Sam Rogers that wasn’t a qb sneak tho he made it look like a entire handoff and after he did the fake handoff he did a little walk then started running while the rb acted like he had the ball getting a td and Peyton hid the ball
@@johnreagan it was made illegal with the 2017 rules changes. To quote: ARTICLE 3. INTENTIONAL FOULS TO MANIPULATE GAME CLOCK A team may not commit multiple fouls during the same down in an attempt to manipulate the game clock. Penalty: For multiple fouls to run off time from the game clock: Loss of 15 yards, and the game clock will be reset to where it was at the snap. After the penalty is enforced, the game clock will start on the next snap.
The ref @11:30 is great. The crowd started booing, so he actually explained why it was a penalty for kick out of bounds. Not many, if any, do that these days.
McAfee's onside kick recovery is probably one of my favourite plays of all time. The whole play was his idea, not only making the call to do it but also the idea of him returning his own kick
@@danielrichards9502 All you gotta do is go to 6:20 on the video to see it is 3-0 against Houston with 11:13 left in the 1st quarter. Ya gotta come up with a harder question than that... lol
The brilliance of the Peyton Manning play is that he later said that the play WAS a handoff. He just decided on the field to keep it and run it for a TD instead. Not even the RB knew. The guy is legend.
Great no look throw - but great for its blind accuracy, not for being particularly smart. In fact, from purely a smartness qualification, it FAILS. It's 99/100 times going to fail and so it's a DUMB play, not a smart play. It was successful not BECAUSE it was smart but DESPITE it being DUMB.
3:04 I watched this live as a kid, been a football fan all my life and this game is in my top 5 of all-time. Miami v San Diego 1982 Divisional playoff game. It would go to OT. This play was also the last play of the 1st half. This is where the physical & mental training payed off. Deep in the game (5th quarter) both teams O & D lines were absolutely exhausted. SD pulled it out 41-38 with the game 1 minute from going to a 6th OT.
Yes indeed. One of the greatest games ever. Kellen Winslow had 13 receptions for 166 yards. I believe he also blocked a FG attempt in overtime. Chargers got off to a 24-0 first quarter lead but the Dolphins came back. The Chargers had three receivers go for over 100 yards (Winslow, Chandler, Joiner) and Chuck Muncie rushed for 120 yards. The Chargers had 564 yards of total offense. In this game they had to battle the heat and humidity and in the AFC Championship game the Chargers had to go to Antarctica.
The play at 7:43 was crazy smart. They knew they could hold as much as they damn well pleased and then give up a safety. Since time expired and there was a score, those flags meant nothing.
@@jesusthroughmary Here’s the rule now: ARTICLE 3. INTENTIONAL FOULS TO MANIPULATE GAME CLOCK A team may not commit multiple fouls during the same down in an attempt to manipulate the game clock. Penalty: For multiple fouls to run off time from the game clock: Loss of 15 yards, and the game clock will be reset to where it was at the snap. After the penalty is enforced, the game clock will start on the next snap.
@@eccentricgamer4111 i was wondering, have they changed the rule regarding when a player stands out of bounds and fields a kick-off, kicking team is penalized? That rule is kinda ridiculous.
I was looking at the lions game on the game day app. It said he scored. I cheered and the score never changed. Then it placed us at the 2. I was like, wtf happened?! I need those points!
@@ryanrampage8266 he would be up by 2 possession and not have to risk a potential fumble the next play. honestly getting the score is the smart thing to do here.
In 1966, Al Bundy scored four touchdowns in a single game while playing for the Polk High School Panthers in the 1966 city championship game versus Andrew Johnson High School, including the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds against his old nemesis, Bubba "Spare Tire" Dixon.
@@fredericcaron1317 the defense didnt secure the ball down at the 1 yard line so it was still live, return man just picks it up and runs with it. big error from the defense tho that raiders player caugh them sleeping
That punt return at the end is so underrated. You can tell he's the only player on the field who realizes the situation. Even before the weird bounce he's jogging towards the ball. Then when he realizes the ball didn't go out, he subtly changes direction and keeps jogging. It's not until he sees that no Saints players are looking at him that he really puts his foot on the gas. And then he's gone. Most of these plays are either intelligent, athletic or _sneaky_. This play has all 3. Not to mention an NFL record.
