The Worst NFL Trick Play
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- Опубликовано: 31 авг 2018
- While the Colts almost take the title thanks to their fake punt (or whatever you call what they did) against the Patriots in 2015, this title goes to Jim Zorn and Washington in 2009. Against the New York Giants, down 24-0 with 2 seconds left in the first half, Washington lined up for a field goal, before attempting an absolute embarrassment of a play. Just...it’s just the worst.
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I can't believe it wasn't the Colts' nonsense punt play... but after you present the argument that way, I kinda agree
Same here I thought the Colts would be on here but I agree with him
As a colts fan I expected it too
Michael Brooks the dude that snapped it is my friend's brother I always expect it
The Colts one was a beautiful moment
theunwelcome I had a similar reaction
So many expected Colts-Pats but this is a play that you can't even really make an excuse...especially that they did it TWICE to get things right...
Yes true
This is very similar to the stupid colts play
Task Don ya but it didn’t matter they didn’t score on that drive anyway
Whats worse is that I'm a skins fan. This play hurts to watch.
Task Don yes, I watched the video as well.
I consider this play a success because nobody died.
can we really be sure tho? wouldn't be surprised if it killed some of the viewers lol
Fair enough
This play killed Jim Zorn's career. Does that count?
They killed the clock
Well a lonely passer against 3 linemen in a full rush with no way to stop them or unload the pass. Are you _really_ sure nobody got killed?
So, Ive actually sucessfully run this play in High School football. What was supposed to happen is the punter immediately throwing the ball to the motioning kicker while the punters blockers allow the defense through like a screen pass. THEN, instead of running the ball, the kicker would have a pocket to throw the ball himself. The problem with this play is that the punter got scared and fogot what he was doing...
you know that makes a lot of sense. Because if you look those two "blockers" waited for the defense to run past and then headed straight for the end zone like they expected to receive a pass shortly.
That makes so much more sense. The bunch on the left side seem to be doing something closer to blocking, they definitely aren't trying to go out and catch a pass.
I think the punter didnt do what was practiced also. The team was unprepared for that pass. Maybe he thought the Giants were ready for it and gave up on the play and improvised.
Not really the punters fault. The kicker was in front of him and facing the other way, completely unprepared
There was one guy behind the line on the left side who might have scored on a screen pass, but he wasn't all that ready to get a pass, he just holds his hands out and stands there.
I love how the clock operators take a good 7 or so seconds to start the clock after the ball is snapped, I'm pretty sure even they had no idea wtf was going on
haha good catch, they're like "I don't know what the penalty is, but I'm pretty sure there's a penalty in here somewhere. keep that clock at :02"
"This play's a disaster, right? We should let it play out. Maybe the Giants get their 4th touchdown on the runback."
The Annexation of Puerto Rico was an awesome play though....
It's a fun playground play, but the true Annexation (fumblerooski) been illegal in the NFL for ages as it's considered intentional grounding. NCAA actually banned it shortly before the Little Giants movie. There are some variations that can be run that avoid the ball touching the ground, though.
The Chargers and Panthers have successfully done a variation for TDs in recent years where the FB gets in front of the QB and the QB hands the ball between the FB's legs (similar to the snap in reverse motion). Then the QB and RB move to the other side to try to bait the defense on the wrong direction.
@@jarvindriftwood Wikipedia says NFL can funblerooski if the QB puts the ball behind them.
Ya we used to do the annexation of Puerto Rico except in soccer back in high school it usually got us a goal
@@jarvindriftwood in the annexation of Puerto Rico if the center lifts the ball and then places it on the ground. At least the center is the one to recover his own fumble in the last two minutes of the half and is therefore able to advance the ball. If you can get past the intentional grounding bit.
If the QB is the one that places the ball then the center is unable to forward the ball on a fumble as only the person who fumbles the ball can recover and advance the ball during the last two minutes of the half. Thank you Kenny Stabler.
A fake 23 blast with a backside George reverse
The best part was Mike Tirico saying "What in the wide world was that?"
