This is slightly more moronic than the freeze the kicker crap. Let's call it the twelfth man sting and keep an eye on it because I think it is going to happen more and more as these coaches continue to outsmart themselves.
I believe this actually inadvertently started with Joe Gibbs last season when he had the team in the hurry up offense and they turned the ball over. An eagle-eyed assistance caught the Vikings with 12 men on the field and the play was reversed and the Skins held onto the ball. It was a total fluke.
In last night's Pats-Colts game the same thing happened. The Patriots were in hurry up and snapped the ball quick and then challenged that the Colts had too many men on the field. In this case though, there was no turnover and I am 99% sure that Belichick intended all along to try to catch the Colts in this situation. It backfired on him when the refs ruled the Colts twelfth guy got off the field and the move cost the Pats a crucial time out.
As usual, none of the announcers picked up on what Belichick was up to but it seemed clear to me. And to me it's bullshit football. Win on the field. Cut the crap and play like a man.
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Then it's great that Belichick didn't get away with it. You knew he coaches bs football -- who else engages in that bourne identity videotaping of the other team?
BTW, my favorite 1/2 hour of football this year was a few weeks ago when the Bills played with a power outage in Ralph Wilson Stadium. NFL said, "you got backup power for a clock? Good enough for us!" So, no stadium announcer, no video on the JumboTron, NO TV broadcast. Just football played at the stadium, and (thank god) radio coverage of same. It was a heartwarming throwback to earlier times, like a Garrison Keillor moment in real time.
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