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re: RIP Tom Dempsey dead of Covid virus
Posted on 4/5/20 at 12:41 am to geauxpurple
Posted on 4/5/20 at 12:41 am to geauxpurple
quote:A few years ago some guy posted on the saints board that he was about that age and at the game with his mother. When The Lions took the lead she figured the game was over, so she decided to leave. As they were exiting the stadium they heard this great roar from the crowd....
God bless Tom Dempsey. I was 12 years old but I was in the stadium when he kicked his field goal.
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Posted on 4/5/20 at 12:43 am to Dandy Lion
quote:
Somebody beat his 63 yard kick?
Shame.
RIP Tom Dempsey
Matt Prater hit a 64 yarder
he had the benefit of doing it in the thin, mile high air of Denver
and also did it at the end of the 1st half of what would turn into a blowout Broncos win... not a game-winner at the buzzer like Dempsey's
also... 63 has been tied 3 times
David Akers (SF) hit from 63 in GB
Sebastian Janikowski (OAK) hit from 63 in DEN*
Jason Elam (DEN) hit from 63 over JAX in DEN*
the thin air of Denver was a factor in 3 of the 4 official 63+ yd FGs hit since Dempsey set the record
ETA: I'm fairly certain 64 has even been surpassed in the preseason... but that's preseason so it doesn't count to the official NFL records
ETA2: in fact... of the 5 kicks made in the NFL regular season from 63 or greater... only 1 was done at the end of the 4th quarter and it was Dempsey's... the others were all at the end of the 2nd quarter
This post was edited on 4/5/20 at 12:55 am
Posted on 4/5/20 at 12:44 am to Dandy Lion
quote:The a-hole Denver kicker took a free shot at the end of the half and took great care to line up precisely one yd longer than Dempsey
Somebody beat his 63 yard kick?
Shame.
The irony is that with the thin Denver air it would have been good from 70
Posted on 4/5/20 at 12:48 am to Kafka
quote:
The a-hole Denver kicker took a free shot at the end of the half and took great care to line up precisely one yd longer than Dempsey
The irony is that with the thin Denver air it would have been good from 70
in my quick research... that story was true about Elam's tying kick back in 1998... not Prater's record-breaking kick in 2013
Elam made sure it was lined up on the yard marker needed to make sure it would tie the record
Posted on 4/5/20 at 1:15 am to JodyPlauche
quote:petty larceny
Stealing that
Posted on 4/5/20 at 1:17 am to CockyTime
im going to hell for laughing at that
Posted on 4/5/20 at 1:20 am to Tiger Ryno
Posted on 4/5/20 at 1:20 am to Tiger Ryno
RIP. Saint legend.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 2:25 am to contraryman
quote:
Not amputated. He was born without toes or fingers on his right feet and hand.
It's called congenital amputation.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 2:38 am to contraryman
Born with club foot.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 2:43 am to Kafka
God I love those uniforms!!
That's gold, not tan or mustard.
RIP
That's gold, not tan or mustard.
RIP
Posted on 4/5/20 at 2:47 am to TigerNOLAGirl
quote:
God I love those uniforms!!
Yep.....those unis are greatness.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 5:56 am to Zappas Stache
Met him on Canal Street during Mardi Gras going way back. A genuine nice guy.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 6:27 am to tgr4ever
quote:
“He’s old so it doesn’t matter”
-The OT
No. Some of us can be sad and use logic simultaneously though. He did have Alzheimers and was in an assisted living facility before this. His quality of life was low enough for his family to DNR him rejecting treatment for low oxygen levels even after improving enough to return to the AL facility.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 6:40 am to Paul Allen
quote:
I thought there was an article like 2 days ago saying he was ok
My grandpa had it. Was doing fine for a week. Then had trouble breathing one day. Went to hospital at 3 and dead by 6.
When it comes it comes fast
Posted on 4/5/20 at 7:24 am to Tiger Ryno
I will always remember the day he kicked that. My Dad and I went ballistic. RIP Tom.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 7:30 am to Kafka
Arguably the highlight of the first two decades of the otherwise mostly futile Saints’ existence.
RIP TD
RIP TD
Posted on 4/5/20 at 7:36 am to soccerfüt
Posted on 4/5/20 at 7:37 am to Kafka
Even the ref in that gif is like, “holy shite, he made it!”
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