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Ian Eagle rebrands the ‘Peanut Punch’ in honor of Jim Nantz
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One week after nearly breaking his wrist on live television, Jim Nantz has a forced-fumble technique named after him.
Ian Eagle bestowed the honor during CBS's broadcast of Sunday's Colts-Vikings game after Colts' Justin Walley punched the ball out of Vikings running back Aaron Jones's arm late in the first quarter, prompting Ross Tucker to compliment Indianapolis's 24-year-old cornerback on a picture-perfect Peanut Punch.
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Eagle, however, thought the move deserved a name that better reflected recent events at CBS.
"Now they're calling it the Jim Nantz," Eagle quipped.
During CBS's Bills-Raiders broadcast last Sunday, J.J. Watt explained that ball carriers have started locking the wrist of their ball-carrying hand to protect against the "Peanut Punch," a move Charles "Peanut" Tillman popularized to force a fumble by punching the ball out of the carrier's hands.
To prove the technique works, Watt had the 67-year-old Nantz stand up and punch the football as hard as he could.
"I don't think he actually caused a fumble there," Tucker said of the above clip. "J.J. Watt had good points of contact and ball security."
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Nantz's haymaker against Watt loosened nothing, but his own wrist, which he kept under an ice pack for the rest of the broadcast and which earned him a self-imposed questionable tag at least until Watt confirmed Sunday that Nantz would play through the pain for Bengals-Ravens.
Walley, meanwhile, knocked the ball loose on his first try, making his the most successful Jim Nantz in CBS history.
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