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The best NFL trend is 300-pounders catching touchdowns

It’s big man touchdown season

A record-breaking amount of players over 300 pounds have caught a touchdown pass so far in 2019.

Who doesn’t love to see the NFL’s largest players score touchdowns? Linemen battle all game in the trenches in relative anonymity. It’s heartwarming to see them get a chance to step into the spotlight.

But in most years, those rare opportunities come with a random stroke of luck. A tipped pass that lands in the arms of a defensive tackle, or a fumble that’s recovered by an offensive lineman in the end zone. That’s not what’s happening this season.

Teams are scheming up ways to throw touchdown passes to some of the biggest players in the NFL.

When Buffalo Bills offensive tackle Dion Dawkins caught a touchdown pass in Week 16, he became the fifth player over 300 pounds to record a receiving touchdown in 2019. That’s the most in an NFL season in at least two decades.

At 320 pounds, @BuffaloBills offensive tackle Dion Dawkins became the 5th player weighing 300+ pounds to catch a receiving touchdown this season. That is the most in a single-season since at least 1995.#BUFvsNE

— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) December 21, 2019

Then it happened again the very next day. Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Christian Wilkins hauled in a 1-yard touchdown pass that made it six on the year for 300-pounders. It’s a big man touchdown revolution, so buckle up and enjoy the ride.

Here are all the 300-pound touchdown receptions of the 2019 season, ranked by the weight of the receiver.

8. Titans OT David Quessenberry — 310 pounds (Week 2 vs. Colts)

It’s hard to imagine how the Colts could lose a 6’5, 310-pound offensive tackle in the middle of the end zone ... until you see it. Some pre-snap motion and a play-action fake made it easy for Quessenberry to sneak through and run straight toward the goal post. All Marcus Mariota had to do was hit him with a quick dart.

Draw it up, Arthur Smith! Goal line TD for offensive lineman David Quessenberry. #INDvsTEN pic.twitter.com/hlCGIvsww8

— Tennessee Titans (@Titans) September 15, 2019

This particular touchdown was cool for more reasons than Quessenberry’s size. He spent years fighting non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and didn’t make his NFL debut until 2017, the end of what should’ve been his fifth NFL season. He’s spent most of 2019 on the Titans’ practice squad, but for a brief moment in September he got a bit of NFL glory.

7. Ravens FB Patrick Ricard — 311 pounds (Week 1 vs. Dolphins)

A touchdown in the opener for Ricard wasn’t that surprising. Unlike the rest of the players on this list, Ricard actually plays an offensive position that touches the ball from time to time.

He was a defensive tackle in college, but moved to fullback when he joined the Ravens in 2017. He also caught two touchdown passes as a rookie. His touchdown in Baltimore’s season opener was the third of his career.

ANOTHER ONE. @LJ_era8 throws his 5TH touchdown of the day. @Pric508 gets in on the action this time. pic.twitter.com/HBTSyp2K8V

— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) September 8, 2019

Ricard was named to his first career Pro Bowl earlier this month.

T-5. Dolphins DT Christian Wilkins — 315 pounds (Week 16 vs. Bengals)

Wilkins’ 1-yard touchdown against the Bengals wasn’t the cleanest play you’ll ever see. He fumbled at the goal line and had to pick up in the end zone. Still, he got the job done,

BIG. MAN. TOUCHDOWN.#CINvsMIA #FinsUp pic.twitter.com/na3tkrS6cp

— Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) December 22, 2019

Miami’s first-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft and it’s not too shocking that he’s someone they’d think to use on offense. After all, he showed the world his remarkable flexibility by doing the splits to celebrate a national championship victory for Clemson.

T-5. Falcons OT Ty Sambrailo — 315 pounds (Week 17 vs. Buccaneers)

Most touchdowns for big men are from a short distance. Sambrailo broke free for a 35-yard touchdown, the longest for any offensive lineman since 1970.

