I didn't use as many older clips as I would've liked, but the truth is, since teams have tried to get more fancy with their trick plays, their fails have gotten way worse.
@@ryanwarner5006 It is a really bad call though, there is too much of a risk to even contemplate throwing the ball back in the end zone, where it can easily be fumbled/recovered by the defense/safety. There is no justification behind putting that much pressure on the QB for such a terrible playcall.
Boswell's failed behind the back onside kick was hilarious. You could see his body language after he did it that he knew he biffed then was just like ah f it and booted it off the ground LOL
The worst play on this list, THE WORST - is the Colts v Pats. Not so much for what actually transpired (which was horrible) but the fact that there was so much time prior to the snap in which it was so blatantly obvious what was EXACTLY going to happen and that idiot Pagano stood there like a deer in the headlights doing nothing both before and after.
Colts v Pats: According to Pat McPhee, Griff Whalen was never supposed to take the snap, it should have been a delay of game then come back for a re-punt. It was designed to confuse the opponent to have too many men on the field, or use the hard-count to draw them off-side, but it just didn't work. Chris Collinworth guessed half of it, and just make him sounding like Madden is worth it! 4:40 LoL
They could have tried that trick play against any team. It probably does make half of the teams in the league either jump or call timeout. Instead, he tried to spook the Patriots, the best-coached team in the league, who a few months earlier hadn't even called a time out in the last minute of the Superbowl, on the 1 yard line against the Seahawks. Pagano thought maybe he could outsmart Belichick. Nice plan.
The funny story behind it, the snapper actually was a replacement, the guy they practiced the play with got sick days before the game, one lil communication error lead to the funniest snap in history
turns out, not the centers fault. He followed the play exactly as he was supposed to. Play instructions for center "IF YOU FEEL SOMEONES HANDS UNDER YOUR BUTT, YOU SNAP THE BALL." Even though he was a replacement, he did exactly what he was supposed to. The error came when the QB began making "fake" calls. At the last minute, one of the coaches (don't know who :/) told him, and only him, to try to get the Patriots to go offside. So when he started calling numbers, everyone was like.....uh what?Then he placed his hands under the center, and the center followed the plays instructions. So, not the centers error here.
I especially like the first one (the Zorn swinging gate fail), since basically every single Giant was totally prepared for it (they had just called the same play), so he ended up throwing the ball into a nest of SIX defenders. And the last one is great also ("He's wide open...oh, whoops, except for this player coming into your screen now because the throw took 10 seconds to get there...picked"). Some of them aren't that bad (i.e., a flea flicker and a 50-yard pass downfield that is INT'd is really just the equivalent of a punt). The Patrick Chung fumble, though, was part of the very worst, most inexcusable loss of the Brady era in New England. The all-time king, though, remains the Colts play. The play took so long to develop that Edelman, who was 50 yards downfield to return the punt, is playing defense by the end of the play. The greatest under-appreciated aspect of this fail is that the Colts predicated this play on the Patriots calling time out before the ball was snapped. In other words, they could have used this trick play against any team, but they chose to use it against the best-coached team in the league, who a few months earlier hadn't even called timeout with a minute left in the Superbowl, playing defense on the 1-yard line. Pagano thought that he was going to outsmart Belichick and make him panic.
