There was plenty to be amazed by in the first half of an absolute Wild Card shootout between the Houston Texans and Cleveland Browns. Cleveland came out firing with big connections to David Njoku and Kareem Hunt, the latter of which helped stake the Browns to a pair of early leads with touchdowns on back-to-back drives.
Houston volleyed back with Nico Collins, CJ Stroud and an epic catch-and-run from tight end Brevin Jordan. Yet despite all this, the one thing that dominated conversation Saturday afternoon for a quick minute wasn’t how weird trying to explain a high-scoring Browns-Texans playoff game would be to someone time traveling from 2013 or even March 2023.
It was Desmond King, tackling a sliding Joe Flacco (another tough one for the time travelers) and then, momentum unfurled, putting together an involuntary breakdancing seminar on the quarterback’s back.
the coolest way to tackle a sliding quarterback the world has ever seen pic.twitter.com/CvaH4bvT2r
— Christian D'Andrea (@TrainIsland) January 13, 2024
That’s at least 1.5 full revolutions on top of an unwilling participant. And it led to, depending on your frame of reference, a bunch of Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo or Booker T (of Harlem Heat fame) jokes.
Lmaooooo he breakdance tackled Flacco pic.twitter.com/SwtQnHH8vU
— Eric Thompson (@eric_j_thompson) January 13, 2024
Desmond King did the spinneroonie
— John Shipley (@_John_Shipley) January 13, 2024
— Danny Kelly (@DannyBKelly) January 13, 2024
This guy did the Booker T Spinaroonie on top of Flacco.
— Rob Pizzola (@robpizzola) January 13, 2024
the beyblade tackle™️ pic.twitter.com/j9zvqG2S2a
— SB Nation (@SBNation) January 13, 2024
Desmond King sent himself on a spin cycle 😂😵💫
🎥: @NFLUK pic.twitter.com/Gc7qorRpwR
— The 33rd Team (@The33rdTeamFB) January 13, 2024
the NFL should implement break dance training to avoid targeting penalties https://t.co/l86p7xEjFC
— Joe Ali (@JoeAli) January 13, 2024
REFEREE: Penalty on 25 of the defense, excessive backspinning https://t.co/00Jdj3k3Nb pic.twitter.com/qPs7OZClRT
— Danny Kelly (@DannyBKelly) January 13, 2024
You spin me right round baby right round. pic.twitter.com/dIAw1rcPqP
— Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) January 13, 2024
Me when he says “sit and spin” pic.twitter.com/1KPYXzc7Jn
— 🇲🇽 Sabreezie 🇮🇪 (@sf_gamerbabe118) January 13, 2024
Bro I’ve never seen that happen in my life. King did a full 360 spin on flaccos back that was hilarious
— 🚎 ⛓ (@GustosChain) January 13, 2024
Turned Joe into a sit and spin https://t.co/QFBi8h7gkq pic.twitter.com/9wFgAaKB3Q
— Pete Gilbert (@WBALPete) January 13, 2024
Desmond King on Joe Flacco’s back… pic.twitter.com/NtBvi5XjKk
— Tom Strachan (@NFL_TStrack) January 13, 2024
He looked like he was breakdancing on Flacco's back there
— Jeanna Kelley (@jeannathomas) January 13, 2024
Desmond King on top of Joe Flacco pic.twitter.com/q34HgRjwhm
— Playmaker (@playmaker) January 13, 2024
