In yesterday’s 21-14 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, the Pittsburgh Steelers attempted an onside kick with less than a minute left and down by seven. Kicker Chris Boswell tried what’s known in the soccer world as a rabona and, um, it didn’t go so well.
Here are some of the best Twitter reactions.
Riverdancing https://t.co/NTNcfpMNi0
— Bucci Mane (@Buccigross) November 6, 2016
When you’re about to do an onside kick but remember that the penguin husband got cheated on https://t.co/hCMyFnm0zg
— chaps (@UncleChaps) November 6, 2016
Hey @Steelers – we’ve got @Aubameyang7 & @douglascosta available for rabona onside kick training for Chris Boswell https://t.co/UgjgI7TATW
— Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) November 7, 2016
Steelers K Chris Boswell is “The Lord of the Dance” #Remix pic.twitter.com/uYYF0efeAc
— Benstonium (@Benstonium) November 6, 2016
*signs off Twitter* pic.twitter.com/K9uilcGWcx
— Andrew Hodgson (@ahodgson92) November 6, 2016
when you get too excited about a tweet and hit send before you’re finished typing pic.twitter.com/sBt5XPTgCS
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) November 6, 2016
And just like that, the NFL won me back https://t.co/OAglVNGFc8 pic.twitter.com/42Iz3ZMAWe
— Brian Floyd (@BrianMFloyd) November 6, 2016
Stick to the NFL, leave the rabonas to the soccer players https://t.co/D8rP1TRPKo
— Zito (@_Zeets) November 6, 2016
This onside kick makes the Buttfumble look good by comparison. pic.twitter.com/nskDGfQEdt
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) November 6, 2016
Turns out, Boswell is no Cristiano Ronaldo. #steelers
— Marcus Blumberg (@MarcusBlumberg) November 6, 2016
was Boswell trying to do the Riverdance? smh #Steelers
— Mike Batista (@Steel_Tweets) November 6, 2016
Boswell at practice earlier this week. #steelers pic.twitter.com/UugZNyADIM
— Randy Baumann (@DVERandy) November 6, 2016
Steelers kicker Chris Boswell Sunday League-ing the sh*t out of this Rabona… ??? https://t.co/jqHMpp3STE
— TheFootballRepublic (@TheFootballRep) November 7, 2016
Chris Boswell with the onside kick that could even things up for the Steelers…. #NFL#NFLGameDay#FantasyFootballpic.twitter.com/jVYpLSwrp7
— Football Fantasy (@footballfantaz) November 6, 2016
Boswell actually successfull executed the kick in his college career at Rice University. Here’s proof:
For everyone confused about the #Steelers botched onside kick, @WizardOfBoz09 did it perfectly when he was at @RiceFootball #HereWeGo pic.twitter.com/ojlZJNeqho
— R+L= Justin (@justinongisrad) November 6, 2016
Image credit: Rob Carr/Getty Images