At 4:00: I think that the Colts were trying to do a legalized form of "center sneak." While this play is usually illegal, it is because the NFL has determined forward handoffs at or beyond the line of scrimmage as forward passes (which ironically was done to prevent the classical definition of center sneak). This is when a quarterback hands the ball to the center, usually right back after the actual snap, back through his legs while the center remains in squat postion. Now, keep in mind that a forward handoff at or beyond the line of scrimmage is considered a pass, even if the ball doesn't travel through the air, according to NFL rules. Therefore, there are a lot of different issues to consider for the play to be legal. This play is only legal if: 1. The center is declared eligible before the play to the referee. Typically, you occasionally hear the term "tackle eligible," which is the same rule. This is done because the numbers on the uniform are relevant to the player's (primary) position (which makes it easier for refs to determine eligibility for pass reception and position on field). Usually, on a tackle-eligible call, the end is located in the backfield, or in some extreme cases, the tackle himself is in the backfield. But the center is always on the line. Sometimes the PA announcer says it prior to the play, but I didn't hear it, though it could have done before this video segment started. In this case, the announcement should actually be "center eligible." 2. For the center to be eligible, and since he's on the line of scrimmage, he must be on one of the two far ends of the line; in this case the left end. 3. When a center hands off to the quarterback, the quarterback must take complete control of the football, with no part of the football touching the center. In other words, the center couldn't just take the ball, have the QB touch the ball, then the center keeps the ball. The ball has to completely transfer from center control to QB control, and it must be noticable by the ref. Only at that time can the QB transfer the ball back to the center. If you click the replay at 4:50, you can see the hesitation of the snap. You could see the center maintain his hands near the spot of the handoff, I believe clearly expecting the QB to hand it right back to him. But it appeared that in the confusion, the QB juggled the ball just a bit, and made it impossible to hand it back cleanly. I hope this explains it clearly. There can be no other logical explanation to this absolutely bizarre formation.
Photoshop Jack Very nice indeed! I wonder if someone other than Chuck designed it and the play got called without eligibility or lining on far left side. Imagine a horizontal snap, then forward pass, to the center! Amazing
I’m a little late but they were trying to draw them offside and we’re not supposed to snap it unless there were 12 mean on the field. It was a communication error because the original snapper got injured earlier in the game. Just a communication error made one of the worst plays in nfl history
There is a nice block at 9:58... It's a blur but it is there. But yeah, a flea flicker from your own end zone into triple coverage... I've yet to see it succeed.
ok ok im a colts fan and I have been since I was a little kid, but my colts have the #1 TRICK PLAY FAIL of all time. That was the worst play ive ever seen by far. I actually seen an interview with the guys involved and the whole reason that happened was bc that ball WAS NOT supposed to be snapped and somehow the guy snapped it. It was a designed play to throw the other team off and make them possibly jump offside or line up wrong and get a penalty. The ball was NEVER supposed to be snapped.
Rainbow Anderson Oh yeah I remmeber that lol. The returner wanted a touchback but he touched the ball before it crfossed the endzone and since he knee'd it it counted as bringing the ball into the endzone which is a safety
The whole point of the flea flicker is to make the defense jump to defend the run and leave a receiver open as a result. If they don't bite on it and the receiver is in double coverage, it's generally not a good idea to just throw it anyway.
Something about 4th and 3 with Indy and NE. Who can forget 4th and 3 in the 4th Qtr when Belechik went for it and got stuffed deep in their own territory?
Love the commentators always saying what a bad call it was when it doesn't work. These are the same guys saying how brilliant the play was when it does work. Never do they say " nice try it just didn't work."
The Redskins and Colts were both trying to do something like the same play. Not sure how it was supposed to work as having 0 blockers gives the QB about 1/2 sec to get the ball out.
At 5:15, I don't see how that was a bad play. It opened up amazingly well. #90 just reacted amazingly and angled over the top. Otherwise he was going to at least get the first easy.
That's the thing with trick plays in any sports: you make them work and you're a hero, you don't and you are the one who tried a funny thing and failed. Some of the ones in the video are actually bad calls tho
5:56 it is a rabona, which is an uncommon soccer-trick move that, from time to time, you can see in pro matches when the player tries to use his good leg altough the ball is orientated for his bad leg (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabona)
If you ever make a second, I can suggest 2010 Packers Vikings. Packers faked a 55 yard field goal and it was ALMOST agreat play but I believe Jermichael Finley tripped on his own feet and the ball went over him for what was a sure touchdown
Some of these are a lot worse than others! That Colts play was on something...whereas a defender winning a jump ball 1v1 on a flea flicker sucks but just isn't as much of a spectacular fail as something like that Oakland fake FG :D.
"Flea flicker from their own end zone into triple coverage" just about sums up the Browns
"Curious play call."
