There are a whole slew of historical reasons why 13 is considered an unlucky number. There were 13 people at the table during The Last Supper, and the 13th man was Judas Iscariot. The Norse trickster god Loki was said to be the 13th guest at the feast in Valhalla, and his presence led to the death of Baldur. A year with 13 full moons instead of 12 caused all kinds of disruptions for early time and calendar management. When the 13th day of the month falls on a Friday, bullied child zombies from a long-closed summer camp don hockey masks and go ham on randy teenagers. It’s a number to be avoided in most circles.

And so it’s not without some degree of irony that during the year of the 13th anniversary of the single worst play in NFL history, one of its main participants finds his head somewh

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