i'm sorry, was a rule changed after that? because i'm pretty sure that if a punt lands in the endzone it's a touchback, so the ball is no longer playable
4:24 If that is Deion Sanders commentating I think it is, the Falcons used to do a "get the ball to deion" whenever there was an interception. The falcons would always lateral the ball to sanders on an interception
@The Thing I honestly didn’t even know he was on the bills I remember seeing him play on the eagles tho he was crazy definition of if it’s not broke don’t fix it I’m a pats fan and Steven Ridley almost caused me to buy a stress ball 🤣🤣
0:00 I remember sitting with my dad (a pretty big raider fan) when the play happened at first he was mad and yelling “NO NO”and then around 0:16 he started going crazy it was hilarious. Some times to this day I still hear him watching any sport and he will yell “YES” when something good happens and it’s still hilarious
Harris picking it up there was smart because there is an NFL rule where once a player on the punting team touches it that spot the the worst spot u can get. So if he had been tackled in the endzone, it wouldn’t have been a safety because they Broncos defender touched it at the 1 yard line. So the only thing that can happen there is he gets positive yards
@@Crice16 Yep, even if he picks it up, runs 50 yards and loses a fumble, doesn't matter. They keep the ball at the spot it was first touched. No risk at all to pick it up.
That rule needs to be addressed. There were like 10 penalties on the play and they get away with them all then the game ends. Something like that should be considered a personal foul and enacted the 15 yard penalty on the safety kick.
@@darron614 I'm not even a Ravens fan and that play was genius. Maybe slightly slimy but still genius. The rules are the rules, might as well know them.
@@milkwalkerjones633 well I found out that they actually did amend the rules where multiple fouls like that on the same play results in a personal foul.
I still think 7:15 is one of the coolest plays I’ve ever seen, when it happened I remember watching it over and over trying to watch everyone individually 😂
Raiders: *pick up punt from the 1 yard line surrounded by defenders* Announcer: *confused silence* Raiders: *score a touchdown* Announcer: "One of the smartest plays you'll ever see!"
I remember when Steve Young (maybe Montana) was on the goal line, called a play, broke the huddle & then just told the center to snap the ball when he tapped him. The o-line didn't know anything about it, so when he tapped him everyone was motionless & they went right in like it was a busted play. Touchdown 49ers!!! Hilarious!
Not really. It was successful due to accuracy not smarts. It's not smart to make a blind throw. You just don't have the CONSISTENT accuracy throwing blind, so you can't say it's a smart play. It's a DUMB, risky play, but lucky. With super talent, like Mahomes, it may be LESS dumb than with other QB's but it's still very risky and dumb.
@@rhmayer1 he didn’t say it requires smarts he said it required SKILL but that looking the other way (to throw off defenders) was smart. Actually read before replying
@@theuzumakikay8647 For real?? He said it was smart, just as the title of the video mistakenly said. I disagreed. I'm not raising the issue of skill. Of course Mahomes has skills. I'm arguing not to call something smart that's dumb. And btw, "required" wasn't mentioned. You might try taking your own criticism.
@@rhmayer1 I agree that it is a risky play, but I can't agree with it being a dumb play. It requires incredible football knowledge and familiarity with his receiver to know where a guy would be on the field without looking. Yes sometimes it will not pay off, but often risky plays in football make the smartest and best plays. Any play in this compilation would be dumb if it had not worked out.
The only reason most of these plays aren’t considered dumb is that they were executed well and the opposing team had no answer. They’re a decent block or a slightly fumbled lateral away from “What were they thinking?”
@@zomell81_97 Eh, the defense was keying on Beastmode, so throwing it instead wasn't that dumb. It just didn't work out well because the Pats defender did his homework beforehand and recognized the play and made the perfect move on the ball.
Andy Gygi Actually, it had nothing to do with protecting their own ego, or sparing the other team’s. It was to avoid punting out of their own end zone, and likely giving up a quick, easy touchdown to the other team. It wasn’t about anyone’s egos. It was simply the safest, smartest thing to do in that situation.
Chris Webster it really wasn’t that smart though, what’s the point, if the ball does get blocked and the redskins then scored they would’ve still been up 23 points with 20 seconds left in the game.
I had that happen many years ago when I was running a fantasy contest during the playoffs. I'm going through the game stats the next morning and there's a TD pass and TD reception for guys who weren't even on my player lists.
@8:38 How I miss Chris Burman when he was behind the desk on sports center. I feel he doesn't get credit he deserves, He made watching the highlights and hearing the banter fun. Sure miss that guy's Rumbling,Tumbling, Stumbling through the telecast!
Don't understand how that's listed as one of the smartest NFL plays. It's just a bootleg, with the QB keeping. So the QB ran the ball on a bootleg. That's pretty normal. How is that one of the smartest NFL plays? The fact that he faked the hand-off well isn't "smart," that's just good execution. Am I missing something?