You THINK?
What r u talking about genius decision by the Browns
Especially at that point yes lol
It's honestly not that bad a call. The ball was intercepted way down field and they were probably punting out of their own end zone
@@ryanwarner5006 It is a really bad call though, there is too much of a risk to even contemplate throwing the ball back in the end zone, where it can easily be fumbled/recovered by the defense/safety. There is no justification behind putting that much pressure on the QB for such a terrible playcall.
The best part of the Colts trick play against the Pats is Al Michael's reaction, "What in the world?"
And everyone can clearly see they only had one guy on the line of scrimmage, something like six short of what the rules require.
100% agree 🤣🤣
I pull out this video at least once a month just to hear him say that, in the hilarious way that he says it.
The best part about a lot of these trick plays are the reactions of nearly all of the commentators lol
and cris’ what…the….heck
"What in the wide world was that."
I'll never get that Gruden chuckle out of my head.
That play was entirely on the coach Giants knew exactly what the play was
I always was so confused about the colts pats play 4:05 but once i saw the pat mcafee video explaining what happened it makes so much more sense
It' still dumb
No it doesn't.
"We were playing The Patriots" is no excuse.
Okay whose idea was it to get Janikowski on the edge? The guy's 40 time is measured by a calendar for pete's sake.
At 4:10 - Chuck Pagano's face there always cracks me up. He's like "did it work? did we fool them?"
Boswell's failed behind the back onside kick was hilarious. You could see his body language after he did it that he knew he biffed then was just like ah f it and booted it off the ground LOL
And then you have Jesse James recovering it like it was live!
it’s called a rabona in soccer , it looks really cool when it’s done properly
me whenever I try a trick play in madden
Jacob Dolinger same lmao
Once I tried a HB pass and the pitch deflected off of the full back
@@quinm same happened to me lol
“What in the wide world was that?” always gets me lmfao
cant be a fail video without jamarcus russell lol
Imagine being a Raiders fan with him as our starter. It was fucking painful to watch.
didn't he sack himself, too?
Dghgdsfh Vhhfxvb yeah, he did. I still have nightmares from the Jamarcus Russell days.
3:15 why are the holding hands 😂
Maybe a better question would be why aren't they holding hands
Bestoutof64 they're trying to make a "wall" to block the defenders.. learned that my freshman year of highschool
Suspect
Date night
The Jets and the Browns must have the most loyal fans out there. Unreal how many mistakes they make in every single game.
I love that "The whole right side of the line wasn't on the line" call. It makes me giggle every time.
Craziest thing is half of them the team that tried the trick play was IN THE LEAD.
Depends on the team and the lead, but I can't say that I can blame them entirely. You get a comfortable lead, then have some fun with it.
English please
The worst play on this list, THE WORST - is the Colts v Pats. Not so much for what actually transpired (which was horrible) but the fact that there was so much time prior to the snap in which it was so blatantly obvious what was EXACTLY going to happen and that idiot Pagano stood there like a deer in the headlights doing nothing both before and after.
Two words can describe the plays in this entire video: Poor execution.
The one starting with the onside kick. Is that the fastest TD to start a game in NFL history?
Probably. David Akers is the angry leprechaun of kickers
Yes
Akers, however, had many many successful onside kicks
3:34
3 seconds into da game
Dallas: *scores 6*
Hard to believe the Cleveland Browns aren't featured until 9:45, but they have a hard time running basic plays.
Tom S. srsly
4:05 My absolute favorite commentator moment in sports history is just Al's utter disbelief of how horrid the play was
I’m from STL and I still get triggered that the Rams’ last ten years in Saint Louis can be summed up by 2:00 and now they are killing it in LA
And now they’ve won a super bowl
"...to a WIDE OPEN!..under the defender crosses the field.." Just as much an announcing fail as the play was.
still better than the Seahawks o-line
Duane Brown included
Oh god ikr
"I hope I never see that again"
Indianapolis: :^)
"What was the plan?"
"I dunno, was completely nuts."
