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Cake day: October 25th, 2023

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  • It’s worth noting that at the time, they weren’t seen as a mediocre team per se. They had been one game from the Super Bowl 2 out of the last 3 years and a lot of people felt if their offense could just get together they might push over the edge. The defense fell down in 2011 but it seemed like a one year blip. So it felt more like the bottom falling out on a true “what if” team, since despite having guys like Mark Sanchez at QB they were one score from the Super Bowl. Rex Ryan was a hot commodity with a fiery personality who talked trash and beat Brady + Bill in the playoffs (which also made the butt fumble game some sweet revenge for some people). Stuff like that.


  • As someone who watched it, a big reason is because of the timing. The Patriots went from 7-0 to 28-0 within a span of a minute, got a touchdown early, Jets fumble right at the three yard line, two plays later Mark Sanchez runs into his own lineman’s ass and then the very next kickoff is another fumble that gets returned for a touchdown.

    Sanchez had always gotten criticism (because he was Bad) but could shield it by saying he won in the playoffs. That game essentially signalled the end of an era of hope for the Jets with their strong defense as Sanchez became too much of a liability to actually win despite their amazing defense and then went on to only have one winning season and 0 playoff appearances since then.

    Combine that with the fact that a player running into his own offensive lineman’s ass and fumbling is funny and you get something that both serves as a representation of a moment in time, when the Jets lost all hope, and as an inherently funny play.





  • Oh GOD I remember that! And the reveal of it as a gift with the ugly art on the front. Had a friend who was memeing on it from the start, felt so exploitative:

    “Hello there vagina-owners! Are you tired of being told you make less money than men every day by social media outlets? Well we have just the solution for you!” “Reskinned Monopoly!” “That game nobody plays anymore and everybody hates because it’s miserable!” “Now branded for Women™!”

    Follow by a “Actually who the fuck are they marketing this toward”.