MONDAY COMMENTARY – RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME

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THERE’S A LOT TO BE SAID FOR BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.

THAT WAS ME ON SUNDAY FOR NOT ONLY THE BIGGEST GAME OF WEEK 3 IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, BUT WHAT I’M TOLD WAS THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENT IN NORTH AMERICA ON THE WEEKEND!
THE SCENE WAS HARD ROCK STADIUM IN MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, AND THE GAME WAS AN AFC MATCH-UP BETWEEN TWO UNBEATEN TEAMS: THE BUFFALO BILLS AND MIAMI DOLPHINS.

I DON’T NEED TO TELL YOU THE GAME WAS SOLDOUT, AT OVER 66-THOUSAND. THESE FANS SELLOUT EVERY GAME, BUT IT WAS TO BE THE BIGGEST REGULAR SEASON GAME IN FLORIDA IN YEARS.

AND IT DIDN’T DISAPPOINT.

NOT SURE IF YOU WERE ABLE TO WATCH IT, BUT IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY MEAN, AND NASTY GAME. THAT WAS BOTH ON THE FIELD, AND OFF.

BILLS FANS ACCOUNTED FOR PROBABLY 40% OF THE STADIUM AND WHEN YOU ADD BOOZE AND 93 DEGREE HEAT, YOU KNOW THE FISTS ARE GOING TO BE FLYING.

THEY WERE; IN THE STANDS, AND ON THE GRIDIRON.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE BILLS WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A CAKEWALK IN THIS ONE, AS THE STRONGEST TEAM IN THE ENTIRE CONFERENCE.

THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. WHILE THE OFFENSES MARCHED THE BALL UP AND DOWN THE FIELD, THINGS GOT TIGHT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER AND THAT’S WHEN STAR BUFFALO QUARTERBACK JOSH ALLEN LOOKED CONFUSED AND GOT FORCED INTO MISTAKES.

AND WHAT WILL GO DOWN IN INFAMY CAME WITH A MINUTE TO GO WHEN, WITH THE DOLPHINS UP 21-17, MIAMI PUNTER THOMAS MORESTEAD ATTEMPTED TO PUNT THE BALL OUT HIS OWN END ZONE. SADLY FOR HIM, THE PUNT BOUNCED OFF THE BACKSIDE OF HIS UPBACK AND OUT-OF-BOUNDS.

IT’S NOW UNIVERSALLY KNOWN AS THE “BUTT PUNT”.

BUFFALO GOT TWO POINTS AND THE BALL BACK BUT RAN OUT OF TIME AND MIAMI ESCAPED WITH A 21-19 UPSET VICTORY AND THE BRAGGING RIGHTS AS THE ONLY UNBEATEN TEAM IN THE CONFERENCE.

THE BUTT PUNT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PLANNED, AND YOU HAVE TO CHALK THAT ONE UP TO THE FOOTBALL GODS.

SORT OF LIKE BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE, AT THE RIGHT TIME.

THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY

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