When I saw that play on live TV, I couldn't stop laughing my ass off the entire night.
followed by Gruden saying I hope we never see that again lol
For years I thought I was the only one who saw this game. It was hardly ever mentioned and no one ever brought it up.
For the Colts play, the center was actually the only one who knew what he was supposed to do. In the play book it said that of the QB was in shotgun, don't snap. If the QB was under center, then snap the ball. The coach told the QB to go under center to try to catch the defense offsides, but he didn't tell the center. So the center did exactly what the play book said to do in that situation and snapped the ball. This is all according to Pat Macafee
Oh, that makes sense. That ain't smart tho.
I also wonder a little bit about the explanation. It almost feels like they went into the locker room afterward to come up with the least embarrassing explanation for that play possible. Pagano seems public-image oriented enough to blow smoke.
Still, nothing forgives the entire line being unable to line up on the line of scrimmage.
I knew what the Colts were doing the instant pat went to the side I was laughing the whole play
at least Troy wasn't lined up in the C gap
I really thought it was gonna be colts Patriots
HEY, ITS "THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2009!!" Get it right 😤😤
We're going 82-0
Griff is an idiot. I still don’t understand why he snapped the ball with 3 Patriots players right there.
@@allabouthewaves4354 yeah he wasn't supposed to but i still for the life of me figure out y we lined up that way
justin dinkins He's my friend's brother. He wasn't supposed to be in on that play to begin with but he got sent out at the last second and no one told him what to do or what the play was. He definitely shouldn't have snapped it though. No excuse there
that's actually pretty cool that Jim Zorn's been doing trick plays for forever
As a kid in the 70’s growing up in NY, the fake field goal and Zorn to Erfren Herrera pass on MNF made me an instant fan of the Seahawks (plus I loved their uniforms back then....and not the horror show duds of today)
Okay, so looking at how Gano set up, as well as how none of the people ran up field, I think this was supposed to be a screen to Gano, but it was just a failure of execution by hunter smith.
This doesn't excuse going with it after they were expecting
Brendan McKeeby ball was definitely supposed to go to Gano. Failure of execution was blocking, super obvious screen to kicker. Looking at the stack of Washington blockers it's so obvious. Is this the part where millennials ruin basic football play analysis? Because only an idiot can't see where that ball was supposed to go. Wish I had playing experience to go with my watching 30+ years experience watching football.
It was definitely not meant for gano, he's a kicker, the reciever was meant to get behind the unsuspecting safeties
The kicker is the worst person to throw a screen pass like that for. He's going to have the least experience running the ball with confidence through such tight traffic. And he's not even equipped with the proper padding to take hits so you're risking injuring your most important special teams player for almost no chance of scoring. So I can't blame them for assuming the kicker is just a decoy.
I thought the lopsided formation was a decoy to get a 1 on 1 on the opposite side of the field. At least that theoretically gives you a decent chance of scoring if it's a particularly favorable matchup. Maybe you've got a special teamer who's really good at breaking 1 on 1 tackles and is fast enough to gain ~20 yards and score, idk
@@roscoedash6673 logically you are correct. However, planning to do a play with 2 blockers defies logic, especially after a time out was called.
I agree. And to those who think that this is the dumbest play ever, but ABSOLUTELY NOT dumb enough that the play couldn't possibly have been drawn up to go to the kicker for a screen behind a wall of like 7 blockers because "he's not even equipped with the proper padding", I just don't get it. The coach himself had thrown the ball to a kicker in a trick play. My thinking is, kicker goes out for a screen, ball is snapped, pass rush is immediately on the passer, kicker's not immediately looking for the pass (he's still running to his spot, blind to the action behind him), passer freaks, throws the ball in despair to god only knows... and it's intercepted.
The Panthers actually ran the annexation of Puerto Rico in 2011....and it worked.
Lmao at those guys commenting about the wrong thing before watching the video
oof
@@bench8535 roblox? Good choice!
Oh my god I remember this play...I was on my floor laughing when it happened. Jaws and Gruden were almost arguing with each other about how bad it was.
