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Do you have a favorite football play?

Eric from BBI : Admin : 3/27/2015 8:31 am
What I mean by this is there some play type in football that gets you on your feet more than others?

A blocked punt for a TD? A running back running over a defender? A long TD pass? A sack? A goal line stand?
Any play where a defense just obliterates an offense  
robbieballs2003 : 3/27/2015 8:33 am : link
like a sack fumble, a QB getting a ball off right before he gets killed but it leads to an interception, a huge hit, etc.
the long bomb flea flicker. don't know why  
oghwga : 3/27/2015 8:35 am : link
but maybe because as soon as the RB flips it to the QB you immediately scan downfield to see if anyone was fooled.

Parcells called one a season back in the day.
When a DE/DT gets a pick six......  
jsuds : 3/27/2015 8:36 am : link
JPP has had one...JJ Watts does it....remember George Martin doing it against Denver....and I think Strahan may be on the list too.

When they can snatch the ball out of the air so close to its release point to me it is the most difficult play in football.


And seeing the big guys mow over tacklers on their way to the end zone is awesome too.
The 73 yard TD run by Jennings against the Steelers  
Headhunter : 3/27/2015 8:37 am : link
where 11 people on offense executed their assignments perfectly. Everyone doing their job
Almost have to include LT's 97 yard pick six against Detroit too.....  
jsuds : 3/27/2015 8:37 am : link
He wasn't a D-lineman but on that play so close to the goal line I give him the benefit of the doubt.
i like the halfback option pass, I also do not like plays like this  
gtt350 : 3/27/2015 8:40 am : link
called gadget plays, they are plays with just a higher level of execution. like diving
sack in the end zone  
idiotsavant : 3/27/2015 8:41 am : link
goal line stand

any INT

fumble recovery in the green zone, in either direction.

any PD at any time in the game
A long screen play  
B in ALB : 3/27/2015 8:42 am : link
for a td. Watching linemen vacate and get out in space to smash is great stuff.
Always considered myself a defense guy  
BigBlue in Keys : 3/27/2015 8:44 am : link
But if watching live, and talking one play I would say the deep pass.

You see the receiver breaking free, the ball goes up, the crowd rises in anxious anticipation, the catch is made and the crowd goes wild!

The blind side strip sack  
jcn56 : 3/27/2015 8:45 am : link
that LT perfected, it was and remains a thing of beauty.
Wide right had the most hanging on one play!  
wgenesis123 : 3/27/2015 8:48 am : link
Tyree's catch was the most amazing and exciting play I can think of. LT recovering the fumble to squeeze the life out of the 3-PEAT 49ers was like a gift from the football Gods.
Kick-off returns as the sudden equalizer!  
wgenesis123 : 3/27/2015 8:53 am : link
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12 posts in  
Rocky369 : 3/27/2015 8:59 am : link
and no mention of the Annexation of Puerto Rico? Son, I am disappoint.

For me, the long yardage play. Any time Eli sets back and you know he's go deep, it's exciting. Probably the most exciting is a Kickoff or Punt Return that the runner eludes several would be tacklers to finally take it back to the house. Long play, lot of action. Watch David Wilson's 97 yarder as another example where you can see he hits the turbo button right before getting to the first row of blockers.

I'll go with  
El Pollo Diablo : 3/27/2015 8:59 am : link
the shotgun draw in the green zone. Gilbride perfected it.
There's nothing to me like a good sack.  
Curtis in VA : 3/27/2015 9:04 am : link
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TE seam/post, off play action.  
Big Blue Blogger : 3/27/2015 9:04 am : link
Some of my fondest football memories, starting in 1984 with Mowatt, then of course Bavaro... It was a perfect play for Simms because it was pretty straightforward, one-read stuff where he could draw the safety up and then just let it fly.
Flea Flicker  
Bockman : 3/27/2015 9:06 am : link
That Collins bomb in the 2002 Indy game to Toomer is still one of my favorite plays of all time.
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Along the same lines of BBB  
NNJ Tom : 3/27/2015 9:06 am : link
back side seem off of lead option, works every time.
RE: TE seam/post, off play action.  
Greg from LI : 3/27/2015 9:10 am : link
In comment 12205908 Big Blue Blogger said:
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Some of my fondest football memories, starting in 1984 with Mowatt, then of course Bavaro... It was a perfect play for Simms because it was pretty straightforward, one-read stuff where he could draw the safety up and then just let it fly.