@@kidzbop38isstraightfire92 It worked because he had a reputation as a quarterback with no real running ability. You also have to remember it was a very long time between his bootleg with the Volunteers and his bootleg with the Broncos--over a decade. He was aging, and had even less running ability than he had in the prime of his career. The running backs the team had were good, too... so why not just give it to the RB? Of course it was the perfect time to pull such a wily trick. No one was expecting it. And the offense sold it beautifully.
@@MarsJenkar OK so the play call was smart; nothing particularly smart about the play itself. That's cool. A smart play call counts. Though thedarkknight says it was an intended handoff, but decision to keep (which sounds to me like a normal bootleg option; which still could be a smart play call).
In the CFL, intentional safeties are reasonably common. Because of the differences in gameplay (most notably having only three downs per series in Canada) field position is more of a consideration. It’s often worth giving up two points to push the opponent back 25+ yards.
The CFL also has other rules more favourable to conceding a safety, namely it is a kickoff from the 35 (or the other team can simply take possession at their 35, the same distance from the endzone as the US 25 yard line) rather than a punt from the 20. You generally see about one inte tional safety per season in the NFL. They should probably be more common than they are late in games, but I can see the negative stats and likely publicity discouraging it. The ability to wipe 5-10 seconds off the clock and then step out of bounds is huge when the two points don't change the game (such as you are up by six)
A lot of people forgot Leon Washington with the Jets was one of the first players to showcase the out of bounds kickoff rule in 2008. He was ahead of his time A lot of people also forget that gurley used to be VERY smart avoiding touchdowns before his accidental one with the falcons LOL
As another shoutout to Jon Bois and SB Nations Dorktown vid on the 2010 Chargers on how they had No. 1 offense and defense but missed the playoffs due to horrible special teams do a compilation of their special teams miscues of that season or Chargers special teams miscues in general because they always have the worst special teams in the NFL.
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I like how Peyton Manning running with the ball is considered one of the smartest football plays ever
It’s about the deception
Highlight Heaven yes a quarterback sneak is so smart, never been done before
@@samrogers1055 Manning never runs the ball so it was unexpected
1st time in 5 years = twice a decade
How do you plan for something that happens twice a decade?
Sam Rogers that wasn’t a qb sneak tho he made it look like a entire handoff and after he did the fake handoff he did a little walk then started running while the rb acted like he had the ball getting a td and Peyton hid the ball
The ravens purposely holding all of the bengals players is pure comedy
It was genius my only question is why doesn’t the bengals get the ball back with the time that penalty was committed ?
@@Mickeyrozay97 because the safety is the bigger reward and therefor takes priority. That's why that play was 5head instead of 0IQ
Tim Magness “bigger reward” has nothing to do with it. The game/half can only be extended by a defensive penalty.
Is that Ravens' rule/loophole still in the rulebook?
@@johnreagan it was made illegal with the 2017 rules changes. To quote:
ARTICLE 3. INTENTIONAL FOULS TO MANIPULATE GAME CLOCK
A team may not commit multiple fouls during the same down in an attempt to manipulate the game clock.
Penalty: For multiple fouls to run off time from the game clock: Loss of 15 yards, and the game clock will be reset to where it was at the snap. After the penalty is enforced, the game clock will start on the next snap.
The multiple holdings play at 7:08 is like a dream sequence in a movie. Such a surreal play.
I think it was used in the replacements (2000)
Though it wasn’t to seal the game it was to regain team confidence
The Peyton Manning fake legit fooled the cameraman
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@@mattchapman2054 2:15
Dam not on my boys smh
Steve Bono's fake should have been on here too
He did the exact same play against bama. Nobody on the VOLS new he was going to do it.
I love how if any one of these plays failed, these plays would be called the dumbest plays in nfl history lol
I was thinking "Dumb Luck" plays.
Yeah, there was a lot of physical skill in most of these but it's mainly seems like "common sense plays" to me.
Ya like that first play could have easily given up a safety
Lol swear
Yea the first one he literally almost gets tackled into his own end zone as soon as he picks the ball up.
When even the main cameraman gets fooled, you KNOW that play was legendary
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The ref @11:30 is great. The crowd started booing, so he actually explained why it was a penalty for kick out of bounds. Not many, if any, do that these days.
Loved hearing a professional announcer yell “OHH that was SICK”
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Freal nobody else is talking about it lol
4:00 for the extra look friends.
In that moment he became a 16 year old playing Madden
2:15 is smart because you never expect Peyton Manning to run it
Who else here after Gurley scored the "accidental" touchdown
As a diehard Lions fan I can say with absolute certainty that we will give the opposing team some solid highlights.
ages like wine everytime
@@Venusandbeyond lol
@@blitzy3244 from a ravens fan
holy. crap.
