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10:12 LMAO, this one was a thing of beauty. In American Football, the QB can either hand the ball off to a running back, or throw it to an eligible receiver. Many, but not all teams, use running backs to set up the passing game. I.E., you hand it off, hand it off, hand it off, get the defense prepared to stop the run, and then you hit them with the deep ball when they're expecting run. You run the ball to set up the pass. The coach who dialed up this play took that quite literally as the QB hands the ball off to the running back as he proceeds to basketball jump-shot a pass to a receiver no one was paying attention to because the handoff had occurred.
If anyone other than the quarterback makes a throw, that is HIGHLY unusual and unexpected, and therefore, a trick play. That happened a few times you couldn't tell what was happening. Also, the play at 3:30 is called an onside kick and is only used in very specific scenarios. Yes, they did only mean to kick it that short distance... I would try explaining it but it's a little too much for me rn lol. I'm sure there's a video that explains it.
11:26 something that is very common in American Football is the QB directing traffic. A big part of being a good QB is being able to read what the defense is giving you before the play and letting his offensive line know who needs to be blocked or who to keep an eye on, and his other players who to look out for. This is also an efficient way to change the play, If the QB reads the defense and thinks that the play that is being called on offense will not be effective against particular defensive play he suspects was called, the QB can call an audible (or changing the play). On this play, the QB was acting out this scenario, but in reality he was just getting out of the way of the center so that the center could directly snap the ball to the runningback. That in itself is a trick play, and has the defense going from focusing on the play call to reacting to what just happened. So now the defense is thinking "stop the run," which allows the QB to sneak his way to the endzone without being seen and receive the Touchdown pass.
1:30 Most of the time, when a QB throws behind the line of scrimmage, defenses assume a screen pass (a pass that is designed to get blockers out in front of the receiver so that he can run behind them like a running back). It is also worth noting that a forward pass can only be thrown once per play, and can only be thrown behind the line of scrimmage. Lateral passes do not count as forward passes, and so if a lateral is thrown before the forward pass, the forward pass can still be made. If you look closely, you can see that Tom Brady throws to Julian Edelman at an angle that is still considered a lateral. *The trick here is to have the defense thinking screen. That way, all of the focus goes onto the player who just received the lateral, and nobody is focused on the receiver running downfield. Basically once the ball is in the air, nobody is expecting it to be thrown again* It was a beautiful display of trickery. Taking advantage of what the defense knows and throwing them a curve ball when they least expect it.
a spike is intentionally grounding the ball to stop the clock. So quarterbacks indicate to his team "i'm going to spike". so the defense expects a no play.
6:22 the trick here is that QB's typically don't receive passes. Doug Baldwin (#89) is a speedy, downhill runner, and is good at making plays with the ball in his hands. A defender seeing Doug Baldwin with the ball is bracing themselves and trying to get beat by his pure speed. They weren't expecting him to throw it back to Russell Wilson (#3, The QB) because he doesn't catch passes, ever. He just throws them.
3:02 Jeez, context is so important for this video... okay, so... an onside kick almost never works. The kicking team has to wait for the ball to travel 10 yards before they can recover it, while the receiving team can just recover it whenever. Since onside kicks are so rare, many players forget how to play football when they occur, and it can lead to some pretty memorable follies and bloopers. Onside kicks are typically called out of desperation; you *need* to get the ball back and you can't risk the other team keeping the ball for another possession. **In This Case** Sean Payton, the Saints Head Coach, decided to call an onside kick after halftime. The Colts were expecting to get the ball back after half, and were probably game planning for what they planned to do once they got the ball back. But this was the Super Bowl, and Sean Payton pulled out all the tricks. This was the first time I had ever seen an onside kick before the last 2 minutes of the game.
8:43 Same explanation: 7:27 The Steelers are in the hurry up offense. There is 49 seconds until the end of the game and they only have 1 timeout left (timeouts are used to stop the clock in these situations, which is why each team only gets 3 per half). With 49 seconds left, down by 5, the Steelers need a touchdown to win. If teams want to stop the clock without using a timeout, a QB can "spike" the ball, or throw it to the ground, at the expense of a loss of down. So instead of 1st and 10, it would be 2nd and 11, but you get more time to call the right play because of the time stoppage. This right here is a moment when you would typically spike it. You dont want to waste your timeout because you still have 49 seconds left, but you still want to get a little closer to the end zone to have a shot at the game winning Touchdown. Everybody was expecting a spike. I was, the Cowboys were, the fans probably were. Instead, Ben Roethlisberger (the Steelers QB) fakes the spike and throws it to a receiver while the defense is standing around waiting for the next play.
9:13 the team is "punting." In American Football, you have 4 downs to reach 10 yards. Everytime you reach the first down marker, you start over and go back to first and 10. You repeat until you reach the end zone and score. On 4th down, if you dont reach the 1st down marker, the other team gets the ball from the spot of the last tackle. This is why on 4th down, it is routine to "punt" the ball to the other team. So... let's say it is 3rd and 5, and on your next play you dont make a 1st down, and it is now 4th and 3. If you risk running another play and try to get the first down, and you dont make it, the other teams gets the ball right there. If you were behind the 50 yard line when you failed on 4th down, the opposing team now has less than 50 yards to go for a touchdown. You can go for it on 4th down, OR, you can punt it. When you punt it, it works like a kickoff. You receive the punt and you have an opportunity to return it for as many yards as you can, and your offense starts wherever you were tackled. So you can either go for the 1st down on 4th and 3, or you could try to back the other team up with a good punt. In this play, everybody was so caught up in the routine of punting that the punter just took the ball and ran with it.
2:20 just an FYI, this wasn't a trick play, in the sense that it wasn't drawn up like this; Randy Moss (the receiver) just tossed it to the dude behind him and had to just pray that he got it.
Basically at 330 they kick it very short so they can pick it up and get the ball. They can’t run with it, but typically they give the other team the ball on kickoffs.
4:40 *sigh* this was against my Seahawks. I remember watching this in real time. The Rams had two returners back there, but the Seahawks were only aware of one of them. Once the ball is punted, the only person who knows where the ball is, is the people who are looking up at it (usually only the returner knows). Like I said in the comments in a previous video of yours, football is the ultimate team sport. The Rams did an excellent job of acting as if the ball was kicked in one direction, but it was actually kicked in the opposite direction. Because nobody is looking up, the only thing you have to go on is which direction everybody is running in. So you're basically just following everybody else, and the Rams took advantage. That was some sneaky stuff. 4:43, look at the dude in navy blue and gold running at the top of your screen by himself. He is secret returner.
Dude this is greatest trick plays.. I don't know why you're talking about juking? It has nothing to do with that. This is painful when British people react to things like this. And have no clue what they're talking about, but think they do. Clearly you don't know what trick plays are
