I want to break down the technique on this video from my good friend @LasVegasLocally and explain why it’s a textbook example of how to blitz the quarterback and secure a sack on a passing down. Walk with me:
1. This is as he’s leaping into the air. Note the technique here. Rather than doing a box jump or trying to climb, he’s approaching the podium/offensive line as would an Olympic hurdler. He’s launching off his left and lifting his right leg so his momentum can take him over.
2. His next move is to “get perpendicular” so that his full body can clear the podium/offensive line. This is what a good pole vaulter would do, and this is exactly the kind of disregard for your own body that you look for in a blitzing linebacker.
3. As the quarterback starts to escape the pocket, he adjusts his angle in mid air. This prevents the blocker coming in from his right from getting there in time to prevent the e sack.
4. Despite the speed of the play, he has the tackling discipline to wrap up and secure the sack, even with an offensive lineman hanging on him.
5. But he knocked over the flag of the oldest and greatest country on earth, so he should get flagged for a personal foul.
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Last night, Kari Lake’s senate campaign joined the ranks of Keith Olbermann, Lord Maple Leaf, Hugh Freeze, and Senator Lauren Boebert by attempting to disrespect me. It did not end well for her
This is the story 🧵
1. This was not my first run in with Governor Pond, who two years ago told me to “log off” and I was forced to put her in her place
2. Yesterday, her campaign account turned into Twitter’s hall monitor and demanded that @TheBabylonBee only publish “valid satire” and was promptly ratioed.
1. The vast majority of the posts are garden-variety liberal/Biden-supporting talking points that could just as easily come from a JoJo or Brooklyn Dad (and yes, conservative twitter is every bit as bad about passing around the talking point of the day).
2. As a result, there’s no reason to think from the vast majority of tweets that this is parody. If you see a tweet and then and check the last 8-10, nothing suggests it’s parody. This alone sets it off, as most parody accounts only make parody tweets.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the next great piece of American Literature, to be released on Twitter:
This is a truly momentous event. Over this summer I will be tweeting out my book, Not Some Random Clown, which details how I became a youth football coaching legend and won my first title. 34 glorious chapters. Chapter 1 drops tomorrow.
Come take a walk with me through the history of the Gerald R. Ford Right to Tailgate Act of 2023, a 🧵 you won’t want to miss
1. Early this week, the unthinkable was announced - that tailgating would not be allowed at @SoFiStadium for the college football national championship game. Faced with unadulterated communism, I decided to take action once I stopped shaking with rage
2. On Wednesday evening, I drafted HR 1 - The Gerald R. Ford Right to Tailgate Act of 2023 on my phone and released it to universal acclaim: