Traina Thoughts: Vance McDonald Unleashes a Filthy Stiff Arm and the Internet Can't Handle It

Steelers tight end Vance McDonald stiff armed Bucs safety Chris Conte into oblivion and the Internet loved it.

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1. The vast majority of you have seen it, been in awe of it and watched it over and over and over.

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To say Steelers tight end Vance McDonald unleashed a stiff arm on Bucs defensive back Chris Conte en route to a 75-yard touchdown would not even come close to describing what exactly happened. It was vicious. It was disrespectful. It was exhilarting. It was beautiful.

Naturally, Twitter's reaction to this play was swift and over the top, as it should be.

Vance McDonald. pic.twitter.com/QbRNw5icfK

— Mike Leslie (@MikeLeslieWFAA) September 25, 2018

Vance McDonald is Chris Conte’s dad now. That’s the way this works.

— Cameron Wolfe (@CameronWolfe) September 25, 2018

Vance McDonald for the 75 yard TD pic.twitter.com/dqZvwH2gvw

— Chad (@MrFantasyNASCAR) September 25, 2018

Vance McDonald to Chris Conte. #mnf pic.twitter.com/t2Bqf0zegQ

— Ruben A Campos (@RubenACampos) September 25, 2018

Vance McDonald on that last play ... pic.twitter.com/QmPFvMGVkd

— Brad Evans (@NoisyHuevos) September 25, 2018

Vance McDonald to Chris Conte for that TD pic.twitter.com/BM3yvV2YGM

— Brendan Darr (@BrendanDarr) September 25, 2018

Chris Conte is going to be on a poster on Vance McDonald’s grandchildren’s bedroom wall

— Mike Clay (@MikeClayNFL) September 25, 2018

Even McDonald's teammate, Cam Heyward, lost his mind during the play.

McDonald himself was impressed with Twitter's performance.

As for what McDonald was thinking on the play? It was pretty straight forward.

Meanwhile, not only did the Bucs' Chris Conte have a rough game, but so did a guy who shares the same name and got bombarded with tweets all night.

2. If you haven't seen this 7-year-old girl belt out the national anthem at an L.A. Galaxy game Sunday night, watch it now and stick with it until the end. You won't be disappointed.

MUST-WATCH: 7-year-old @MaleaEmma delivers one of the best 🇺🇸 national anthem performances in @StubHubCenter history. pic.twitter.com/SPTY2naMDA

— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) September 24, 2018

3. If you had the under in Saturday's Wisconsin-Iowa game, you won't want to watch this week's installment of Scott Van Pelt's Bad Beats.

4. Cavs coach Ty Lue is just like everyone else when one of their friends tries to put them on Instagram Live.

5. Well, this was not nice. An Instagram model who allegedly had a thing with Jimmy Garappolo before he went on the date with an adult film star seemed to enjoy his torn ACL injury on Sunday.

6. The newest SI Media Podcast features two interviews. First up is Rolling Stone chief TV critic Alan Sepinwall, who talks about his upcoming book on The Sopranos, the state of broadcast TV, the three shows you should be watching right now, the worst show he's ever seen, his top 10 shows of all time, what daily life is like for a TV critic, Friday Night Lights, The OC, Beverly Hills 90210 and much more.

New York Post media columinst Andrew Marchand comes in at the 44-minute mark to talk about ESPN's Monday Night Football booth, NFL ratings, FS1's terrible lineup of shows, the glut of gambling shows, Michelle Beadle's departure from Get Up, Mike Francesa's new app and more.

You can listen to the podcast below or download it on iTunes.

7. RANDOM YOUTUBE VIDEO OF THE DAY: Still the best stiff arm of all time.

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