if you look at tomlin feet. they are out of bounce so he following the letter of the law. Just not the intent. as long as he did not stick his foot out, and his feet stay off the grass he was fine. Its a case of knowing the rules.
@@Marveryn No, there isn't supposed to be anyone standing in the white stripe, _and_ he had a foot in the field of play. Either could have been called as a penalty, and one of them should have been. The returner should have run straight over him instead of cutting back, getting an extra 15 yards and perhaps a chance to put an elbow in Tomlin's ribs.
Angles lie which is why English Premier League uses SAOT to help get it correct. I'm sure that could be used on this older film and give you a correct answer. It is crazy how many times people scream 'offside, look at the camera!' only to change their mind with a different angle.
It really isn't. Hit Period and Comma to move the frames one at a time in youtube. Remember it isn't about where the player is standing, it is where the ball is let loose and caught from. Neal whoever (#89?) is standing ON the 25 yard line but reaches a foot or so in front of the line as he throws. The receiver, #87? 97? is standing a foot over the 25 yard line, but catches the ball essentially at his right foot which is on the other side of the 25 yard line. That puts the ball somewhere between 1 foot in front of the line and at the 25 yard line. And since we can see the ball was thrown from 1 foot (an armslength) in FRONT of the 25 yard line, that makes it lateral, or slightly behind. This was a correct call with a better angle.
@@mskolnik2 I'm laughing b/c these are discussions happening every week on the soccer video comments. At least here there is a line for reference. If that is say on the 27, then you're estimating closeness to the reference line 2 yards away and unless you have a camera perfectly lined up it'll never look right for most people.
I’m not sure how many ppl analyzed that play, a Harvard study counted the inches from the goal line to and the football was thrown 5inches behind the line. It was the right call.
At 9:31 you can see serious holding by the backs and tackles. It’s on both sides of the video. The Reffs were allowing the Ravens to get away with everything in that game. The NFL wanted to get Ray Lewis to get his ring before he retired.
Teams take intentional safeties all the time. What wasn't apparent in the video is that Harbaugh instructed his team to hold/tackle everyone thereby killing the clock. Holding in the endzone is an automatic safety, but Harbaugh was more concerned with the clock. Baltimore got the free kick, which wasted the rest of the time in the game. The brilliance was the holding which took up 11 seconds of the clock.
You're missing the Return man that splayed out so when he downed the kick it was "out of bounds." The punt returner who picked up the punt in the end zone and returned it for a TD while almost everyone else ignored him. One teammate and Ref ran with him. The first modern missed field goal returned by a deep back. Cudos to the coach for setting it up.
The last play was illegal!! I remember watching that game. Anyone with eyes could see that was a forward pass. It is what it is. Not a fan of either of them, but the Bills definitely got screwed that day.
#12, Steve Young did the same thing years before, tried to throw over the middle, pass was deflected and Steve caught it and ran with it. (Was show in NFL's 100 Funniest Follies VHS)
Yea if there is like 7 or 8 seconds left no time outs from the 10. I'm suprised more guys don't line up off sides. Tackle the qb when snapped. 4 seconds left. Only gives offense 1 play instead of 2.
One problem with that: The play will be shut down immediately, as the defender is unabated to the QB. Therefore, no time will be run off the clock. Keep trying.
In my opinion, the title of this list is off. There are a few good high football IQ plays in it, but the remainder are just crazy plays. The highest football IQ play I've ever witnessed was when Antonio Freeman of the GB Packers was fielding a kickoff. The ball was in play, but close enough to the sideline that he was able to place one foot out of bounds before touching the ball, resulting in a penalty. Kickoffs that go out of bounds result in a penalty that automatically places the ball at the receiving team's 40yd line. By having his foot out of bounds, Freeman's body became an extension of the sideline.
@@jpdemer5 I think it's just falling under the umbrella of "only one forward pass per play is allowed." But it does seem like it would be easy to make an exception for this situation.
#19 aka the Philly Special was first run (successfully!) by... the Patriots in a regular season game versus the Eagles. It's a Josh McDaniels / Tom Brady / Bill Belichick play. Which arguably makes the fact that Doug Peterson called it on 4th and goal in the freaking Super Bowl even more brilliant, much as it pains this Patriots fan to admit.