As a Packers fan, I'd like to thank you for The Lion's contribution to us making the playoffs nearly every year.
“Harris says I’m gonna play this cuz I can”
I Am A Human “and look at the return he gets!”
SmittyYT yes
It’s exactly what he said though
I Am A Human “what a smart move by Harris!”
I Am A Human “as he gets free!”
Who’s here after the lions won their first ever Super Bowl in the year 2076
Me.
They beat Tom Brady
@Juan El Bean lol
They beat Tom Booty the 9th
Yeah I watched it, super bowl 173, right?
McAfee's onside kick recovery is probably one of my favourite plays of all time. The whole play was his idea, not only making the call to do it but also the idea of him returning his own kick
Too much pat McAfee show and cool aid for you. What was the score and quarter when he did it?
Extremely smart
@@danielrichards9502 All you gotta do is go to 6:20 on the video to see it is 3-0 against Houston with 11:13 left in the 1st quarter. Ya gotta come up with a harder question than that... lol
NFL IS FAKE AND RIGGED. Staged theater.
Saw that play live. Almost spit out my cheerios
That Ravens holding play had me rolling 😂😂 I can't imagine how confused those Cinci defenders were
They play for Cincinnati. Confused is their natural state of being.
@@monstermikeheinrichs this entire play was madness but smart for the ravens
I spit my drink out laughing when I saw that one-- pure comedy
Even the refs were confused. It took them several seconds before throwing any flags
The brilliance of the Peyton Manning play is that he later said that the play WAS a handoff. He just decided on the field to keep it and run it for a TD instead. Not even the RB knew. The guy is legend.
that's a good way to make the RB really sell it
So the takeaway here is that Peyton Manning is the greatest read option QB in NFL history. Name another QB with a 100% success rate. I'll wait.
@@ClemsonFan46 Another? Even Manning doesn't have a 100% success rate.
@@jenx5870 You missed the joke bud.
That Rams punt return is the greatest execution of a trick play I've ever seen. It's still hard to figure out how it was drawn up.
even the CROWD was faked out. He made it to the 40 before the crowd really got what was happening
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“This is the single most unselfish superstar I have ever seen in my life”
He didn’t care about me and my fantasy team though
Boo hoo, you lost points on your fantasy team, despite the Rams literally going to the superbowl
Flare The Folf I think he’s joking 🙃
@@FlareTheFolf chill lol it's a joke :/
Flare The Folf Have u ever heard of a joke
First one unselfish. second one dumb. game still had 2.37 left.
Every time I see the broncos, as a panther fan, I can’t shake super bowl 50 out of my head...
Same here my friend.
Me too, but the other way as I am a Broncos fan lol. Go hornets though
Every time I see Cam Newton, I think about him not diving after that ball in the most important game of his life
The day Superman died...
And they lost to the Broncos WEEK ONE the very next season.
munny moore but to be fair we woulda won if Gano didn’t miss
I will say… sport and team wise… Gurley was being selfless… fantasy football wise (I had him on my team)… WHAT THE HELL MAN!?!?
Lmaoo I can imagine the pain
LOL
At least you get the yards
lmfao thats too funny.
It's like he was trying to mess with fantasy players🤣
Who else here after Gurley scored the "accidental" touchdown
For real, he does it multiple times there then loses the game for the falcons🤦♂️
me 🤣
@@Spartan-ew8jl Lions got revenge on Gurley
Me
@@Spartan-ew8jl the sorry ass falcons lost that game, not Gurley
If I had a cent for every Packers kick off taken out of bounds, I'd have more cents than Bill O'Brien
And for that, Bill O’Brien has traded you and JJ Watt to the Patriots for washed up Drew Bledsoe and a 2050 7th round pick, somehow.
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@@pollogaming919 Someone missed the joke...
Mahomes no look pass: "This is incredible!"
Stafford no look pass: *crickets*
The most overrated QB to ever play the game
@@imkool51391 nah that’s brady
@@imkool51391 which? Mahomes?
Great no look throw - but great for its blind accuracy, not for being particularly smart. In fact, from purely a smartness qualification, it FAILS. It's 99/100 times going to fail and so it's a DUMB play, not a smart play. It was successful not BECAUSE it was smart but DESPITE it being DUMB.
Stafford so underrated Carr too
Man, Gurley really seems to like the "get down to wind the clock" thing...except when playing for ATL
3:04 I watched this live as a kid, been a football fan all my life and this game is in my top 5 of all-time. Miami v San Diego 1982 Divisional playoff game. It would go to OT. This play was also the last play of the 1st half. This is where the physical & mental training payed off. Deep in the game (5th quarter) both teams O & D lines were absolutely exhausted. SD pulled it out 41-38 with the game 1 minute from going to a 6th OT.