I Referee HS Football. And I once was working a 1st Round Playoff game where 1 team ran The Swinging Gate every single play until the last few minutes of the 4th Quarter where they were just running the ball to close out the WIN. I never knew there were so many options available on The Swinging Gate. It was WEIRD but also really cool because it is something that most people will NEVER see even 1 time in their whole lives... let alone try to figure out HOW to Ref the game.
Most of the time when a team uses the Swinging Gate they just Motion into it and then shifts back into a normal Field Goal/P.A.T. Formation. And then they Kick.
But they ran what I have to assume was every possible option. The Center with a Lineman to his Right would snap to the QB in Shotgun. The QB would run up the Middle.
A Wr to his Right would be the only player on that side of the Field looking for a 1-on-1 pitch and catch kind of play. 1 Wr to the Left would run deep.
Another Wr to the Left would stay behind the 3 Linemen split wide to Catch the ball for a Screen Pass. A TE would LineUp at the End of either Line.
And a Slot Back would Lineup in 3 or 4 different spots and sometimes would RUN the ball. The main options were the QB and the 3 WRs.
We had to relearn who had to watch what as an official on the fly because that formation is NOTHING like a typical play. And we only had a 5 man Crew.
We had to adjust where we stood. We had to give up certain players that are normally the guys we have to watch and get another Ref to pick them up.
AND of course we had to pick-up players we don't normally cover to help other Official. I'm just glad I wasn't the Line Judge. He always had 3 Linemen and 2 Wr's in his face.
Normally he only has 1 to 3 Wr near him and when that happens he gets help from the Back Judge shading to his side.
As an Umpire I mainly watch the Linemen all day and any Defenders that are taking on the Linemen. I had to watch the Slot Back lots of times.
And the Linesman behind me had to watch every Snap to be sure each 1 of them was Legal which is my job usually... because he only had 1 Wr on his side of the Field.
Props to you man.
My brother coached middle school and 1 year ran the watermelon/swinging gate as the main offense
I was getting ready to say "What about Colts-Patriots", so I'm glad you covered it. You have me convinced.
The Colts play is a lot less egregious when you actually hear the explanation for it. The guy who was supposed to be the center on the Colts play (who had practiced the play as the center before) wasn't in the game so they stuck another guy in. The other guy hadn't practiced the play but had read the playbook and knew what the play was... but the playbook said "if the QB gets under center, snap the ball." Also, right before they run the play Pagano tells the QB to try a hard count to attempt to draw the Patriots offsides if the trick play doesn't work in drawing a penalty. So the impromptu QB sees the Patriots not subbing out their defense (which is what the play was designed to do - catch the Patriots subbing with the wrong number of men on the field) and gets under center to try a hard count. Basically all the players did what they were told but Pagano didn't know or realize that their substitute center was under the impression that he was supposed to snap the ball when the QB got under center.
2:54 when the coach has to take you off but you forget you’re in the middle of a play
Holy shit. Hunter smith is gonna be my fantasy QB
Thank you for making this! I watched this in real time when I was at college and when I saw them try it again after the timeout I said wtf are they doing. Then they ran it and I laughed out loud by myself. Also they were down 24-0 at halftime lol I’m a cowboys fan so I loved every minute of it
Revisiting this beauty after the Cowboys play last night. Still hilarious
"Our poor smothered friend." LOL!
Jim Zorn probably tricked himself into thinking this play would work
The bandicam watermark 😂 0:26
Comedic
What's crazy is that on my highschool football team we use that formation at times but we only use it as a two point convergence play
I like this better than the normal the worst episodes.
This is the second "Worst..." without "the year of our lord" in a row. I am not Christian at all, but it was a cool touch. Come on, son.
I'm always waiting for it now. It's weird without it haha
the year of our lord is because of BC and AD. BC Before Christ and AD Anno Domini the year of our lord. It is and isn't a Christian thing. It got adopted for everyone although now the convection is CE and BCE
All this time I thought he said "The year of our lore"
Ugh, I remember this play and was sure that return was going the distance. I'd forgotten the Redskins showed the play before, too, but you brought that part of the memory back.