What about the 104-yard punt returnby the Rams(?) against the Saints where the punt appeared to bounce out of the end zone, but the bounce was absolutely perfect & only the punt returner picked up the ball & ran unmolested for a touchdown.
Then there was the play where a Patriots db jumped out of bounds to tip the ball back toward the field for an interception. And then the one where two different Patriots players each had to catch the punt in the air to toss it back to prevent a touchback. Yeah, didn't say those right, but you get my drift. And yeah, I'm a Patriots fan, so I remember watching these.
How can they be the smartest plays ever if they've done many times in the past? 0:16 has been done a lot. Chargers used to do it. Tomlinson has a rushing, receiving, and throwing TD all in the same game with that being the throwing play. They weren't the first to do it.
It really isn't. Hit Period and Comma to move the frames one at a time in youtube. Remember it isn't about where the player is standing, it is where the ball is let loose and caught from. Neal whoever (#89?) is standing ON the 25 yard line but reaches a foot or so in front of the line as he throws. The receiver, #87? 97? is standing a foot over the 25 yard line, but catches the ball essentially at his right foot which is on the other side of the 25 yard line. That puts the ball somewhere between 1 foot in front of the line and at the 25 yard line. And since we can see the ball was thrown from 1 foot (an armslength) in FRONT of the 25 yard line, that makes it lateral, or slightly behind. This was a correct call with a better angle.
Welp I quit watching half way through, none of these are 1000 IQ. Saints doing a regular onside kick? Lamar catching a pass tipped straight up? A regular field goal block?
Funny, the ref mis-reported the ruling on the play. By rule, there's no such thing as a "lateral." It's a pass that's either forward or backward. " Lateral" has no meaning in the rules.
You for real? Mike Tomlin didn’t realize? As if a head coach would ever be looking the opposite way with a foot on the field while a player is running back a kickoff. Tomlin could’ve easily hurt someone while engaging in a very petty move. That one discredits your entire list IMO
The Philly Special should have been called an illegal formation as they were not lined up correctly. But, it was cool to hate Tom Brady and The Patriots at the time.
The saints famous onside kick from the Superbowl will never happen again since now the losing team has to be down in the fourth quarter to do an inside kick and the ref has to know about the onside kick!
That smile on Tomlin's face tells me he knew what he was doing. The referee should've thrown a flag on him for it. Tomlin deserved the fine he got. Another video called it the #1 cheating moment in sports history.
TOTALLY disagree about Dez Bryant to Jason Witten. That play has annoyed me for eight years. The Cowboys were already up by a touchdown in that game and driving easily, and they had Ezekiel Elliott, who it appeared the Lions couldn't tackle that day -- they definitely could have scored another way. (As it happens, the game ended up as a 42-21 blowout.) On top of that, the Cowboys had already locked up first place in their division and the #1 seed for the playoffs, so winning against the Lions had zero importance. The Bryant-to-Witten pass play was great in and of itself, but they absolutely should have kept that play hidden until sometime important in the postseason, rather than waste it on a meaningless game they almost certainly would have won anyway.
I think #19 should have been rated MUCH higher. Why?? Because it's the Patriots play they had used in like week #2 of the season. The white part of the sideline is for the refs ONLY!!!! If any players or coaches make the ref deviate, which the Steeler's coach did, it's a 15 yard penalty!!!
2014 season week 7 Rams vs Seahawks. The Rams knew that the Seahawks punter punts his short punts to his left and long punts to his right. And the Rams fooled the whole Seahawks team into thinking the ball was punted to the right when the ball was punted to the left and was returned for a touchdown. That is one of the smartest plays in football history. Lamar Jackson catching his batted pass is a no shit play not a smart play.
Years ago, Bucs QB Brad Johnson had a redzone pass tipped back to himself, which he ran in for a TD. For you fantasy football buffs, that's 7.5 points for the TD reception (5 yards & TD & PPR) plus 4.2 points for the TD pass (5 yards passing plus the passing TD) for 11.7 points on one play.
Trick plays are not genius. A smart 11 year old can understand them, and a 20 year old fan will have seen dozens of them. The only 'trick' about trick plays is waiting to call them when the opposition is most probably going to be running a coverage that will allow it.