Yes indeed. One of the greatest games ever. Kellen Winslow had 13 receptions for 166 yards. I believe he also blocked a FG attempt in overtime. Chargers got off to a 24-0 first quarter lead but the Dolphins came back. The Chargers had three receivers go for over 100 yards (Winslow, Chandler, Joiner) and Chuck Muncie rushed for 120 yards. The Chargers had 564 yards of total offense.
In this game they had to battle the heat and humidity and in the AFC Championship game the Chargers had to go to Antarctica.
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0:50 I feel like I rarely see people mention this, but the old scoreboard for FOX NFL games brings back memories
00:58 Happiness and frustration collide when your both a fan of the team and needed 6 points to win your fantasy match that week.
The play at 7:43 was crazy smart. They knew they could hold as much as they damn well pleased and then give up a safety. Since time expired and there was a score, those flags meant nothing.
that shit had me dying, they legit just rolling on the ground cause, why not. they don't care if they a holding call.
So smart that the NFL outlawed it the following season.
@@eccentricgamer4111 How? So a half can't end on an offensive penalty now either?
@@jesusthroughmary
Here’s the rule now:
ARTICLE 3. INTENTIONAL FOULS TO MANIPULATE GAME CLOCK
A team may not commit multiple fouls during the same down in an attempt to manipulate the game clock.
Penalty: For multiple fouls to run off time from the game clock: Loss of 15 yards, and the game clock will be reset to where it was at the snap. After the penalty is enforced, the game clock will start on the next snap.
@@eccentricgamer4111 i was wondering, have they changed the rule regarding when a player stands out of bounds and fields a kick-off, kicking team is penalized? That rule is kinda ridiculous.
That last clip reminds me of an old piece of sports betting wisdom. "Never bet on a sport that has an odd shaped ball."
7:25 “there will be holding *probably* called”
Every Bengals player literally getting hugged there lmao
*When Gurley didn’t go in for those two touchdowns, I was like, “No, Score I NEED THESE FANTASY POINTS” LMAO*
I was looking at the lions game on the game day app. It said he scored. I cheered and the score never changed. Then it placed us at the 2. I was like, wtf happened?! I need those points!
Why wasn’t he scoring? What happened that game to make him decide not to?
Tyler Nash instead of scoring, he decided to give himself up, that way, the clock keeps running and it makes the other team use a timeout.
@@ryanrampage8266 He did score a play or two later; justice was served.
@@ryanrampage8266 he would be up by 2 possession and not have to risk a potential fumble the next play. honestly getting the score is the smart thing to do here.
In 1966, Al Bundy scored four touchdowns in a single game while playing for the Polk High School Panthers in the 1966 city championship game versus Andrew Johnson High School, including the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds against his old nemesis, Bubba "Spare Tire" Dixon.
And? Whats the point of this? Noone cares.
@@jamesspader85 everyone knows Bundy was the greatest football player to never break out of the high school level.
@@DougsShack Fairly certain the vast majority of people do not know that and no one fucking cares... lol
@@randomupdates4013 just like your comment
@@DougsShack oldheads really love the Bundy joke done a million times
That first play was crazy good!
Dude, why are you everywhere? Lol
Why i don't understand it tho??????
That’s as far as I got too, ... 👋
@@fredericcaron1317 the defense didnt secure the ball down at the 1 yard line so it was still live, return man just picks it up and runs with it. big error from the defense tho that raiders player caugh them sleeping
@@stjames3852 I don't know how laying on the ball with it in your arms isn't securing it...
All of these plays show good smarts and instincts but Ty Montgomery's play on the kickoff was A+++++. That takes balls, patience, and smarts.
That punt return at the end is so underrated. You can tell he's the only player on the field who realizes the situation. Even before the weird bounce he's jogging towards the ball. Then when he realizes the ball didn't go out, he subtly changes direction and keeps jogging. It's not until he sees that no Saints players are looking at him that he really puts his foot on the gas. And then he's gone.
Most of these plays are either intelligent, athletic or _sneaky_. This play has all 3. Not to mention an NFL record.
It's a good lesson for other players to never take your eyes off the ball.
It's like literally because he's the only person paying attention he gets a free hundred yard rush touchdown
i'm sorry, was a rule changed after that? because i'm pretty sure that if a punt lands in the endzone it's a touchback, so the ball is no longer playable
Yes it was. That play was the longest punt return in NFL history and it's now basically impossible to beat it
The other player running with him to provide cover knew what was up, but since they were the only two paying attention, he had nobody to block.
