The Dan Connolly Appreciation Thread

[JustEndTheSeason]

[patchick]

Originally Posted by maxhagen

I don't think it was funny. I believe it was awe inspiring.

Oh, I don't mean to belittle his awesome effort. Sometimes you laugh out of sheer delight.

[blackglass3]

Originally Posted by convertedpatsfan

We thought Troy Brown was versatile...

Wonder if Connolly could be a nickle DB...

[MassPats38]

Originally Posted by patchick

Personally, I was laughing like mad and my husband wanted to know how a football game had suddenly gotten that funny.

Same here.

It reminded me of the scene in The Replacements where the lineman catches a tipped pass and runs it in for a TD and the Madden commentary that went with that scene.

And yes, it was awe inspiring and may well have saved the game given the way things were going at the time.

[VJCPatriot]

Connolly really had the play of the game with that huge return. Momentum came back to the Pats after that play and they go into the half only down 3 instead of 10. That was huge! Thanks alot big guy!

[Haley]

I hope they give him the game ball.

[Froob]

Thank god pats won so we can still look back at that without a painful loss in mind. I was hoping he'd just go down so he wouldn't fumble but DAMN. This guy needs to get the ball more .

[TheBeers]

Originally Posted by Haley

I hope they give him the game ball.

If you watched Wilforks post game... he pretty much says they did

[mgteich]

Connolly reminded me of a Sam Cunningham 70+ yard run from long ago. At the end, Cunningham looked like he needed oxygen.
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Connolly deserves the game ball. His run was the difference maker and certainly the play of the game.

[maxhagen]

My crazy mind playing games with me but maybe the team should use him as a short yardage back... as we can see, he is not afraid to run WITH the ball... and he is fairly fast for a 300+ pound freight train...