Number 17 is an illegal action by Tomlin that should have resulted in the ravens being awarded touchdown under nfl rules. He got lucky they didn't do that. Not exactly a smart play.
Raiders-Harris= idiot! He thought it was a fumble.. ALOT of low IQ players don't comprehend how touchbacks work. I love how Al Davis & His Son are th emost speed obsessed coaches ever.. That dude was fast af! I love that Tomlin play. Brilliant. You know he thought about that for years,decades!
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I’m sorry, but the quarterback catching a batted pass is not a 1000 IQ play. That’s just been in the right place at the right time.
Most of the time the "1000 IQ" play there is to spike the ball into the ground.
The Steelers coach in the field WASN'T a smart play, it was an ILLEGAL play, just like the very next one you showed.
if you look at tomlin feet. they are out of bounce so he following the letter of the law. Just not the intent. as long as he did not stick his foot out, and his feet stay off the grass he was fine. Its a case of knowing the rules.
@@Marveryn I DID look, he WAS in the green for a while
I agree and I’m a die hard steeler fan. He made the Steelers and the Rooney family look bad.
Out of bounds*
@@Marveryn No, there isn't supposed to be anyone standing in the white stripe, _and_ he had a foot in the field of play. Either could have been called as a penalty, and one of them should have been. The returner should have run straight over him instead of cutting back, getting an extra 15 yards and perhaps a chance to put an elbow in Tomlin's ribs.
R.I.P. JACOBY JONES 1984-2024
What happened how did he die
@alexalyssa1143he died of a disease. In particular, cardiovascular disease. Which I’m guessing means the heart.
@@Skiliet_YT01 "hypertensive cardiovascular disease" basically meaning long term and uncontrolled high blood pressure.
@@MrCho14seems weird with all the physicals he's taken over the years
Tomlin got a huge fine for that
Typical !
9:21 “Having the know-it-all to keep the ball inbounds”. I think the word you’re looking for is “wherewithal”. 😊
That means you have the resources to do something. "Presence of mind" would be the correct phrase.
The it's spelled with 1 "l" makes me want to pronounce it "wherewithel"
Even Stevie Wonder could see that last one was an illegal forward pass
Angles lie which is why English Premier League uses SAOT to help get it correct. I'm sure that could be used on this older film and give you a correct answer. It is crazy how many times people scream 'offside, look at the camera!' only to change their mind with a different angle.
It really isn't. Hit Period and Comma to move the frames one at a time in youtube. Remember it isn't about where the player is standing, it is where the ball is let loose and caught from. Neal whoever (#89?) is standing ON the 25 yard line but reaches a foot or so in front of the line as he throws. The receiver, #87? 97? is standing a foot over the 25 yard line, but catches the ball essentially at his right foot which is on the other side of the 25 yard line. That puts the ball somewhere between 1 foot in front of the line and at the 25 yard line. And since we can see the ball was thrown from 1 foot (an armslength) in FRONT of the 25 yard line, that makes it lateral, or slightly behind. This was a correct call with a better angle.
@@mskolnik2 I'm laughing b/c these are discussions happening every week on the soccer video comments. At least here there is a line for reference. If that is say on the 27, then you're estimating closeness to the reference line 2 yards away and unless you have a camera perfectly lined up it'll never look right for most people.
I’m not sure how many ppl analyzed that play, a Harvard study counted the inches from the goal line to and the football was thrown 5inches behind the line. It was the right call.
At 9:31 you can see serious holding by the backs and tackles. It’s on both sides of the video.
The Reffs were allowing the Ravens to get away with everything in that game. The NFL wanted to get Ray Lewis to get his ring before he retired.
holding doesn't stop a play tho especially back then
@ It doesn’t stop the play, but when called, it will erase the play and a yardage penalty will be enforced.
Someone doesn’t know rules
At the time, the game could end on defensive penalties, so they could hold all they want, as long as the clock ran
@@Slycooper-zj7gd Ok.
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a game never ends on a defensive penalty. Baltimore was on offense and a game can end on an offensive play.
Interesting stat about that 1st one with Dez; that was the only left handed TD thrown that entire year.
The intentional safety also moved the spot of the kick from the back of the end zone to a free run-up at the 20 yd line.
