Danny Wuerffel's Backwards Helmet

daniel said

I think that was his first start. I definitely remember the Panthers defensive players were talking a lot of trash in the press about 'introducing him to the NFL'. I'm sure they didn't 'try' to flip his helmet around, but they definitely delivered on the trash talk. I kinda liked Danny... I wish he'd stuck around in a coaching assistant capacity or something.

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That was the last play of the first game he ever started, IIRC. I was in the Dome that day, but by the time that play happened I was highly "desensitized". That was a miserable day...it was the first time the Saints had been shut-out since 1982, again IIRC. I do remember being very tempted to throw my beer at a bunch of obnoxious Carolackey fans who were about 20 rows down from me...but chivalry won over emotion.