I just watched 12 minutes of bad football. What am I doing with my life?
I just checked all the comments and watched bad football. What am I doing with my life?
3:44 simply the greatest play in NFL history
Colts v Pats: According to Pat McPhee, Griff Whalen was never supposed to take the snap, it should have been a delay of game then come back for a re-punt. It was designed to confuse the opponent to have too many men on the field, or use the hard-count to draw them off-side, but it just didn't work. Chris Collinworth guessed half of it, and just make him sounding like Madden is worth it! 4:40 LoL
They could have tried that trick play against any team. It probably does make half of the teams in the league either jump or call timeout. Instead, he tried to spook the Patriots, the best-coached team in the league, who a few months earlier hadn't even called a time out in the last minute of the Superbowl, on the 1 yard line against the Seahawks. Pagano thought maybe he could outsmart Belichick. Nice plan.
man these channels are awesome!
"Let's have our punter throw a jump ball. Yeah, that should work."
5:05
Though, I do not question the Detroit Lions for once again making bad decisions.
I do question Pittsburgh's fashion designer.
That colts play always trips me up. That ball was never supposed to be snapped... you had one job, Center...
Yes, some replays show Pagano saying “why did you snap it” when the snapper is coming to the sideline.
The funny story behind it, the snapper actually was a replacement, the guy they practiced the play with got sick days before the game, one lil communication error lead to the funniest snap in history
The “quarterback” clearly wasn’t ready for the ball either
@@jakeroney98 cause it was never meant to be snapped xD the look on his face after he gets brought down is the best
turns out, not the centers fault. He followed the play exactly as he was supposed to. Play instructions for center "IF YOU FEEL SOMEONES HANDS UNDER YOUR BUTT, YOU SNAP THE BALL." Even though he was a replacement, he did exactly what he was supposed to. The error came when the QB began making "fake" calls. At the last minute, one of the coaches (don't know who :/) told him, and only him, to try to get the Patriots to go offside. So when he started calling numbers, everyone was like.....uh what?Then he placed his hands under the center, and the center followed the plays instructions. So, not the centers error here.
Is it just me or does the clip at 8:40 kinda look like it's from a video game
It does
It’s just you.
It’s just you
Awesome videos man, you need more subs
3:34 if you're from McAfee 🤙
That makes so much more sense now.
I especially like the first one (the Zorn swinging gate fail), since basically every single Giant was totally prepared for it (they had just called the same play), so he ended up throwing the ball into a nest of SIX defenders. And the last one is great also ("He's wide open...oh, whoops, except for this player coming into your screen now because the throw took 10 seconds to get there...picked"). Some of them aren't that bad (i.e., a flea flicker and a 50-yard pass downfield that is INT'd is really just the equivalent of a punt). The Patrick Chung fumble, though, was part of the very worst, most inexcusable loss of the Brady era in New England.
The all-time king, though, remains the Colts play. The play took so long to develop that Edelman, who was 50 yards downfield to return the punt, is playing defense by the end of the play. The greatest under-appreciated aspect of this fail is that the Colts predicated this play on the Patriots calling time out before the ball was snapped. In other words, they could have used this trick play against any team, but they chose to use it against the best-coached team in the league, who a few months earlier hadn't even called timeout with a minute left in the Superbowl, playing defense on the 1-yard line. Pagano thought that he was going to outsmart Belichick and make him panic.
thx for the laugh. 3:44 gets me every time.
3:30 that dude Randal Williams must run a crazy 40-yard time.
3:22 - I remember that. I hate the Cowboys with a passion, but even I thought that was funny enough to applaud.
1:03 😂
oh wow.
At 4:00: I think that the Colts were trying to do a legalized form of "center sneak." While this play is usually illegal, it is because the NFL has determined forward handoffs at or beyond the line of scrimmage as forward passes (which ironically was done to prevent the classical definition of center sneak). This is when a quarterback hands the ball to the center, usually right back after the actual snap, back through his legs while the center remains in squat postion. Now, keep in mind that a forward handoff at or beyond the line of scrimmage is considered a pass, even if the ball doesn't travel through the air, according to NFL rules. Therefore, there are a lot of different issues to consider for the play to be legal.