Teams take intentional safeties all the time. What wasn't apparent in the video is that Harbaugh instructed his team to hold/tackle everyone thereby killing the clock. Holding in the endzone is an automatic safety, but Harbaugh was more concerned with the clock. Baltimore got the free kick, which wasted the rest of the time in the game. The brilliance was the holding which took up 11 seconds of the clock.
1:35 was not a "brilliant play," as you described it. It was the dirtiest illegal trick ever played in the NFL.
Stay mad
You're missing the Return man that splayed out so when he downed the kick it was "out of bounds."
The punt returner who picked up the punt in the end zone and returned it for a TD while almost everyone else ignored him. One teammate and Ref ran with him.
The first modern missed field goal returned by a deep back. Cudos to the coach for setting it up.
Kudos. (Which btw is singular, not plural.) And now you know!
Tomlin should have been kicked out of the NFL for that bullshit
The "buts" are too much. This video could do with them after every clip.
LAMAR JACKSON'S play was the BEST
Audacious and risky play works = brilliant coaching!! Doesn’t work = stupidest play ever! What in God’s name were you thinking?
The Philly Special 🎉🎉🎉
Putting Tomlin on this list is awesome 😅, and he totally lied about his intentions in interviews.
The last play was illegal!! I remember watching that game. Anyone with eyes could see that was a forward pass. It is what it is. Not a fan of either of them, but the Bills definitely got screwed that day.
That’s amazing
#12, Steve Young did the same thing years before, tried to throw over the middle, pass was deflected and Steve caught it and ran with it. (Was show in NFL's 100 Funniest Follies VHS)
Nice cut, but needs a title change. You really think that in our 100 years of football, the 20 smartest plays all occurred in the last 25.
Yea if there is like 7 or 8 seconds left no time outs from the 10. I'm suprised more guys don't line up off sides. Tackle the qb when snapped. 4 seconds left. Only gives offense 1 play instead of 2.
One problem with that: The play will be shut down immediately, as the defender is unabated to the QB. Therefore, no time will be run off the clock.
Keep trying.
@MultisportOfficial they literally let the play go in this video
In my opinion, the title of this list is off. There are a few good high football IQ plays in it, but the remainder are just crazy plays.
The highest football IQ play I've ever witnessed was when Antonio Freeman of the GB Packers was fielding a kickoff. The ball was in play, but close enough to the sideline that he was able to place one foot out of bounds before touching the ball, resulting in a penalty.
Kickoffs that go out of bounds result in a penalty that automatically places the ball at the receiving team's 40yd line. By having his foot out of bounds, Freeman's body became an extension of the sideline.
Brady’s play was not crafty. He legit was trying to throw it again.
They should change the rules to make it legal. There's no good reason for the current rule.
@@jpdemer5 I think it's just falling under the umbrella of "only one forward pass per play is allowed." But it does seem like it would be easy to make an exception for this situation.
#2 - the Philly Special in the Super Bowl - was an illegal formation that the referees missed (or simply chose not to call)
Bro a onside kick is not a 1000 iq play
1:45 its not a smart play. Its an illegal play as coach was clearly in the way and try to say he did not know were the ball was.
#19 aka the Philly Special was first run (successfully!) by... the Patriots in a regular season game versus the Eagles. It's a Josh McDaniels / Tom Brady / Bill Belichick play. Which arguably makes the fact that Doug Peterson called it on 4th and goal in the freaking Super Bowl even more brilliant, much as it pains this Patriots fan to admit.
What about the 104-yard punt returnby the Rams(?) against the Saints where the punt appeared to bounce out of the end zone, but the bounce was absolutely perfect & only the punt returner picked up the ball & ran unmolested for a touchdown.
Oh he was definitely going to sack the quarterback 😂
First hi love your video ENDZONE and keep up the great work you are awesome
Thanks Eddie!
@@Endzone610 No problem
Same
Noticing the Lions are at the wrong end of a few of these. We’re working out the trauma on the entire NFL now.
Then there was the play where a Patriots db jumped out of bounds to tip the ball back toward the field for an interception.
And then the one where two different Patriots players each had to catch the punt in the air to toss it back to prevent a touchback.
Yeah, didn't say those right, but you get my drift. And yeah, I'm a Patriots fan, so I remember watching these.
