amazing fake punt.

[yayitsjoe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7xksmk0ghc


anyone else really impressed by this?

[woahsnow3]

did this need its own thread?

[preppyak]

clearly every back up punter in a pre-season game needs his own thread

[smogs]

Hahaha shit, I knew it was going to be a fake punt and it still fooled me. That was awesome.

[alltimecam]

That was awesome, thank you

[TheBestBet]

That was the best fake punt I have ever seen. So yes it deserves its own thread.

[anamericangod]

Titans using a trick play against the Bills? Unheard of.

[SurfSkittles16]

that was pretty impressive. i enjoyed watching that last night. even my dad went 'woah!' haha.

[SmokieB.High]

This sets them up for all kinds of different fake punt plays for the regular season

[SurfSkittles16]

Hahaha shit, I knew it was going to be a fake punt and it still fooled me. That was awesome.
so here's to hoping the chargers will have a great year this season! i'm stoked. and i know i've said this before... but i still love your avatar haha.

[xbrokendownx]

This sets them up for all kinds of different fake punt plays for the regular season





not really...

[SmokieB.High]

not really...
Yeah...

[xbrokendownx]

how does converting a fake punt in a preseason game set them up for "all kinds of different fake plays" in the regular season?

[SmokieB.High]

variasions of the same play cause confusion

[GoWaitInTheCar]

In the end they screwed themselves because it was THAT good. Now teams will remember it and look out for it.

[SurfSkittles16]

how does converting a fake punt in a preseason game set them up for "all kinds of different fake plays" in the regular season?
it's good practice? :shrug:

[xbrokendownx]

variasions of the same play cause confusion





variations of the same play is also known as football.

[SmokieB.High]

In the end they screwed themselves because it was THAT good. Now teams will remember it and look out for it.
I disagree. If they are looking for the play they fake the fake punt and pass or run

[Colin1755]

best fake punt ive ever seen, what a great play

[smogs]

so here's to hoping the chargers will have a great year this season! i'm stoked. and i know i've said this before... but i still love your avatar haha.

Yes! From what I've been reading, I think we can dominate this season. I cannot waiiiiiit for the season to start! And I'm glad you still love the avatar :]

[preppyak]

In the end they screwed themselves because it was THAT good. Now teams will remember it and look out for it.
This
variasions of the same play cause confusion
I disagree. If they are looking for the play they fake the fake punt and pass or run
Except teams now, when the Titans are punting from the 50 and in, will keep a guy back to spy for just that thing. And they'll know not to over commit when they see the reverse set up

Or, perhaps more appropriately, the guy who pulled off the play won't be on the roster, and Craig Hentrich is their punter and he's not a threat to make that play (at the ripe age of 38), so it won't happen for that reason.

It may end up doing nothing, it may make teams more conscious in those situations...it certainly doesn't give them an advantage beyond having a funny story to laugh about for the next few days in camp

[SurfSkittles16]

Yes! From what I've been reading, I think we can dominate this season. I cannot waiiiiiit for the season to start! And I'm glad you still love the avatar :]
i'm stoked as well! i've been following shawne merriman on twitter haha. he's hilarious. i really hope we do well. i'm stuck in DC and so will only get a few games :-( so i'll be keeping tabs! and wearing my jersey every sunday!

[saveferris]

That was really good. I have nothing more to say

[saveferris]

In the end they screwed themselves because it was THAT good. Now teams will remember it and look out for it.
I disagree. A team will not set up in a formation to anticipate a fake punt every time the Titans punt.

[GoWaitInTheCar]

I disagree. A team will not set up in a formation to anticipate a fake punt every time the Titans punt.

Regardless if they never set up to anticipate a fake punt, they'll always think about them doing in. The coaches are paid for what they do. They'll remember it too.

[preppyak]

I disagree. A team will not set up in a formation to anticipate a fake punt every time the Titans punt.
No...but in that field position, most teams set up to anticipate a possible fake anyway...if anything they'll be more conscious

What it really does is give 31 special teams coaches a GREAT play to practice for their teams, and potentially use in a game during the regular season. Happens with trick plays all the time

[GoWaitInTheCar]

Except teams now, when the Titans are punting from the 50 and in, will keep a guy back to spy for just that thing. And they'll know not to over commit when they see the reverse set up

Or, perhaps more appropriately, the guy who pulled off the play won't be on the roster, and Craig Hentrich is their punter and he's not a threat to make that play (at the ripe age of 38), so it won't happen for that reason.

It may end up doing nothing, it may make teams more conscious in those situations...it certainly doesn't give them an advantage beyond having a funny story to laugh about for the next few days in camp

This. All of it.

[xbrokendownx]

No...but in that field position, most teams set up to anticipate a possible fake anyway...if anything they'll be more conscious

What it really does is give 31 special teams coaches a GREAT play to practice for their teams, and potentially use in a game during the regular season. Happens with trick plays all the time





aka, the Wildcat haha

[looksthatkillbn]

this thread, right here, shows the current state of the sports forum. the fact that people are actually discussing this blows my mind. somebody go get mikeford.

[more heart]

did this need its own thread?
Mmhmm. Bseides, it's not as if there's a ton of threads in the Sports forum.

[JJtrackie716]

straight ridiculous

[preppyak]

this thread, right here, shows the current state of the sports forum. the fact that people are actually discussing this blows my mind. somebody go get mikeford.
haha

[smogs]

i'm stoked as well! i've been following shawne merriman on twitter haha. he's hilarious. i really hope we do well. i'm stuck in DC and so will only get a few games :-( so i'll be keeping tabs! and wearing my jersey every sunday!

