Al Michaels came up with a beauty during tonight's St. Louis-Tampa game, when Rams safety Adam Archuleta made a great strip of the ball from Michael Pittman, picked it up and ran 93 yards for a touchdown. During a replay, Michaels described Archuleta as "rumbling."
"Rumbling" is generally used by announcers when a 315-pound defensive lineman picks up a ball and trys to run with it, or when a slow player in general whether on offense or defense (usually white) is running.Think "rumbling, stumbling, bumbling," made famous by Chris Berman on ESPN's Prime Time. It's hardly a complimentary description of a player's ability to move.
Archuleta has 4.4 speed. Even though he was a linebacker at Arizona State he is still one of the fastest safeties in the NFL. If you saw the play you know Archuleta was motoring -- no one was gonna catch him. "Rumbling" he wasn't.
"Rumbling" is generally used by announcers when a 315-pound defensive lineman picks up a ball and trys to run with it, or when a slow player in general whether on offense or defense (usually white) is running.Think "rumbling, stumbling, bumbling," made famous by Chris Berman on ESPN's Prime Time. It's hardly a complimentary description of a player's ability to move.
Archuleta has 4.4 speed. Even though he was a linebacker at Arizona State he is still one of the fastest safeties in the NFL. If you saw the play you know Archuleta was motoring -- no one was gonna catch him. "Rumbling" he wasn't.