I'm not a Patriot fan, but that INT was one of the smartest and most athletic plays ever.
I clicked on this because I knew big D Nick and the Philly special was on here. On pace to get our 2nd. Go Birds
Of course Dan Mario was the first to do the fake spike. And of course it happened against the Jets.
How can they be the smartest plays ever if they've done many times in the past? 0:16 has been done a lot. Chargers used to do it. Tomlinson has a rushing, receiving, and throwing TD all in the same game with that being the throwing play. They weren't the first to do it.
I still contend to this day the lateral in the last highlight was an illegal forward pass.
It really isn't. Hit Period and Comma to move the frames one at a time in youtube. Remember it isn't about where the player is standing, it is where the ball is let loose and caught from. Neal whoever (#89?) is standing ON the 25 yard line but reaches a foot or so in front of the line as he throws. The receiver, #87? 97? is standing a foot over the 25 yard line, but catches the ball essentially at his right foot which is on the other side of the 25 yard line. That puts the ball somewhere between 1 foot in front of the line and at the 25 yard line. And since we can see the ball was thrown from 1 foot (an armslength) in FRONT of the 25 yard line, that makes it lateral, or slightly behind. This was a correct call with a better angle.
Tomlin is disgusting.
Didn't Marcus Marriota do the same play before Lamar Jackson in a playoff game for a touchdown?
Your voice almost makes these unwatchable man. why so corny ?
I'm sorry but I can't stand the way you talk.
Welp I quit watching half way through, none of these are 1000 IQ. Saints doing a regular onside kick? Lamar catching a pass tipped straight up? A regular field goal block?
Knowing the rules can get REALLY SERIOUS, REALLY FAST.
#1 was not a 1000 IQ play, it was an illegal forward pass.
Have you not seen when Randy Moss cot a pass and then chucked the football to another player for a game wining touchdown!!!
Oh, you mean like the Dolphins did 20 years before that? And many others over time? No, I don't recall that one particular time. PS: cot?
He made a raised, portable sleeping surface with a football?!?!?!?
@@anthonyfinney6326 That's what made it a genius play.
What about when Marcus Mariota threw a touchdown pass to himself?
You’re definition of a smart play baffles me
Immaculate Reception wasn't on the list. Franco Harris was taught to follow the ball in college. It paid off big time, December 23, 1972!
I'll never forget the latteral. My bro was a titans fan. I was syked
Funny, the ref mis-reported the ruling on the play. By rule, there's no such thing as a "lateral." It's a pass that's either forward or backward. " Lateral" has no meaning in the rules.
2:41 it says “bubbles” instead of “fumbles”
Bill Cowher did the same as Payton in the '95-'96 Superbowl.
Surpise onside kicks should still be a thing.
Those are the only ones that would be interesting. Current rules make them nothing more than desperate gambles - mostly a matter of luck.
Most of those are not high IQ plays, do better.
Robert Bailey's 108 yard punt return for the Rams in 1994.
You for real? Mike Tomlin didn’t realize? As if a head coach would ever be looking the opposite way with a foot on the field while a player is running back a kickoff. Tomlin could’ve easily hurt someone while engaging in a very petty move. That one discredits your entire list IMO
Tomlin was watching the scoreboard TV that's why he was looking the other way.
Why do bots never get banned🤔😓
Idk
He’s not a bot
it’s the tush push not the brotherly shove
The Philly Special should have been called an illegal formation as they were not lined up correctly. But, it was cool to hate Tom Brady and The Patriots at the time.
Why weren't they lined up correctly?
The saints famous onside kick from the Superbowl will never happen again since now the losing team has to be down in the fourth quarter to do an inside kick and the ref has to know about the onside kick!
But... but... but... but... but.... but...
5:05 marcus mariots once threw a TD to himself in the playoffs.
The game where the steelers faked spiked, they still lost that game.
Unfortunately, that Johnny Manziel Browns play (#11) was penalized all over the field for an illegal shift/offsides, so it didn’t count.
11:11 Don't forget Carney missed the PAT.
Ben
OK, this is dumb. The refs cheating and changing the NFL rules to benefit the Seahawks is not a 1000 IQ moment.
