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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.With the talk of Troy Brown playing DB, do we forget that Julian did the same for a few games? And I would posit that he was a better DB than Brown. Not a WTF moment, I just wanted it to be noted.
Just witnessed almost 3 hours worth of such moments
One of my favorites...
No need to overthink this. It’s the Colts fake punt. Many plays spontaneously turn into gaffes because one person makes a laughable mental error. This was a spectacular mental error from so many involved. They practiced this. They designed it, practiced it, and actually ran it. I don’t think you can top (or is it bottom?) that one.
And of course the rest of the Colts lined up in the wrong place relative to the LOS so if NE had jumped it still wouldn’t have worked.
I very much doubt that even the Colts practiced lining up illegally. I bet what happened is that the widest man screwed up and set himself wrong relative to the line and everyone set himself off that guy.But this is exactly why it’s inexcusably dumb. The formation itself was so idiotic, and the formation was by design, not a bunch of players lining up wrong. They were clearly in the positions they were told to go to.
I very much doubt that even the Colts practiced lining up illegally. I bet what happened is that the widest man screwed up and set himself wrong relative to the line and everyone set himself off that guy.
I've mentioned this one before, but can't help remembering August 17, 1969.You should see the link to a Pat McNally radio show where he talked about the play.
It was never designed or intended to be snapped for real. Its main goal is to try to get the opposition to think a fake is coming, start swapping out the punt team for actual defenders and hopefully (from IND’s point of view) catch the D with 12 men on the field and snap it to get the free 5 yards. A secondary goal if that fails is to try to get the defense to jump early with a hard count. It was never, ever supposed to be run “for real”. However, the get them to jump bit wasn’t in the standard playbook but was added that week.
Problem was that the player who was supposed to be the center (and who knew about the jump early option) got injured in the game. They player they had to use as center knew about the “try to get 12 men” aspect of the play BUT WAS NEVER TOLD about the jump early aspect. All he knew was that if the QB called for the snap he was supposed to snap it.
So the hard count failed to fool NE but fooled their own player (who to be fair was screwed by his own coaching staff). And of course the rest of the Colts lined up in the wrong place relative to the LOS so if NE had jumped it still wouldn’t have worked.
Butler’s Interception.
With the talk of Troy Brown playing DB, do we forget that Julian did the same for a few games? And I would posit that he was a better DB than Brown. Not a WTF moment, I just wanted it to be noted.