The Seattle Seahawks struggled to put the Detroit Lions away on Sunday, but finally did so with a very gutsy fake punt from deep within their own territory.
The Seahawks led Detroit by two touchdowns with a little over two minutes to go, but were forced to punt from their own two-yard line. Nobody seemed to be anticipating a fake, especially on the Lions, but punter Michael Dickson took off essentially from the back of his end zone and managed to run for the first down.
Just when you think you couldn’t love Michael Dickson more… pic.twitter.com/hSMezS3sE7
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) October 28, 2018
That’s a pretty brutal way for the Lions to lose, and a pretty big risk by Pete Carroll. The Seahawks were heavily favored to close out the game no matter what, and even with a safety they’d still have been up by two scores. That doesn’t make it any less risky.
