Weatherford's winning hold thanks to Shake Weight?

BY NICK ST. DENIS

Giants punter Steve Weatherford might have been the most overlooked reason for the Giants' NFC Championship victory last Sunday.

Cue the Shake Weight.

Weatherford handled a low snap with ultimate poise in overtime, teeing up the ball for kicker Lawrence Tynes to boot through the uprights and send the G-Men to the Super Bowl, where they will take on the Patriots.

So how did the former Jets punter deal with the snap so well in such poor conditions?

Well, Weatherford did order 100 Shake Weights to Jets training camp in 2010. Maybe the prank had its purpose after all.

As Chubbs from Happy Gilmore used to say: "It's all in the forearms."

Or something.

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