It’s a great night for the Seattle Seahawks. Although heavy favorites to win the NFC Championship game against the Green Bay Packers, they trailed and underperformed for most of the game until the final few minutes, when they somehow managed to pull off a comeback of epic proportions to win the game in overtime.
They’re heading to Glendale, Ariz., on Feb. 1 to defend their title. So can you really blame Seahawks lineman Michael Bennett for taking a bicycle on the sidelines to ride it on the field?
Michael Bennett taking a victory lap! #NFCChampionship pic.twitter.com/W79OA1s4hV
— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) January 18, 2015
It’s not about how you start, @mosesbread72.#GBvsSEA #NFCChamps pic.twitter.com/wSBtf98IGU
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) January 18, 2015
https://twitter.com/BrettLoGiurato/status/556958830744326146
It’s a moment that will certainly live in NFL infamy. Is it the best victory lap in American sports? The jury’s still out on that.
Who victory-lapped better—
— Judge Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) January 18, 2015
• Michael Bennett on a police bike?
• Wade Boggs on a police horse?
cc: @sam_ponder pic.twitter.com/u48YccHCV5
Bennett’s already becoming something of a national football folk hero, and people are giving him a fitting soundtrack.
https://vine.co/v/OjFO3ag5ux5
https://vine.co/v/OjFbg2EAAEL
And that bike? Bennett borrowed it from the Seattle Police Department and they would really like it back once he’s done celebrating.
Just bring the bike back before #SuperbOwlXLIX @mosesbread72 :-) pic.twitter.com/Pu0IwOXm85
— Seattle Police Department (@SeattlePD) January 18, 2015
Your move, New England and Indianapolis.
H/T SB Nation | Photo via M I K E M O R R I S/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)