What a mess. And this happened before Haynesworth went to sleep against Mike Vick.
"It was totally awesome, but it came with a terrible cost that wouldn't be seen for decades."
I'm a Skins fan and I watched this game live. I completely forgot that they lined up to do it the first time and NY called a timeout.
Pat McAfee has since given a great explanation on that Colts play which after hearing it makes you realize it wasn’t as bad as it appeared. It boiled down to a very simple last-minute miscommunication between Chick Pagano and the gunner/makeshift center.
If he passes to the guy in motion, he's got a convoy of blockers, but the motion man didn't look back in time. Bad execution.
It looks like this was designed to be a screen to the kicker, but when the Giants came barreling in the "quarterback" panicked and just chucked it deep
I rewatched and there wasn't even anyone open, they all. Seemed covered
As a colts fan I haven't been this happy since we've won the super bowl
Was it not supposed to be a screen to Gano? That is why all the players held that line and Gano looked ready for a pass? I could be wrong, but that's what it looked like to me. The punter's throw wasn't on his mark though.
We Redskins fans don't talk about the infamous Jim Zorn era. That was our mid-2000's bald headed Brittany Spears moment.
Remember the year where we started the first 6 weeks against winless teams? Zorn guided us to a 2-4 record against teams that were a combined 0-15 before facing us...That was a rough stretch. Lol
Gibbs 2 was bookended by two crappy “pro” head coaches in Steve Spurrier and Jim Zorn. #sigh
Httr my friend.
The play that ended Joe Theismann's career was technically a trick play (a flea flicker), but that was just botched execution and Lawrence Taylor.
This? Yeah, this was worse, even if no bones were broken.
Flea flicker is a standard trick play in any NFL playbooks, so it wasn't that bad, it's just bad to call it versus the best linebacker in the history of the NFL.
I was hoping it was this the moment I clicked on the video. As a Skins fan, this is a play I will never stop burning in my memory.
This was actually very well explained. Good video.
your point was made savagely. i am another that came in with the mindset that the colts patriots trick play had to be the worse and you have thoroughly convinced me otherwise. well done.
I do not envy the amount of research that it took to find the worst trick play. Kudos; and unlike what your content displays; great execution.
The tragedy was in running the same play twice. One guy ran block and release out and the other ran a kind of crossing route. The problem is after the timeout and they got a chance to get a look at what they were doing and seeing where the eligibles were lining up, the defense was clearly instructed on who was going out for a pattern. The play was obviously supposed to be an inside outside read, as you see the inside guy goes first on a crosser, likely to rub the defender playing the center eligible, who was supposed to block and release to the outside but both players in front were covered because the outside guy couldn't get a rub on the center's defender because he was playing too far off. It was actually a good play by Hunter to throw deep because that was the only other read, as there was no way the kicker was getting the ball on a screen.
The concept seemed questionable as you're asking a lot out of your punter to lob a pass accurately over unblocked defenders wanting to knock his head off and asking for that kind of chemistry out of your punt team. Incredibly poor use of personal unless the team is caught unprepared
Hahaha, love your commentary...self-preservation
as a lifelong Redskins fan....I completely agree with this assessment!
You mean the illegal Philly Special with Foles lining up as an ineligible receiver.
If it wasn't the swinging gate I was gonna riot.
Yes I'm a Skins fan FML
So that Colts play was all because the center didn't know not to snap the ball?
Makes sense.
Yes.
John I know that this is old but it wasn't the centers mistake. The playbook said to snap the ball if the "quarterback" gets under center. The coach made a last minute change to try to draw the Pats offsides but never told the center so he snapped the ball.
My source on the is Pat Macafee, the Colts punter. If you want a full explanation he has one on RUclips.
