Titans Fake Punt Against Bills

[ChevyVanMiller]

I came across this clip recently and have no memory of this play whatsoever. It’s a phenomenal fake, though. I can’t believe that they wasted it in a preseason game.

 

 

 

[dma0034]

It was the Hall of Fame game years ago

[gonzo1105]

While a great fake punt, it’s a dumb play. It’s in the first preseason game, the Titans had a lead and no one was even close to playing their starters. Just seemed like a wasted good punt fake to me
 

Some will say that they put it on tape so teams had to prepare for it but they never ran it again that year. Could have been they weren’t sure if it would work so try it in a non important game. 

[Franco_92]

This shows up randomly in my Facebook feed once a week. It's a nice play but it's bizarre that a hall of fame game play 15 yrs ago continues to get attention 

[RoyBatty is alive]

I vividly recall that play/game.

 

I love the old AFL uniforms right down to the refs in red jerseys.

[MrEpsYtown]

There are some true garbage players on that field for the Bills on that clip. 

Edited February 7, 2023 by MrEpsYtown

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20 minutes ago, gonzo1105 said:

While a great fake punt, it’s a dumb play. It’s in the first preseason game, the Titans had a lead and no one was even close to playing their starters. Just seemed like a wasted good punt fake to me
 

Some will say that they put it on tape so teams had to prepare for it but they never ran it again that year. Could have been they weren’t sure if it would work so try it in a non important game. 

It was actually 0-0 before the fake punt.

 

They were kind of in no man's land. They're at the 40, so it's a 57 yd FG attempt, or it's a punt that likely goes into the EZ. I'd argue in a regular season game the punter would likely get crushed if they ran that.

[Old Coot]

It's a variation on Pop Warner's old hidden ball play. You may read about it here:

 

https://www.profootballhof.com/news/2018/10/the-trick-play-originates-with-a-pop/

 

and see it executed by a high school team in this clip:

 

https://fanbuzz.com/high-school/concord-hidden-ball-trick/

[somnus00]

Considering they got away with the music city forward lateral a few years before, I think it was kind of a 🍆 move to pull this kind of special teams play. But whatever.

[MJS]

Dang. Save it for the regular season. What were they thinking? Who cares if it works in the preseason?

[Long Suffering Fan]

Curse you.  I watched the clip and ended up seeing Dick Jauron's face.  Now my nightmares will return.

[GustheDog33]

That definitely had the look of something they drew up in May and then tried once in practice "just to see" and looked better than they thought.  The next conversation was "No way that works against another team's punt return unit, right? Right?"  "Well, we have the HoF game..." I'd be willing to bet there were some friendly wagers amongst the coaching staff about whether it would work or not.

[US Egg]

 

2 hours ago, ChevyVanMiller said:

I came across this clip recently and have no memory of this play whatsoever. It’s a phenomenal fake, though. I can’t believe that they wasted it in a preseason game.

I’ve watched clips of (too many)games that I attended and have no memory of. 😬

Edited February 7, 2023 by I am the egg man

[ControllerOfPlanetX]

2 hours ago, Long Suffering Fan said:

Curse you.  I watched the clip and ended up seeing Dick Jauron's face.  Now my nightmares will return.

Well, you can at least see where football is hard for him..

[Saxum]

5 hours ago, transient said:

It was actually 0-0 before the fake punt.

 

They were kind of in no man's land. They're at the 40, so it's a 57 yd FG attempt, or it's a punt that likely goes into the EZ. I'd argue in a regular season game the punter would likely get crushed if they ran that.

 

Moorman used to pull that stuff often.

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50 minutes ago, Limeaid said:

 

Moorman used to pull that stuff often.

I don’t think he ever faked kicking the ball, though.

[Dan Darragh]

Jeff Fisher was a useless coach.  What a dumb move, in a pre season game with his backup punter and referees dressed like clowns.

[Rubes]

9 hours ago, Long Suffering Fan said:

Curse you.  I watched the clip and ended up seeing Dick Jauron's face.  Now my nightmares will return.

I actually came here to say exactly the same thing.

 

[letsgoteam]

11 hours ago, arcane said:

This shows up randomly in my Facebook feed once a week. It's a nice play but it's bizarre that a hall of fame game play 15 yrs ago continues to get attention 

It's definitely great click bait, because of it being so long ago, I'd say they get alot of clicks of people thinking it was a "real" game or don't know the different between a pre season hof game and the "real" thing.

 

As many others have said, its a weird flex that the Titans decided to try that in a hof game.

[cba fan]

Al Michaels has the greatest voice in sports. Iconic and historical.