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发帖数: 14021 | 1 As the 1965 season moved on for the Baltimore Colts, the team sustained
season-ending injuries to starter Johnny Unitas and then backup Gary Cuozzo.
The only option left was third-stringer Tom Matte, a running back by trade.
“By 1965, I had been in the league four years, so I understood our offense
pretty well,” Matte recalled from his home this week. “But this was just a
helpful thing. (Offensive coordinator) Don McCafferty was the one that
really came up with the idea. He said, ‘Let’s make it easy on him.’ And
he did — it worked out very, very well.”
Thanks to his wife, Judy — who he said “had smaller handwriting” — Matte
was able to wear a crude version of the wristband for the final two games
of the regular season and then the playoff game against the Green Bay
Packers.
“We designed it for simplicity’s sake,” said Matte, now 72. “We had
different sets out of the backfield and it was supposed to help me know what
was going on when I was playing quarterback. I was last man standing,
basically. … Everybody is using them now. Whole teams have them.”
The original wristband is now on display at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in
Canton, Ohio. Matte would play only five more years before retiring. More
than four decades later, he’s still amazed that it’s become as popular of
a device as it has.
......... Eli 号称不用，全记下来了
“Eli takes great pride in being able to have all of the calls memorized,”
said Giants quarterbacks coach Mike Sullivan. “On the players’ normal day
off on Tuesday, I’ll fax him the formations and the plays for the game plan
, because he wants to get that stuff squared away, so we can visualize it.”
That attention to detail has allowed Manning to no longer have to rely on
the wristband while in the huddles. It’s also the type of offense the
Giants now run. Complex offenses with drawn-out calls require more
memorization and often times quarterbacks need the wristband to cut down on
time spent saying the play. More time saved means more time to see the
defense and make any last-second adjustments.
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The biggest problem most players and coaches have to deal with? Someone
trying to steal the wristbands.
“When I was in Houston, we had a fumbled snap and I dived on it in the pile
,” Carr recalled. “And guys weren’t grabbing for the ball, they were
going for my wristband and trying to get it off. They’ll use any trick they
can.”
Sullivan admits that part of the reason he’s fine with Manning not using
one is the fear that it’ll come off and a defensive player will quickly
stuff the wristband in his pants. That’s why teams will generally code up
the wristband and the playbook different in case either one is lost or
stolen. | l*x
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发帖数: 33123 | 7 talking about midlife crisis...
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【在 c******n 的大作中提到】
: 最后一句话很惆怅啊
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