BIG MAN UP THE SEAM! Right tackle Ty Sambrailo goes 35 yards on the TD reception! #InBrotherhood : #ATLvsTB on FOX : NFL app // Yahoo Sports app Watch free on mobile: https://t.co/HYJhHN7b2Y pic.twitter.com/Zj4t4uHCDf

— NFL (@NFL) December 29, 2019

Back in his days at Colorado State, Sambrailo came inches away from a receiving touchdown. It took him four years before he finally got his redemption.

4. Bills OT Dion Dawkins — 320 pounds (Week 16 vs. Patriots)

Larger men caught touchdown passes in 2019, but Dawkins’ grab may be the best because it came with a five-star celebration. The whole Bills offensive line was ecstatic to see one of their own score a touchdown, and then Dawkins hit us with a dance.

BIG MAN TD! Dion Dawkins hauls in the @BuffaloBills touchdown to tie it up. #GoBills @DDawkins66 : #BUFvsNE on @NFLNetwork Watch now on your : https://t.co/tbGyM1cXB3 How to watch on any device: https://t.co/9oFWSFEujX pic.twitter.com/9ehc5D2TUc

— NFL (@NFL) December 21, 2019

Dawkins actually caught a touchdown in 2018 too. That one also came with jubilation from his teammates; however, there was no dance. He was more prepared the second time around.

3 and 2. Titans OT Dennis Kelly — 321 pounds (Week 12 vs. Jaguars; AFC Championship vs. Chiefs

Much like Quessenberry’s touchdown earlier in the year, the Titans snuck another offensive lineman into the end zone off of play action. The second time it was 6’8 offensive tackle Dennis Kelly.

BIG MAN TD! OL Dennis Kelly scores for the @Titans! #TitanUp #JAXvsTEN : CBS : NFL app // Yahoo Sports app Watch free on mobile: https://t.co/YLI9jW8U5W pic.twitter.com/5zQG71DOLP

— NFL (@NFL) November 24, 2019

Another excellent celebration ensued with Kelly passing out imaginary beers to his teammates for shotgunning. If big-man touchdown receptions wasn’t the NFL trend of 2019, beer-themed celebrations for offensive linemen may be the top trend instead.

That wasn’t all for Kelly. He caught another touchdown pass in the AFC Championship:

HE'S ELIGIBLE! @DennisKelly67 | #TENvsKC pic.twitter.com/fUdWLpluh8

— Tennessee Titans (@Titans) January 19, 2020

The latter made Kelly the heaviest player in NFL history to catch a postseason touchdown.

1. Buccaneers DT Vita Vea — 347(!!!) pounds (Week 12 vs. Falcons)

Vea isn’t just the largest man on this list. At just under 350 pounds, he’s one of the heaviest in the entire league. The Lions’ 350-pound defensive tackle Damon “Snacks” Harrison is the only defensive player heavier than Vea.

So naturally, the Buccaneers had to find a way to throw Vea a touchdown pass.

THIS IS NOT A DRILL VITA VEA HAS HAULED IN HIS FIRST CAREER TOUCHDOWN pic.twitter.com/UXlButlO9H

— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) November 24, 2019

Vea has taken a few offensive snaps in 2019, mostly as a lead blocker. But on one glorious play, Vea gave us the biggest big-man touchdown in NFL history.

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I feel the title is obviously perfect for this situation as it is for most things Jaguars. WHAT A SHITSHOW 💩💩💩💩 . . Well past time for change! Clean house Shad👉🏼✌🏽 can’t expect folks to blindly keep supporting this 💩 it’s gone on for far to long. This team is making me and my associates disinterested is the franchise and sport as a whole. It just takes everything from you. And I hate losing, most of all to the Titans and this team has become pretty darn good at that. . #Tealtalk💯 #duuuval #Jaguars #JAXVSTEN #GameDayDuval #Jaguars #TitanUp #tealblackandbold #AFCBattles #TealPride #flamingthumbtacks #jaguarsgonnajaguar #changeiscoming #BigCats #JaguarsFootball #JaxSports #WhiteBlack #ILoveJaxSports #TellShadWhatchaThink #BoldMoves #The904 #ForeverJaguars #BoldcastifySports #JaxFL #BoldcastifyMedia (at Duval County, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5RC9RABD3y/?igshid=3ooj6rs12uho

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The Titans have been secretly fun FOR MONTHS

The Titans’ surge began when they switched to Ryan Tannehill at quarterback.

