
The modern day internet really is like a box of chocolates, you truly never know what you’re going to get. Take the last week for example, could anyone have predicted the back and forth Drake/Kendrick would go on in a short window? #BBLDrizzy Did we know we were gonna get Anthony Edwards bringing back all the best parts of the Attitude Era/late 90’s wrestling? No shot.
No f**king way!!!!!!!!
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) May 7, 2024
After Minnesota annihilates Denver in the first half, TNT sends it to halftime with the NWO WOLFPAC THEME!!! https://t.co/0i4yRR74rt pic.twitter.com/GjrCTUioFR
So with that said, I shouldn’t have been surprised when I logged onto the ol’ X yesterday and found that someone was calling into question an NFL record that has stood for 20 years. I still remember where I was when Strahan recorded the sack, I was a kid but I remember it being weird with Favre sheepishly going down and the hoopla that followed.
I lived in the NYC area during this time, so Strahan getting this record was like winning a playoff game. Fans were elated, even calling me on their flip cell phones from the game to tell me they were there. What they didn’t know is that 20 years later, X user @Jaguargator9NFL could question everything they thought was reality:
Ok while researching for this video I may have uncovered something absolutely insane
— JaguarGator9 (@JaguarGator9NFL) May 8, 2024
I don't think Michael Strahan's sack record from 2001 is legitimate. He didn't have 22.5 sacks. It was a stat error
And no, I'm not talking about the Brett Favre sack in week 17
This play from week 8 against the Cowboys counted as a sack for Strahan
— JaguarGator9 (@JaguarGator9NFL) May 8, 2024
Clint Stoerner snaps the ball at the 44-yard line. He makes it to the 43 1/2 yard line. He gains half a yard. You even see the official on the near side ahead of where the original LOS was pic.twitter.com/79bCwdMwlZ
The only thing crazier than uprooting a record that has stood for 20 years in the NFL, is how cut and dry it seems in this example. That is not a sack, it shouldn’t have been in the record books as a sack plain and simple. If the NFL has any integrity, they really will have no choice but to vacate this specific sack and in fact take the single season record away from Michael. The good news for Strahan, is he has about 10 different vehicles with which to publicly advocate for his position. The bad news, this X thread is now viral on TikTok.
Update: I have gone viral on TikTok now this thing actually has legshttps://t.co/hlm6ICYfBx
— JaguarGator9 (@JaguarGator9NFL) May 9, 2024