Few plays get #NFLTwitter going quite like a serious stiff arm.
Just ask ball carriers like Steelers TE Vance McDonald. His stiff arm on Monday Night Football sent football fans on social media into a frenzy.
Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Vance McDonald stiff arms Tampa Bay Chris Conte to the TURF en route to a 75-yard touchdown in Week 3 of the 2018 season on Monday Night Football.
In light of McDonald's amazing play, here are the five best NFL stiff arms of all time.
5. Fred Jackson says "Excuse me!"
Date: 9/7/2014
Game: Bills vs. Bears
A few years before the Vance McDonald play on MNF, Fred Jackson had Chris Conte moonwalking on this one.
San Francisco 49ers running back Garrison Hearst scores a 96-yard touchdown to defeat the New York Jets in overtime on September 6, 1998.
4. Garrison Hearst's walk-off stiff arm
Date: 9/6/1998
Game: Jets vs. 49ers
A garrison is defined as a battalion stationed in a town for its defense. A "Garrison" is a running back who welcomes a battalion of tacklers and takes a defense to town. Got that? Good.
3. Steve Smith Sr. plays Pac-Man
Date: 9/27/2015
Game: Bengals vs. Ravens
Some stiff arms are used out of necessity. Steve Smith Sr.'s was used just because he was that kind of dude. Watch him slow down just enough to let Adam “Pacman” Jones catch up and... ice up.
2. Browns can't corral Adrian Peterson
Date: 9/13/2009
Game: Vikings vs. Browns
Unsubstantiated claim time: This Browns defender called Adrian Peterson "A.P." instead of "A.D." before the play. He paid dearly for it. Tremble before this display of grown man strength.
1. BEASTQUAKE!
Date: 1/8/2011
The greatest run in NFL history? Probably. The greatest stiff arm in NFL history? Undoubtedly. This is the moment Marshawn Lynch became Beast Mode. It caused a real-life earthquake in Seattle monitored by actual seismologists.