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The Philadelphia Eagles pulled one straight out of the playbook of Jim Zorn on Thursday night. In the second quarter of their divisional game against the Washington Commanders, the Eagles decided to bust out one of the sorriest trick plays that you …
BYU kept their undefeated season alive with an impressive road win over UCF on Saturday, and their best play of the day came on special teams. The Cougars were leading 7-0 in the first quarter when they lined up to attempt a 46-yard field goal. …
A high school football team ran a successful fake punt years ago that was so impressive it has gone viral again. In a 2013 game, Thomas Downey High School in Modesto, Calif., lined up to punt at their opponent’s 40-yard line before executing …
The Cincinnati Bengals tried to get tricky on Monday night. They were the ones who ended up getting tricked. The Bengals took on the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla. The Jaguars and Bengals each scored a touchdown early …
The Los Angeles Chargers went deep into their offensive playbook Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens. The Chargers were down 13-3 and facing 3rd-and-17 from their own 44 with just over 2 minutes left in the third quarter at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, …
Rutgers gave Ohio State a good run for 30 minutes of their game on Saturday, and part of that was thanks to an incredible fake play they ran. The Scarlet Knights lost 35-16 to the Buckeyes at SHI Stadium in Piscataway, N.J. on Saturday. But Rutgers …
San Francisco 49ers fans are used to seeing some offensive razzle-dazzle from Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan. But the Detroit Lions actually pulled off the same trick first on Sunday. The 49ers executed a double handoff flea flicker to perfection …
The South Alabama Jaguars could have and probably should have beaten UCLA on Saturday. The fact that they did not is largely down to some incredible overthinking on their part. The Jaguars had a 31-29 lead with less than three minutes left, and were …
A high school football team in Wisconsin scored on an impressive trick play on Friday night. Almond-Bancroft beat Tri-County 52-19 in a game of 8-man football. At one point, Almond-Bancroft went for two and converted. The quarterback took the snap …
When football teams are down to their last play and desperate, many of them will try a “Hail Mary” pass. Some others will try the old “Hook and Ladder” play. These plays rarely work, which is why they’re viewed as …
Nothing says “football is back” quite like a brilliant trick play from a high school football game. On Friday, we got exactly that from a team in Georgia. Loganville High School and Monroe Area were in quadruple overtime Friday in their …
A high school football player in Rhode Island went viral on Thanksgiving for the incredible trick play he pulled off. Johnston Senior High School in Johnston, Rhode Island faced Pilgrim High School of Warwick, Rhode Island on Thursday. Johnston was …
The Purdue Boilermakers bolstered their upset bid against Michigan State on Saturday with one of the wilder trick plays you’ll see. Leading 14-7 in the second quarter, Purdue went deep into the playbook and went with a double lateral screen …
The Washington Football Team got very creative on Thanksgiving against the Dallas Cowboys, and it somewhat paid off for them. In the second quarter of Thursday’s game, Washington pulled out a fumblerooski-type play. Alex Smith and J.D. McKissic …
The Ryan Raiders from Denton, Texas put together one of the best trick plays on a kickoff return that you will see. Ryan High School was facing Alvin Shadow Creek in the 5A D1 state title game on Friday night when the Raiders ran a trick play for a …
Hawaii must have watched film on Tulane from last week, because they executed the same trick play a week later. The Warriors were leading Nevada 28-3 with the ball at their 29 and 24 seconds left in the half. They set up like they were going to kneel …
