The Miami Dolphins punted the ball off their own player’s butt. It’s real, and NFL Twitter could not contain themselves.
Why couldn’t it have been the New York Jets?
Mark Sanchez’s butt fumble will live on in infamy for decades, but we have a new entrant. The Dolphins submitted their own masterpiece on Sunday afternoon — the butt-punt fumble. Yes, it’s new and trendy.
Butt-Punt Blockpic.twitter.com/f1SfppuW0d
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 25, 2022
The Dolphins would go on to win the game, but a safety didn’t make things any easier on their defense. It handed the ball back to the high-powered Bills offense needing only a field goal to take the late lead.
Thankfully for Miami, their defense was able to stand tall.
#Dolphins with a massive upset of the #Bills who looked unstoppable the first two games of the season.
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 25, 2022
Tua is now 3-0. pic.twitter.com/ofi7HUDwC8
Dolphins butt-punt block: Funniest memes and tweets
The butt punt/butt safety/butt punt-fumble led to an all-time finish in Miami, and that’s about all we can ask. A Week 3 matchup between two of the best offenses in football resulted in a lower-scoring affair than expected.
Perhaps the most memorable play of all involved a safety, and the butt of a special teams player.
"Butt Punt Block" is now a thing. Thank you, Dolphins
— Ninjasmacks (@ninjasmacks) September 25, 2022
I have never seen a butt block a punt before, but the Miami #Dolphins accomplished it.#ButtBlock #BUFvsMIA #NFL
— Ron Clements (@Ron_Clements) September 25, 2022
Tired: Butt Fumble
— Dan Long (@DLoExpress) September 25, 2022
Wired: Butt Punt Block
Butt fumble? I’ll raise you a butt punt.
— Matthew Berry (@MatthewBerryTMR) September 25, 2022
First, we had the butt fumble. Now, we have the butt punt. #Dolphins
— Patrick Allen (@RPatrickAllen) September 25, 2022
The Dolphins have survived the butt punt. It won't go down in infamy quite like the butt fumble. Carry on.
— Corbin K. Smith (@CorbinSmithNFL) September 25, 2022
https://twitter.com/TheFFBallers/status/1574130057819598848
Mark Sanchez is somewhere thinking that was a worse play than the butt fumble
— Gary Sheffield Jr. (@GarysheffieldJr) September 25, 2022
Butt fumble Butt punt
— Jared X (@Jayleejnr) September 25, 2022
🤝
Ass leading to a man’s
downfall
the butt fumble was funnier but “butt punt” has an all-time ring to it
— Megan Schuster (@megschuster) September 25, 2022
With the win, the Dolphins are atop the AFC East, with two wins against divisional opponents to open the year. A win against New England was expected, to a certain extent — Miami always plays the Patriots well at home. But defeating Buffalo, arguably the favorite to win the Super Bowl this season?
Now, we’re all paying attention to the Dolphins.