Tennessee’s been a low-key must-watch team since October.

The Titans don’t really make sense as a conference finalist in 2020. Their starting quarterback has thrown for 160 total yards in two playoff wins. Only one player on the roster had more than 43 catches during the regular season. Their defense is anything but dominant, ranking smack-dab in the middle of most efficiency ratings and finishing 21st in yards allowed this fall.

But buried underneath two of the NFL’s most pass-heavy offenses in the conference championship games is Tennessee, capable of grinding the bones of your favorite team into dust. The Titans went from early-season afterthought to the doorstep of an NFL title opportunity thanks to Ryan Tannehill (a quarterback the Dolphins didn’t want), the broad shoulders of tailback Derrick Henry, and a roster with 51 other guys ready to step up and make a play — and then roast their opponent afterward.

Along the way, they’ve beaten the reigning Super Bowl champion, this season’s Super Bowl favorite, and already have a win against the AFC’s preseason Super Bowl favorites — a Chiefs team they’ll face Sunday in the AFC Championship Game. Tennessee is one win from its first Super Bowl appearance since Kevin Dyson came up one yard short of the end zone in 2000.

The Titans’ presence as one of the NFL’s last teams standing may have come as underdogs, but it’s not surprising. They have been doing this since October.

Tennessee hasn’t looked back since one major change back in October

The Titans didn’t look like a playoff team early in 2019. They looked like a speed bump on a better team’s road to the Super Bowl.

Mike Vrabel’s offense sputtered through a four-game stretch in which Tennessee went 1-3 and scored seven points or fewer in all three losses. The nadir was a 16-0 smothering at the hands of the Broncos — a valley that also proved the foundation from which the team’s AFC title game run was built.

That lack of firepower necessitated a change at quarterback. Marcus Mariota was out. Ryan Tannehill, rescued from the Dolphins for a swap of Day 3 picks (and with a heavily restructured contract) was in. The difference the new passer made was undeniable — and it wasn’t just through the air. Over the next 11 weeks, Tennessee would turn a 2-4 start into a 9-7 record and a wild card berth.

The Titans had averaged just 290.5 yards per game of total offense through Week 6 (27th-best in the NFL), Tannehill’s presence pushed that number to 406.2 yards per contest (third-best, behind only the Cowboys and Ravens). Under Mariota, the offense had failed to crack 200 passing yards three times in six games to start the season, all of which were losses. Tannehill‘s offense did the same just three times in Tennessee’s final 10 games. Each was a Titan victory.

Around this time, Tennessee became fun as hell

A once-unwatchable team had become one of the league’s most exciting, even if the Titans’ ascendance wasn’t yet obvious to the NFL world at large. Tannehill’s leveled-up intermediate passing game led to a win in his first start against the Chargers and began A.J. Brown’s transformation into a potential offensive rookie of the year winner. Three weeks later, Henry stamped his arrival across the league’s forehead with a 188-yard performance in a comeback win over the Chiefs.

There was more to this team than just a few wins and an unlikely turnaround. Tennessee was getting contributions from everyone across the roster.

In Week 12, the Titans gave a 320-pound lineman a touchdown catch and were rewarded for their valiance with a beautiful shotgunning celebration:

Open up the cooler for the boys! #JAXvsTEN#BudLightCelly | @budlight pic.twitter.com/5DmJtbFq0s

— Tennessee Titans (@Titans) November 24, 2019

Brown, now looking like a legit Offensive Rookie of the Year frontrunner, became an elite deep threat. He’d have nine plays of 40+ yards in 16 games, including a 91-yard touchdown catch that helped scatter the ashes of the Raiders’ playoff hopes to the wind.