That smile on Tomlin's face tells me he knew what he was doing. The referee should've thrown a flag on him for it. Tomlin deserved the fine he got. Another video called it the #1 cheating moment in sports history.
And Mike Tomlin being a sleezy cheater doesn't count as smart. It counts as being a dirt bag.
An "intentional act" should be reviewable, judgment call or not.. he swatted with his hand when he could have nonchalantly just ran into it.
The Jackson reception did them no good because they still lost lol. And yes I am a Chiefs fan.
TOTALLY disagree about Dez Bryant to Jason Witten. That play has annoyed me for eight years. The Cowboys were already up by a touchdown in that game and driving easily, and they had Ezekiel Elliott, who it appeared the Lions couldn't tackle that day -- they definitely could have scored another way. (As it happens, the game ended up as a 42-21 blowout.) On top of that, the Cowboys had already locked up first place in their division and the #1 seed for the playoffs, so winning against the Lions had zero importance. The Bryant-to-Witten pass play was great in and of itself, but they absolutely should have kept that play hidden until sometime important in the postseason, rather than waste it on a meaningless game they almost certainly would have won anyway.
I think #19 should have been rated MUCH higher. Why?? Because it's the Patriots play they had used in like week #2 of the season.
The white part of the sideline is for the refs ONLY!!!! If any players or coaches make the ref deviate, which the Steeler's coach did, it's a 15 yard penalty!!!
OK wait, you put the seats onside kick in the Super Bowl to start the second half on your list but not the Steelers? That makes no sense.
stupid video... not smart plays. Hell one was a complete cheating illegal play.
2014 season week 7 Rams vs Seahawks. The Rams knew that the Seahawks punter punts his short punts to his left and long punts to his right. And the Rams fooled the whole Seahawks team into thinking the ball was punted to the right when the ball was punted to the left and was returned for a touchdown. That is one of the smartest plays in football history. Lamar Jackson catching his batted pass is a no shit play not a smart play.
Did he reply call the Tush Push the brotherly shove
These are not the smartest and you voice is annoying.
Buffalo lost that game because the coach stupidly benched Flutie and put total stiff Johnson in. Idiot move.
Wasn't the coach. Owner, Ralph Wilson ordered Wade Phillips to start Johnson over Flutie.
Forward pass😂
#1 was illegal forward pass
Good video but the commentary cracks me up. Just be yourself man. Dont gotta try and do a youtuber voice.
That onside kick by the saints was idiotic and gutsy but ok whatever.
1:33 If the QB had run it in, would it have been a complete pass to himself?
No, it would have been considered a rushing TD since it was a fumble.
Years ago, Bucs QB Brad Johnson had a redzone pass tipped back to himself, which he ran in for a TD.
For you fantasy football buffs, that's 7.5 points for the TD reception (5 yards & TD & PPR) plus 4.2 points for the TD pass (5 yards passing plus the passing TD) for 11.7 points on one play.
No, it wouldn’t have been. I’m surprised you even know what a QB is considering your understanding of what a pass is.
Trick plays are not genius. A smart 11 year old can understand them, and a 20 year old fan will have seen dozens of them. The only 'trick' about trick plays is waiting to call them when the opposition is most probably going to be running a coverage that will allow it.
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Philly Special only 19? Illegal plays labeled as "smart?" Ugh.
R u 610 football?
Oh yes the cover is a 1000 iq play so it’s delay of game and they could say hike and score
Ben
Tomlin .... what a clown
A blocked kick off is not 1000 iq
Also fudging click bait thumbnail.
The Philly play isn't their play
Number 17 is an illegal action by Tomlin that should have resulted in the ravens being awarded touchdown under nfl rules. He got lucky they didn't do that. Not exactly a smart play.
Tomlin, the music city miracle, along with a few others are simply illegal plays, not 1000 IQ
No Dan Marino fake spike?
Number 22 Fred Jackson is my uncle
That is really irritating "music!"
Like 271!
Hi
Raiders-Harris= idiot!
He thought it was a fumble..
ALOT of low IQ players don't comprehend how touchbacks work.
I love how Al Davis & His Son are th emost speed obsessed coaches
ever.. That dude was fast af!
I love that Tomlin play. Brilliant.
You know he thought about that for years,decades!