver have the lead for one second, the last one. This was a better play than Phil Dawson's double bouncer and back onto the field kick, to tie Baldymore and go into OT. We've all seen A FG hit the side bar, but never have we seen it hit it, then bounce off the "Dawson Bar" and back onto the field. That's incredible and all, but, earlier football players haven't had a chance to do that because there used to be 2 side bars that went all the way down to the ground, and a middle bar wit no back bar. Not to say this might have happened, but there would've been more of a chance to do it.

ROYALw/CHEESE* BS CB MS 2179 said 01/03, 01:52 PM
Haha. You're just jealous. JK. And I did mention that no one has ever done what Dawson did. And that wasn't the kick that made them win, it made the go into OT. If that bar wasn't there, their would be no dispute if he made the field goal or not. Let's not forget, that the refs this year have been a little, stupid. After looking at the replay, they were looking right at the ball and they still had to talk about it. That could be stupidity or just remarkableness. And again I'd like to bring up that that kick was a game tying FG. Even Dawson himself would say that his GW kick was better than the double bouncer that just took a nifty little bounce, that would've been good back in the days of the two bars and the one n the middle with none in the back. But Denver was playing for something important in that first game. They played the game in the memory of Darrent Williams and Damien Nash. And I think Shanahan said it best when he said that he didn't know which of the two helped in the first an second games, cause if yo remember, Elam had another GW kick in Denver's game 2 also, against the Raiders.

ROYALw/CHEESE* BS CB MS 2179 said 01/03, 02:11 PM
Elam's FG was greater because it wasn't a matter of OT. It was a do or die situation, and he decided to do instead of die. And the non-divisional game they were playing for went passed football because they were playing for Darrent and Damien. And the FG that was clearly good, almost didn't happen considering they only had 11 seconds to do, 11 players with eleven second. Let's keep in mind that these weren't wide receivers, corners, and halfbacks getting out here. It was 9 linemen, a kicker, and a holder, who was the punter. Not speed demons in my mind, sorry, but they're not. And if the Browns didn't win that game they'd still have a good chance to make the playoffs considering the Titans were blowing at the time. And if it weren't for Jason Elam, Damien Nash, and Darrent Williams, the Broncos would have a top 10, maybe top 5 pick right now.