Haha merriman's twitter really is hilarious. I follow the Chargers main one. What are you doing all the way over in DC!? But don't fret, Ill keep you updated. :] I was reading somewhere that some home games might get blacked out because not enough tickets have sold because of the economy. :[ lord, i hope not! but definitely rep that jersey! who do you have? I have a baby blue Gates one.

[saveferris]

No...but in that field position, most teams set up to anticipate a possible fake anyway...if anything they'll be more conscious

What it really does is give 31 special teams coaches a GREAT play to practice for their teams, and potentially use in a game during the regular season. Happens with trick plays all the time
I think it was the way he executed the play. It was impossible to tell if he was gonna punt until the last second. We'll just have to see what happens I guess.

[saveferris]

Regardless if they never set up to anticipate a fake punt, they'll always think about them doing in. The coaches are paid for what they do. They'll remember it too.
I'm gonna slap a maybe up here and we'll just have to see what happens

[SurfSkittles16]

Haha merriman's twitter really is hilarious. I follow the Chargers main one. What are you doing all the way over in DC!? But don't fret, Ill keep you updated. :] I was reading somewhere that some home games might get blacked out because not enough tickets have sold because of the economy. :[ lord, i hope not! but definitely rep that jersey! who do you have? I have a baby blue Gates one.
oh yay! please do keep me updated!!! i'll add you on my friends on here. and ive got 2 jerseys. a powder blue LT one... thats too big for me so my bro wears it... and mine is a dark blue Gates one! (yay for matching players!) and then my sis has a powder blue sproles one hehe!
yeah i heard that about local blackouts too! that would suck.
as for me being in dc... my dads navy so we're here for a few years. next summer i'm moving back to OC though to finish my final 2 years of college. i did the 1st two at Southwestern in SD.

[smogs]

oh yay! please do keep me updated!!! i'll add you on my friends on here. and ive got 2 jerseys. a powder blue LT one... thats too big for me so my bro wears it... and mine is a dark blue Gates one! (yay for matching players!) and then my sis has a powder blue sproles one hehe!
yeah i heard that about local blackouts too! that would suck.
as for me being in dc... my dads navy so we're here for a few years. next summer i'm moving back to OC though to finish my final 2 years of college. i did the 1st two at Southwestern in SD.

Yay new friends :]
Nice!!! My bro has a baby blue Rivers and my roommates have baby blue sproles and LT. I definitely want to get a Jackson jersey or shirt, because he's the man!

Aw, well, that's cool though. At least you'll be coming back soon.

[duhpunk]

great to know that now they can probably never pull it off in a game that counts for anything.

[SurfSkittles16]

Yay new friends :]
Nice!!! My bro has a baby blue Rivers and my roommates have baby blue sproles and LT. I definitely want to get a Jackson jersey or shirt, because he's the man!

Aw, well, that's cool though. At least you'll be coming back soon.
yay for new friends indeed! that'd be cool to get something of Jackson's. he's amazing. they all are! haha. scifres man.... he's the most amazing punter.

[Srsly]

It took me a while to get that play, nice.

[smogs]

yay for new friends indeed! that'd be cool to get something of Jackson's. he's amazing. they all are! haha. scifres man.... he's the most amazing punter.

Oh man, Scifres rules me. On our wall last year, my roommate and I cut out all the pictures from the newspaper and one of our favorites was this badass one of Scifres. I love me some Eric Weddle, and Hester reaaaaally stepped it up this past season. AH! Im so excited

[SurfSkittles16]

Oh man, Scifres rules me. On our wall last year, my roommate and I cut out all the pictures from the newspaper and one of our favorites was this badass one of Scifres. I love me some Eric Weddle, and Hester reaaaaally stepped it up this past season. AH! Im so excited
hehe i'm excited too!!! you'll definitely have to keep me updated. i'm so mad i only get a few games on tv =(

[crypticv24]

Why would they waste something like that in the first preseason game of a season? Wouldn't you want to do something completely unexpected like that when...oh, I don't know, it mattered? A+ for execution of the play itself, F- and a kick in the ass for everything else.

[timb89]

being australian i only know about football from madden. but that was a pretty epic play i would have thought.

[smogs]

hehe i'm excited too!!! you'll definitely have to keep me updated. i'm so mad i only get a few games on tv =(

i definitely will! i cant let a charge fan miss out! at least we play a lot of big name teams so that means national games for you

[writeacliche]

did this need its own thread?
Oh yeah, OP forgot that we are running out of room on the internet.

[llwilliamsll]

People are getting real serious about this play. This game didn't matter, so why not just play around a little. For shits and giggle. Or does a win/loss effect their chances of getting into the playoffs.

[woahsnow3]

Oh yeah, OP forgot that we are running out of room on the internet.

Honestly, I think this play would've been fine to post and discuss in the NFL thread above. The play doesn't matter cause its the preseason, but yeah it looked pretty cool when I was flipping between the sox game and the football game. I don't really care that the OP made a thread about it, I was just questionin whether it was important enough to have it's own thread, that's all.

[Zeran]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7xksmk0ghc


anyone else really impressed by this?

yes.

[ihavechappedlip]

Nice! When was this?

[xbrokendownx]

their preseason game Sunday night

[kbi the crowing]

Titans using a trick play against the Bills? Unheard of.

hahahahaha this

[Crocodile Logic]

ideally, this play will lead to every team just creaming the punter and taking the penalty to keep this from ever happening again. those froggy motherfuckers are getting too bold.

[jawstheme]

What a waste of a play