This play is only legal if:
1. The center is declared eligible before the play to the referee. Typically, you occasionally hear the term "tackle eligible," which is the same rule. This is done because the numbers on the uniform are relevant to the player's (primary) position (which makes it easier for refs to determine eligibility for pass reception and position on field). Usually, on a tackle-eligible call, the end is located in the backfield, or in some extreme cases, the tackle himself is in the backfield. But the center is always on the line. Sometimes the PA announcer says it prior to the play, but I didn't hear it, though it could have done before this video segment started. In this case, the announcement should actually be "center eligible."
2. For the center to be eligible, and since he's on the line of scrimmage, he must be on one of the two far ends of the line; in this case the left end.
3. When a center hands off to the quarterback, the quarterback must take complete control of the football, with no part of the football touching the center. In other words, the center couldn't just take the ball, have the QB touch the ball, then the center keeps the ball. The ball has to completely transfer from center control to QB control, and it must be noticable by the ref. Only at that time can the QB transfer the ball back to the center.
If you click the replay at 4:50, you can see the hesitation of the snap. You could see the center maintain his hands near the spot of the handoff, I believe clearly expecting the QB to hand it right back to him. But it appeared that in the confusion, the QB juggled the ball just a bit, and made it impossible to hand it back cleanly.
I hope this explains it clearly. There can be no other logical explanation to this absolutely bizarre formation.
Photoshop Jack Very nice indeed! I wonder if someone other than Chuck designed it and the play got called without eligibility or lining on far left side. Imagine a horizontal snap, then forward pass, to the center! Amazing
That’s a lot of words ya got there
I think they were trying to draw the other team offsides. The only reason they snapped the ball was that the play clock ran down.
Great post, Jack!!
I’m a little late but they were trying to draw them offside and we’re not supposed to snap it unless there were 12 mean on the field. It was a communication error because the original snapper got injured earlier in the game. Just a communication error made one of the worst plays in nfl history
3:22...................3 SECONDS into the game..............TOUCHDOWN.
that block on the Bengals-Brons clip!!!!
Still better than the Seahawks o-line 😂😂😂
There is a nice block at 9:58... It's a blur but it is there.
But yeah, a flea flicker from your own end zone into triple coverage... I've yet to see it succeed.
I've been a football fan along time these plays are crazy
1:03 in the bottom left corner "still better than seahawks o-line"
Damn.
5:29 = Worst 'kick' I've ever seen in my life...
FINALLY!!!THANK YOU
Ricky Williams thinking when he heard the play-call: "Man I am way too high to try this shit.....Oh well, fuck it.."
LOL at how offended Chris Collinsworth is by that Colts play. Like he's embarrassed to be involved with it.
ok ok im a colts fan and I have been since I was a little kid, but my colts have the #1 TRICK PLAY FAIL of all time. That was the worst play ive ever seen by far. I actually seen an interview with the guys involved and the whole reason that happened was bc that ball WAS NOT supposed to be snapped and somehow the guy snapped it. It was a designed play to throw the other team off and make them possibly jump offside or line up wrong and get a penalty. The ball was NEVER supposed to be snapped.
'To a wide open!' 😆
This video needs to be revised with 2022 Cowboys season-ending blunder as #1
1:25 has Dallas fans SCREAMING during 2020 Thanksgiving.
The Quarterback Bradford took down a defensive back like he was a middle linebacker! Bad shuttle pass but great tackle!
The play at 6:50 could have been so much worse. Resulting in an incomplete pass was a best case scenario after that mess.
ain't 3:37 the fastest score in a game or some idk
No, Steelers-Titans on September 8, 2013. One second safety.
probably fastest touchdown.
unless that time the bills forgot to call fair catch was at the beginning of the game.