4:24 If that is Deion Sanders commentating I think it is, the Falcons used to do a "get the ball to deion" whenever there was an interception. The falcons would always lateral the ball to sanders on an interception
Can we talk about how McAfee’s kick was almost exactly 10 yards? He didn’t kick it any further than he had to
For the brand. If you haven’t heard his story on his podcast, your missing out.
“Harris says I’m gonna play this cuz I can”
I like how Peyton Manning running with the ball is considered one of the smartest football plays ever
@@andrewng4343 I mean he hadn't ran for a touchdown and probably hadn't attempted a run in 5 years, he had the whole defense fooled.
@@andrewng4343 I like how you stole this comment
It’s crazy how successful mcCoys career was running the ball like that
@The Thing I honestly didn’t even know he was on the bills I remember seeing him play on the eagles tho he was crazy definition of if it’s not broke don’t fix it I’m a pats fan and Steven Ridley almost caused me to buy a stress ball 🤣🤣
As a Philly native and Eagles Diehard, dude gave me so much anxiety running like that
Starting the video: "Well, I probably won't see my Lions." Ending the video: "I wish I hadn't seen my Lions so often..."
Matthew Stafford's fake spike and dive into the endzone against Dallas should have been on there but apparently this page hates the Lions.
That Ravens holding call on the Bengals is easily my favourite, love it.
Damn that double mid air redirect to get it out of the end zone was amazing seeing big football players fly like birds is great
4:41 Mahomes learned from Ronaldinho Gaúcho.
My favorite soccer player of all time. ☺️
0:00 I remember sitting with my dad (a pretty big raider fan) when the play happened at first he was mad and yelling “NO NO”and then around 0:16 he started going crazy it was hilarious. Some times to this day I still hear him watching any sport and he will yell “YES” when something good happens and it’s still hilarious
Harris picking it up there was smart because there is an NFL rule where once a player on the punting team touches it that spot the the worst spot u can get. So if he had been tackled in the endzone, it wouldn’t have been a safety because they Broncos defender touched it at the 1 yard line. So the only thing that can happen there is he gets positive yards
@@Crice16 Yep, even if he picks it up, runs 50 yards and loses a fumble, doesn't matter. They keep the ball at the spot it was first touched. No risk at all to pick it up.
Wow.. looking back at this, I realize just how many football games I've watched over my life, how many cool plays I've seen.
7:30 Ravens hug fest.
Ravens fan here
That rule needs to be addressed. There were like 10 penalties on the play and they get away with them all then the game ends. Something like that should be considered a personal foul and enacted the 15 yard penalty on the safety kick.
@@darron614 I'm not even a Ravens fan and that play was genius. Maybe slightly slimy but still genius. The rules are the rules, might as well know them.
@@milkwalkerjones633 well I found out that they actually did amend the rules where multiple fouls like that on the same play results in a personal foul.
I still think 7:15 is one of the coolest plays I’ve ever seen, when it happened I remember watching it over and over trying to watch everyone individually 😂
I guess only 1% of professional players know the rule, that was really impressive
@@tianhaowen2825 What do you mean? The whole O line knew it because they knew they could get away with holding on the play.
0:53 if that dude is on my fantasy team i would scream
1:55 cameraman got scared and missed the shot, the stuff of nightmares
Raiders: *pick up punt from the 1 yard line surrounded by defenders*
Announcer: *confused silence*
Raiders: *score a touchdown*
Announcer: "One of the smartest plays you'll ever see!"
Can we talk about how McAfee’s kick was almost exactly 10 yards? He didn’t kick it any further than he had to
2:00 does the similar color uniforms not confuse people? obviously everyone knows each other but still lol
Ikr
I thought the same thing. I’m a Cards fan so the red-on-white is what distinguishes it for me but yea the reds are almost the same.
Imagine having the players who didn’t get the TS to run the clock out on your Fantasy team
I don't have to imagine it. Westbrook would've won my game that week if he scored.
@@gnohms sorry
Imagine having Todd Gurley for fantasy and you see him miss a wide open TD
I remember when Steve Young (maybe Montana) was on the goal line, called a play, broke the huddle & then just told the center to snap the ball when he tapped him. The o-line didn't know anything about it, so when he tapped him everyone was motionless & they went right in like it was a busted play. Touchdown 49ers!!! Hilarious!
Mahomes looking right and throwing left was pretty smart, and you would definitely need skill to make that throw!
Not really. It was successful due to accuracy not smarts. It's not smart to make a blind throw. You just don't have the CONSISTENT accuracy throwing blind, so you can't say it's a smart play. It's a DUMB, risky play, but lucky. With super talent, like Mahomes, it may be LESS dumb than with other QB's but it's still very risky and dumb.