Sort of, but I wouldn't even blame the center. Last second Chuck Pagano said to snap the ball if the QB saw an opportunity to get a first down and lining up behind center was supposed to be the signal to snap the ball. I blame Pagano for unnecessarily adding complexity to the play which caused the ball to be snapped when it wasn't supposed to
the original center that had trained for the play was sick at the time too
Deandre Hopkins vs Carolina 2019: hold my INT
As a Redskins fan, I unfortunately remember watching this game. So, I'm not shocked it's here. You forgot to mention there was also a fight after this play lol.
I’m pretty sure the plan was to throw to the center (#87). The Redskins shift to a center-eligible formation. The center is the end man on the line of scrimmage, which makes him an eligible receiver (as long as he is not wearing #50-79 or he has reported as an eligible receiver). The Redskins were hoping the Giants didn’t realize he was eligible and would not cover him when he ran a pass route. I believe all the shifting and motion to the left was a decoy but, when the holder got pressured and center was covered, he had no choice but to heave it that way.
“Fed ex field, Washington DC” 😂😂😂😂
At least he didn't say Baltimore. 🤣
Efren Herrera - even as a Plunkett-era Raider fan, I have to admit it was fun to see what the Seahawks were gonna pull out of the bag next!
I'm super indifferent to sportsball, but I enjoy these videos.
For real tho! When I used to coach... I would occasionally use a weird formation just to get the other team to burn a timeout. Or on defense, allow the team to set up after a timeout, see what set they choose, then immediately use my timeout so I have a little for information
I'd love to see just how Coach Gibbs would have reacted to this travesty of a play.
You made me laugh and for that I am thankful.
i too initially thought of that weird colts formation, but after hearing more and more about this one it's definitely deserving.
3:10 Literally what I was thinking. Well done.
The announcer saying 'What in the wide world was that' and 'This is embarrassing' as the play fails, is one of the most relatable things ever.
The Worst American League Game: Rangers Vs Orioles Aug 23, 2007. Started as an Orioles shutout up three, then the Rangers get 5 in the 4th, making it look like it might be a good game.
Then the rangers get 9 in the 6th, 10 in the 8th, and 6 more in the ninth, turning the whole game into a frightening meat grinder of a blowout the likes of which had not been seen for over a hundred years. Rangers win 30 to 3.
Kohdok As an Orioles fan, I can agree with that. What most people probably don’t remember is that game was the 1st game of a doubleheader so both teams had to come out and do another game an hour later.
Sounds more like worst night for a pitching staff
My first thought was "Okay, yeah, this looks like a real disaster." And more so when the Colts' gaffe was revealed to be a play that wasn't intended to actually be run. And THEN came the glorious revelation of the previous timeout.
I don't know if this will ever be topped.
I always thought the punter messed this play up and was supposed to lateral it to the kicker who the throws it back to the guy across the field
Someone made a great painting of this, it was glorious
Was binging S1 and S2 and than I I saw a noti about this
Didn't have to watch. I will, but haven't yet... and I already know it's the "Swinging Gate" haha #HTTR
This is a little bit similar to a play we run called Pepper for my high school team. We have 1 back, a center and a QB in the backfield, and the same formation to the left with all the guys. It's meant to draw the whole team over to the blockers and the center (who is an eligible receiver since he's last on the line) would run out for a pass and the QB could throw it to him or hand it off. When Jim Zorn did not make them shift back for a field goal upon realizing that there were 5 guys in the box, the play would never work. This play is also supposed to be for a 2 pt conversion aswell so idk what the thought process was...
Glad you covered the Colts play. I agree with you here.
Ah I remember that blizzard, my 7 year-old self was so happy for missing so much school that year
The minute you guys said the date and showed FedEx field I knew which play you guys were talking about. No wonder why my Giants own the Redskins 😂😂😂😂😂
This whole idea was an excuse to squeeze Rick Moranis/The Annexation of Puerto Rico into a video.
I approve.
I remember watching this and dying of laughter.
Thank you thank you thank you! This has been driving me crazy. When the Colts play happened, I said it had happened before, and I couldn't remember who did it, and I swore it was worse. And my friend didn't believe me. I knew another team had run a stupid play.
And it was worse. I remember watching this game going W......T.......F?
