Wow.
Shea McClellin hurdles the line to block the @jtuck9 FG attempt. 😳 #BALvsNE https://t.co/iMrjZjvask
— NFL (@NFL) December 13, 2016
There’s something about a perfect leap over a center to block a field goal that gets a crowd going. Foxboro was treated to that exact sight when New England Patriots special teamer Shea McClellin hurdled over the long snapper to block Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker‘s first quarter field goal.
McClellin perfectly timed the snap, leapt over the Baltimore line without touching the center and got his hands up to smother Tucker’s 34-yard field goal attempt late in the first quarter. If McClellin made contact with the center it would have been a penalty, but he got enough air on the leap to go over the line with ease. He jumped the snap so well
Just seconds before the attempt, Jon Gruden marveled at Tucker’s consistency by saying “I don’t think I’ve ever seen him miss.”
https://twitter.com/xmasape/status/808493205364899841
He, um, missed.
Before that, Tucker had never missed a field goal on Monday Night Football, and was perfect on the season.