RYAN TANNEHILL THROWS FOR 391 YARDS AND THREE TUDDYS, KING HENRY HAS ONE HAMSTRING AND STILL SCORES TWICE, AJ BROWN DOES AJ BROWN THINGS, THE DEFENSE SHUTS OUT THE RAIDERS IN THE SECOND HALF AND THE TENNESEE TITANS ARE THE HOTTEST TEAM IN THE LEAGUE pic.twitter.com/tCBht6WLKo

— 2nd & Victory (@2ndandVictory) December 9, 2019

By the start of December, Tannehill and Henry had put the Titans right in the thick of the AFC playoff race by smashing the Colts and Jaguars into pieces. He’d turned young players like Jonnu Smith and Kalif Raymond into trusted playmakers and gave defenses few easy choices in coverage.

Even when Tannehill struggled, he found ways to make up for it — like when he trucked defensive lineman Maurice Hurst after an interception, then led Tennessee to a 42-21 win.

Ryan Tannehill with the HIT STICK pic.twitter.com/gYnQEjL1Gq

— Sam Monson (@PFF_Sam) December 8, 2019

Tannehill was outweighed by at least 84 pounds and still threw every ounce of his weight into that hit. If the rest of the roster wasn’t behind him before then, they certainly were after seeing how much he’d sacrifice for his team.

That effort bled into the defense, where 15 different players had sacks and 18 batted down passes. It bled into special teams, where a blocked field goal at the end of regulation preserved a 35-32 win over the very team Tennessee will face in the AFC Championship.

the Titans get the FG block (!), beat the Chiefs (!!), and now the Raiders are a half-game away from the top of the AFC West (!!!) pic.twitter.com/cpuUpcgLl9

— Christian D'Andrea (@TrainIsland) November 10, 2019

That run built confidence for the Titans’ playoff success

There was a certain swagger that came with this kind of under-the-radar excellence.

Tennessee was playing for a coach willing to swap his most male piece of anatomy for another Super Bowl ring. Henry had gone from the league’s 12th-leading rusher during the Titans’ 2-4 start to the 2019 yardage king, so he got a crown to go with it. After beating the Patriots in Gillette Stadium — just New England’s first home playoff loss since 2013 — the team celebrated in the locker room like they knew the outcome before the game had even been played.

That game came to a finish after Logan Ryan potentially ended Tom Brady’s Patriots career on a pick-six. Brett Kern made sure he didn’t have to run very far to get there with an absolute banger of a punt moments before.

_charlieluke_: Brett Kern pins the Patriots at their own 1 yard line with a perfect punt CBS CBS 2 News at 11 https://t.co/4qdnqD0XHo pic.twitter.com/jvNQJVRa0J

— FanNewsClips (@FanNewsClips) January 5, 2020

That kind of confidence is how, one week later, you get Tajae Sharpe poking fun at Pro Bowl running back Mark Ingram moments after escorting the Ravens out of the playoffs.

A special introduction for @KingHenry_2 — by @Show19ine of @Titans pic.twitter.com/Ygb5J3aqnX

— Jim Wyatt (@jwyattsports) January 12, 2020

Now they’ve got to take that swagger to Kansas City — and then, potentially, to Miami for Super Bowl 54.

In the last three months, Tannehill has played like an MVP, Henry has evolved into the most dangerous tailback in the NFL, and a group of overlooked receivers and tight ends has given Tennessee the leverage to grind opponents into dust or slice them in half with big plays downfield. The Titans’ defense has gotten in on the action as well. Despite getting outgained in each of their playoff games, that unit held the Patriots and Ravens — the latter the NFL’s top offense — to just 25 total points this postseason.

The Titans’ surge was all exceptionally exciting and, honestly, fairly unexpected. It set a stage where Tannehill and Henry could rely on a handful of overlooked teammates to help pave their road to the AFC title game. Tennessee wasn’t just winning games after demoting Mariota — it also became one of the most exciting teams on television each Sunday.

Of course, being watchable and fun doesn’t always equal successful. The Titans punched above their expected weight class to end the Patriots’ and Ravens’ seasons. They’ll be underdogs for a third straight week when they take on the Chiefs in Kansas City.

Given 2019’s turnaround, that’s probably just how they want it.

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