Baseball Sliding Quarterbacks

BLUEJAYWAY

Always wondered when this became an accepted practice. Any idea? I don't recall Namath,Unitas,Tittle,Stabler,Fouts sliding. The old guard took their licks. But it's an understandable practice now with the $ invested in the QB.

DocBenjamin

Elway caused the defenders to slide.

bronco2078

tom brady slid with the grace of jim the anvil neidhart

craig44

@bronco2078 said:
tom brady slid with the grace of jim the anvil neidhart

Hey now, you are talking about a player who rushed for over 1000 yards here!

of course, it took him 23 years to get those yards...

perkdog

Or you can be like Tua and dive head first into defenders

craig44

I just looked it up and it seems that the slide rule was first implemented in 1985. I had no idea it was that old and I certainly dont remember many guys sliding back in the 80s-90s. could just be my memory

bronco2078

i was about to make a joke about the way jim would do the wobble topple fall but ive just learned he tragically died in a fall a few years back

art imitates life............. in this case it predicted the future

BLUEJAYWAY

@craig44 said:
I just looked it up and it seems that the slide rule was first implemented in 1985. I had no idea it was that old and I certainly dont remember many guys sliding back in the 80s-90s. could just be my memory

Thanks for the info. That answers my question.

Basebal21

The best is when teams either hire a baseball player or bring in slip n slides to try and teach the QBs how to slide

bronco2078

they should practice with slip and slides

bgr

Is it too soon to mention baby oil?

coinkat

Bobby Douglass ran over defenders