PirateOfPlayTime yeah cause that would be a zero second TD
Rainbow Anderson Oh yeah I remmeber that lol. The returner wanted a touchback but he touched the ball before it crfossed the endzone and since he knee'd it it counted as bringing the ball into the endzone which is a safety
Oh sorry my fault, fastest touchdown*
I'm a eagles fan but that was so funny on that onside kick try
'We saw that play the other day in practice and it didnt work' uhhhh well that peobably would have been a good sign NOT To do it?
3:40 smooth move andy
"Whats that irish dance they do...."
I'm surprised the flea-flicker where Joe Theismann's career ended didn't make it into this.
the last one in the video 😂😂😂😂
what was the jets second one with Brandon marshell
The whole point of the flea flicker is to make the defense jump to defend the run and leave a receiver open as a result. If they don't bite on it and the receiver is in double coverage, it's generally not a good idea to just throw it anyway.
9:45 had the Incredulity Meter on smash
Something about 4th and 3 with Indy and NE. Who can forget 4th and 3 in the 4th Qtr when Belechik went for it and got stuffed deep in their own territory?
That hit at 10:00 was gnarly
If I'm not mistaken that jaguars and Texans game was the same game where the jags got the hail mary in the end
I *believe* that Cowboys onside kick return is the fastest TD in NFL history. At 3 seconds I have a hard time envisioning how it could be broken.
On that first play the end was breaking clear but the ball was simply grossly underthrown
Some of these were designed well, just piss poor execution.
That Colts play though...OMG
poor execution-- ball wasn't meant to be snapped
Love the commentators always saying what a bad call it was when it doesn't work. These are the same guys saying how brilliant the play was when it does work. Never do they say " nice try it just didn't work."
The Redskins and Colts were both trying to do something like the same play. Not sure how it was supposed to work as having 0 blockers gives the QB about 1/2 sec to get the ball out.
1:44 the announcers sound like the announcers on madden when you want to have fun
To be fair he had a point there
9:57 that block tho😨😵
Great video and all but it doesn't hide the fact that Troy Polamalu was in the C gap.
How bout that protection? bahahahah
1:04 "still better than the seahawks o-line" OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
He said that not me
What about Johnny Manziel
At 5:15, I don't see how that was a bad play. It opened up amazingly well. #90 just reacted amazingly and angled over the top. Otherwise he was going to at least get the first easy.
trick play works: brilliant play call by the coach!!
doesn't work: how can they make that call!!!
That's the thing with trick plays in any sports: you make them work and you're a hero, you don't and you are the one who tried a funny thing and failed. Some of the ones in the video are actually bad calls tho
Everyone has bad days. Even coaches.
5:56 it is a rabona, which is an uncommon soccer-trick move that, from time to time, you can see in pro matches when the player tries to use his good leg altough the ball is orientated for his bad leg (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabona)
Who was that announcer for Jacksonville? I need to know.
9:45 .......TRIPLE coverage when you're 13 points ahead in the 2nd quarter..........??? I question the Bengals more than the Browns on that play.
1:04 had me weak😂😂😂😂😂
is it just me or does 8:39 look more like a videogame than real life?
you right lol i think its because the camera angle is the same as kickoff in madden
3:50 will forever live as probably the worst play in all of history
If you ever make a second, I can suggest 2010 Packers Vikings. Packers faked a 55 yard field goal and it was ALMOST agreat play but I believe Jermichael Finley tripped on his own feet and the ball went over him for what was a sure touchdown
1:05 still better than the seahawks 😂
Yeah I'd be tryin all kinda stupid trick plays against the Jets, as well
flea flicker from endzone "bengals" was pretty dumb too
Some of these are a lot worse than others! That Colts play was on something...whereas a defender winning a jump ball 1v1 on a flea flicker sucks but just isn't as much of a spectacular fail as something like that Oakland fake FG :D.
"and it's intercepted"
Good old swinging gate plays.
Still better than the Seahawks o-line 1:05
Steelers kicker Boswell definitely used to play soccer😂😂😂😂
5:10 yo what in the world are those jerseys
Pitching the ball to Janikowski on a trick play? He probably ran a 10 second 40!