@@rhmayer1 that is even more evident this year with him throwing multiple picks off it
@@rhmayer1 he didn’t say it requires smarts he said it required SKILL but that looking the other way (to throw off defenders) was smart. Actually read before replying
@@theuzumakikay8647 For real?? He said it was smart, just as the title of the video mistakenly said. I disagreed. I'm not raising the issue of skill. Of course Mahomes has skills. I'm arguing not to call something smart that's dumb. And btw, "required" wasn't mentioned. You might try taking your own criticism.
@@rhmayer1 I agree that it is a risky play, but I can't agree with it being a dumb play. It requires incredible football knowledge and familiarity with his receiver to know where a guy would be on the field without looking. Yes sometimes it will not pay off, but often risky plays in football make the smartest and best plays. Any play in this compilation would be dumb if it had not worked out.
1:29 amazing teamwork
Can we get the dumbest plays in nfl history?
The only reason most of these plays aren’t considered dumb is that they were executed well and the opposing team had no answer. They’re a decent block or a slightly fumbled lateral away from “What were they thinking?”
The showboating dropping the football before the endzone plays are the dumbest of all.
So, basically just a Leon Lett compilation
The Russel Wilson throw instead of running it w/ Beastmode
@@zomell81_97 Eh, the defense was keying on Beastmode, so throwing it instead wasn't that dumb. It just didn't work out well because the Pats defender did his homework beforehand and recognized the play and made the perfect move on the ball.
8:51 “TRICKERY TOUCHDOWN VICTORY!” bars
7:11 at first I was like wtf are you doing and then by the end I realized that might’ve been the smartest play I’ve ever seen.
If there was a “best youtubers” list highlight heaven would be all over it
I absolutely love that last clip because the One singular person on the field paying attention gets a free hundred yard touchdown
5:01 probably the best punt coverage in league history
I like how Peyton Manning running with the ball is considered one of the smartest football plays ever
People who had Gurley on their fantasy team must’ve been punching air
Yeah. The amount of. Are you shitting me. Score the fucking touchdown! Moments that season was unbelievable
Gurley doesnt care about fantasy football he cares about his team so he can keep the clock running
that peyton bootleg worked perfectly because no one NO ONE would ever suspect he's gonna run it lol
Running out of the end zone with a 44-14 lead isn’t so much smart as it is merciful.
@Jared Hutchins "didn't"?? I think you meant "din"
Andy Gygi Actually, it had nothing to do with protecting their own ego, or sparing the other team’s. It was to avoid punting out of their own end zone, and likely giving up a quick, easy touchdown to the other team. It wasn’t about anyone’s egos. It was simply the safest, smartest thing to do in that situation.
Chris Webster it really wasn’t that smart though, what’s the point, if the ball does get blocked and the redskins then scored they would’ve still been up 23 points with 20 seconds left in the game.
I love how if any one of these plays failed, these plays would be called the dumbest plays in nfl history lol
Best highlights!
8:25 my brother when he gets the last cookie...
2:40 You know the game damn well to do this and instantly gain 38 yards.
That was taught to us in peewee football
Joe buck seems confused by the play. What a surprise.
If you can fool the camera man you're automatically in the GOAT discussion
2:41 29 be like "bruh what did I even dooo"
3:18 so THAT'S what that one colts play was supposed to look like
no. "That one colts play" was NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE SNAPPED!!
3:17 imagine not being able to watch the game and then later seeing that the punter has a passing TD and the kicker a recieving TD
I had that happen many years ago when I was running a fantasy contest during the playoffs. I'm going through the game stats the next morning and there's a TD pass and TD reception for guys who weren't even on my player lists.
As players get smarter and defenses wiser, I hope these plays never stop happening. I love shovel passes, trick plays, laterals, all of it
@8:38 How I miss
Chris Burman when he was behind the desk on sports center. I feel he doesn't get credit he deserves, He made watching the highlights and hearing the banter fun. Sure miss that guy's Rumbling,Tumbling, Stumbling through the telecast!
When the legion of boom was a thing it felt like the rams always beat them
2:16 Peyton did that exact same bootleg at UT. Both times he went untouched into the end zone
Don't understand how that's listed as one of the smartest NFL plays. It's just a bootleg, with the QB keeping. So the QB ran the ball on a bootleg. That's pretty normal. How is that one of the smartest NFL plays? The fact that he faked the hand-off well isn't "smart," that's just good execution. Am I missing something?
@@rhmayer1 nah it's pretty standard. I guess they included it because he "sold" it?? I don't know, I don't see it as being a smartest play either.
