Drew Brees is good, but can the Saints quarterback save a man from a bowling ball to the head by hitting a distant target that channels the ball safely away?
That’s one of several Ripley’s Believe it Or Not trick shots featured on the latest Dude Perfect video to go viral.
The twins and friends from Texas A&M first made a splash in 2009 with a video purporting to show the longest basketball shot in history — a ball thrown from the top of the College Station stadium into a hoop far below and away.
ESPN describes the latest shots: “Brees nailed feats such as passing a football through two moving pendulums, football skeet buster, and making a few throws from far distances, including nosebleed seats in the Superdome.”
Critics have been wary of the videos for years, calling some trick shots fake or the lucky result of hundreds of tries.
“So, is Dude Perfect fake? Obviously, different people are going to come to different conclusions,” says Grunge.com. Certainly, it’s awfully hard to believe the vast majority of what these guys pull off is feasible without their being named Jean Grey. The amount of time you’d need to spend on every single one of these shots, and the number of attempts you’d need to commit to trying, is beyond our comprehension.
“If it’s real, you have to imagine that some of the trick shots take hours upon hours to get exactly right, but time isn’t exactly an issue, because it’s not keeping them from a day job. These dumb stunts are their day job.
“But we have to admit, real or fake, they do manage to put out some ridiculously creative and cool trick shot videos. Whether or not any of those trick shots are fake is something we may never actually know. And since this question drives the public to watch their videos over and over, studying every frame while increasing their view count significantly, we’re guessing the Dude Perfect bros like it that way.”