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Dontari Poe's Touchdown Pass refers to photoshops and jokes regarding a touchdown pass thrown by 346-pound nose tackle Dontari Poe of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs.

Origin

On December 25th, 2016, the Kansas City Chiefs played the Denver Broncos in Kansas City. Late in the fourth quarter, the Chiefs already well ahead of the Broncos, they ran a trick play in which Dontari Poe, usually a defensive player, was in the quarterback position. He took the snap and threw a two-yard touchdown pass to tight end Demetrius Harris (shown below).^[1] The play made Poe the heaviest player in NFL history to throw a touchdown pass.^[2]

Spread

Poe's pass inspired Kansas City fans to begin making photoshops of the play on Twitter and Reddit. In the early morning after the game, a photoshop appeared on the Chiefs subreddit^[3] that made Poe appear as though he were taking a basketball shot (shown below).

In the following days, more photoshops began to appear. The spread of the photoshops was covered by the Kansas City Star^[4] and the Washington Post.^[5] On December 27th, the Chiefs Twitter account^[6] invited fans to create photoshops of the pass. The one they deemed the best would receive a signed picture by Poe.

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