Washington: O line disappears off to the left
Giants: Nah fam, timeout
Washington: Wanna see me do it again?
So glad to see you didn't pick that time the Lions tried a fake field goal.
come on, where's the "year of our lord" joke? I loved that
Touché! I really thought it would be the Colts WTFake Punt. 😂 But I get your point.
December 21st THE YEAR OF OUR LORD! Bahahahh, gets me every time
5:25 that's a funny article about a loud presumed firecracker being thrown behind the Saints' bench.
I like the idea the punter is supposed to stay with the qb, but out of punter instinct tried to self preserve
I still remember this and thinking WTH?
The play is called " the swinging gate". You're trying to get a numbers advantage either wide to throw the screen pass , or in the middle with a run option / pass . It depends on how the defense lines up. From 28 yards out this play makes zero sense , mostly teams try this in high school or college on PAT tries .
This play worked Week 13 in 2019, on 4th and goal. Miami scored a TD with a very similar trick play against the Eagles.
I see what they were trying to do. They hoped the defense would aggressively attack the blockers, who they think are setting up for a screen pass to the kicker, and that one guy who they ended up throwing to would be able to sneak through the defense at the last second undefended for a TD. A horrible play call still and made even more horrible by the fact that they showed their hand then still tried to go through with it.
This is incredible! They got the guards in the backfield! The center's on the right! And the quarterback isn't even there!
5:19
"Just fantastically shitty defense on your part, Denver."
Uses picture of 2 Hall of Famers.
Zorn's swinging line play will always give me joy.
My cowboys actually managed to top this against the 49ers in the divisional 😢
Could the ball possibly be supposed to go to Gano on a quick pass and maybe he would streak down the field with multiple blocks in front of him? It looks like that's what NY thought was going to happen and the punter just panicked when he saw unimpeded rushers coming right at him.
Funny how both guys involved In this were better known for playing elsewhere. Graham Gano is better known as the Panthers kicker during the Cam Newton era, and Hunter Smith is better known for being the Colts punter during the Peyton Manning era
My friend had gotten free tickets to that game, so I went with him. We walked about a mile, in 2 1/2 feet of snow, to Fedex Field from the metro station. Our seats were upper deck, I mean way up. But we were the only people in the entire section. It was about 20 degrees with wind chill. Brian Mitchell was being incucted into the Redskins Ring of Famd that night, I still have my souveneir cup. The game was laughable, as we expected having known who the Redskins were, and we left about half way through the second quarter. We just missed enduring the infamous honor of watching this play live. Such a tragedy, the play, and the fact that we missed it.
wow. I don't even watch football but this hurts.😢
Y’all need to get the rights to Jean-Ralphio Saperstein’s masterful delivery of “The Wooooorrrrsssstt” and make it your theme song
Nothing could ever be as bad as the Colts fake punt against the Pats
Oh finally a video of “The worst series” including just a scene, not other crap things in that period
I totally expected the colts play when i clicked, but i wondered how you stretched it so long. That was obviously a horrible call but i knew it wasn't supposed to be snapped. I'm somehow relieved that that wasn't the worst playcall ever. I'm a pat's fan, after all. Also, for what it's worth, i firmly believe the Belichick's 4th and 2 call against the colts was a worse playcall than the Seahawks' pass play against us.
Ok everyone on here has this play all wrong. The ball is supposed to be thrown to the tight end/center. Watch him delay before running out into the flat. The play is designed to get everyone looking left with the pre snap shift and pre snap motion. Then you hope no one covers the center who is actually eligible because he is uncovered. That nuance might have worked originally, but this was no doubt covered during the Giants timeout.
I remember watching this live with my grandpa omg
3:15 Funniest sports play I've ever seen. Makes me bust a gut everytime.
I the way the punter is standing and the way the offense doesnt move makes me wonder if the punter was supposed to get it with a full line of people in front to block.... idk
Nothing tops that Rams punt return
"Vince Lombardi should be spinning in his urn!" 💀💀💀
The worst trick play was Seattle passing on the goal line at the end of a Super bowl against the Patriots