@@kidzbop38isstraightfire92 It worked because he had a reputation as a quarterback with no real running ability. You also have to remember it was a very long time between his bootleg with the Volunteers and his bootleg with the Broncos--over a decade. He was aging, and had even less running ability than he had in the prime of his career. The running backs the team had were good, too... so why not just give it to the RB?
Of course it was the perfect time to pull such a wily trick. No one was expecting it. And the offense sold it beautifully.
@@rhmayer1
It's smart because Manning later said it was supposed to beat handoff but he decided to keep it after the snap. So it was improv.
@@MarsJenkar OK so the play call was smart; nothing particularly smart about the play itself. That's cool. A smart play call counts. Though thedarkknight says it was an intended handoff, but decision to keep (which sounds to me like a normal bootleg option; which still could be a smart play call).
In the CFL, intentional safeties are reasonably common. Because of the differences in gameplay (most notably having only three downs per series in Canada) field position is more of a consideration. It’s often worth giving up two points to push the opponent back 25+ yards.
The CFL also has other rules more favourable to conceding a safety, namely it is a kickoff from the 35 (or the other team can simply take possession at their 35, the same distance from the endzone as the US 25 yard line) rather than a punt from the 20.
You generally see about one inte tional safety per season in the NFL. They should probably be more common than they are late in games, but I can see the negative stats and likely publicity discouraging it. The ability to wipe 5-10 seconds off the clock and then step out of bounds is huge when the two points don't change the game (such as you are up by six)
1:48
Me: Oh so the Falcons had a smart play for once?
Me 6 seconds later: Oh I see...
Wow I remember watching that last play as a kid, like 6 years old! I always wanted to find that highlight again, lol
When NFL played basic rugby it’s the most amazing thing ever!
It’s so fun to watch the teamwork to make these plays, and just the football IQ in general
2:14 reminded me of how Peyton Manning is basically the opposite of Lamar Jackson lmaooo
That first play was crazy good!
The last one was hilarious and amazing! No one knew what was going on lol XD The guy is smart!
@Ignatius Q. Snerd, II, Esq. Taking off your helmet is the penalty
*NFL player*: passes the ball backwards *everyone*: oh my god what a genius wow top 10 plays of all time *rugby player*: am i a joke to you
Right? I see you Handegg fans like backwards passing out of the tackle? Let me introduce you to a little old game called Rugby. 😂
1:10 I think people who had him on his fantasy team got kinda salty that he didn’t score lol
A lot of people forgot Leon Washington with the Jets was one of the first players to showcase the out of bounds kickoff rule in 2008. He was ahead of his time
A lot of people also forget that gurley used to be VERY smart avoiding touchdowns before his accidental one with the falcons LOL
7:10 looks like that scene in the longest yard where they play their first snap ever and just start kicking the shit out of each other
„Trickery. Touchdown. Victory!“
Why does Peyton's slow-mo replay look like he's still running top speed 🤣
Even as a longtime Colts fan, I'd be the first to admit he had no wheels. But that's exactly why the opposing team was so fooled (as was the camera).
Gurly couldn’t give up his stats for the falcons 😂😂
I love how at 7:31 the fans are booing cause they have no idea what’s happening
That one of those plays if YOUR team does your laughing if it’s against you you’re yelling expletives at the screen
That Ravens play was genius. Couldn't end the game on a defensive penalty, but you sure as hell could end it with offensive penalties.
Independent of the genius plays here, I just love hearing John Madden's voice again. He was a legend. R.I.P.
6:01 People have Todd Gurley in fantasy are enraged
8:26 the hotspot challenge in madden gauntlet
The dude by 41 7:16 is literally chocking the Bengals player
i wouldn't be surprised if one of them got RKO'ed. Watching that ending live was amazing.
that's #48
@@cerdickjohn2385 ok
The plays with the packers where they step out of bounds is brilliant
Is that still a legit rule now? Did they change it?
As another shoutout to Jon Bois and SB Nations Dorktown vid on the 2010 Chargers on how they had No. 1 offense and defense but missed the playoffs due to horrible special teams do a compilation of their special teams miscues of that season or Chargers special teams miscues in general because they always have the worst special teams in the NFL.
Video title: "Smartest NFL Plays"
Video Thumbnail: *Patrick Mahomes holding a football*
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The GB Montgomery Kickoff "return" was true brilliance.
I love how when Randall Cobb did the smart play every Green Bay packer player they show are just smiling even Aaron Rodgers 😂
4:00 was a really good play
8:10 fucking genius should be done more often
I wish this would happen more too!
2:15 the camera got juked