Yes!!! Love it. My dad still gripes that they should bring that play back.
Flea Flicker  
Wuphat : 3/27/2015 9:13 am : link
For no particular reason
The not  
Big Blue '56 : 3/27/2015 9:15 am : link
so glamorous INT
Spider 2 Y Banana  
J Dot1 : 3/27/2015 9:19 am : link
62 Y Sail Union  
YAJ2112 : 3/27/2015 9:21 am : link
65 Toss Power Trap
And when executed properly  
NNJ Tom : 3/27/2015 9:24 am : link
Student body right is poetry in motion.
Goal line stand  
Old Dirty : 3/27/2015 9:28 am : link
and Sack for a safety are my #1 & #1A

without a dooubt
Tom/Greg: I think defenses evolved to deny the seam.  
Big Blue Blogger : 3/27/2015 9:31 am : link
For example, the Tampa-2 dropped the MIKE into the deep middle. Unless he bit hard on play-action, the QB had to either look to a second option or put extra air under the ball to clear the LB, which meant more time for assassins like John Lynch to line up the crosshairs. And then there's cover-3, which I think of as a direct answer to the seam threat, whatever its other weaknesses may be.
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GP : 3/27/2015 9:32 am : link
A blind-side sack on a QB, where the QB just gets obliterated... and then pops right back up.
The Joe Theisman?  
idiotsavant : 3/27/2015 9:35 am : link
? (for you old dirty, w love)
Don't have a favorite  
Moondawg : 3/27/2015 9:43 am : link
but when you see a running back pause with the ball and throw it back the QB, you stand up and are like "YES, IT'S ON!"
Omaha (sarcasm)  
Giants2012 : 3/27/2015 9:44 am : link
I just like the opposing QB getting crushed.
a well  
Les in TO : 3/27/2015 9:56 am : link
executed flea flicker.
I love a good truck  
Bluenatic : 3/27/2015 10:01 am : link
Brandon Jacobs obliterating Laron Landry. Ahmad Bradshaw steamrolling Brodney Poole. Andre Williams destroying Rodney McLeod. I live for those plays.
My favorite is a series of plays not one  
Torrag : 3/27/2015 10:22 am : link
The Goal Line Stand. Offense has 4 plays to get one yard. The defense collectively responds with 'not on my watch'.
Fake kick  
KeoweeFan : 3/27/2015 10:28 am : link
(either punt or FG) especially when the giants are down and the defense thinks they're getting the ball back. Crusher!
2 plays I'd say  
Hades07 : 3/27/2015 10:32 am : link
A stop on 4th and goal with less than a yards.

Sack in the endzone for a safety.
A safety  
OC2.0 : 3/27/2015 10:37 am : link
Blowing somebody up.(here's to you Jack Tatum) Sadly a thing of the past, mostly.
A solid QB sack  
old man : 3/27/2015 10:41 am : link
or hit on a RB, and either one looks like an Undertaker choke slam.
Ka-Boom!
Probably when a receiver gets two feet down before going out of bounds  
Emil : 3/27/2015 11:10 am : link
Even sweeter if it's in the endzone.

So, I guess I like a lot of Amani Toomer TDs.
Jay  
CT Charlie : 3/27/2015 11:14 am : link
Alford.
statue of liberty  
chris r : 3/27/2015 11:15 am : link
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A great run by a running back....  
Doomster : 3/27/2015 11:19 am : link
There have been so many great ones over the years, where it looked like the runner was caught, escaped , ran over someone, and then outsprinted the defense for a td.....

Off the top of my head, the last great run I remember, was the Lynch run, in the fourth quarter, against NO in the playoffs....34-30 with under 4 minutes left in the game, Lynch just runs through that NO defense for 67 yards and a td....

Some of the greatest I ever saw were from Jim Brown and Earl Campbell....You just shake your head in awe after some of those runs...
fublerooski  
Kevin999 : 3/27/2015 11:20 am : link
its great when even the announcers have no clue what is going on!
4th down stuff...  
ct.fatboy1080 : 3/27/2015 11:51 am : link
is one of my favs. always thought it can be a game changer.
I am a big fan  
SimpleMan : 3/27/2015 11:51 am : link
of a well-executed screen pass to the RB. Nice seeing all the lineman get out front and make blocks and the RB get through into the open field. Too bad the Giants haven't been good at this lately.
A ball carrier dragging multiple defenders with him  
RB^2 : 3/27/2015 12:02 pm : link
Think Bavaro or some of Marshawn Lynch's best runs.

I also like plays where a RB is running down the sideline and the WRs are right there with him delivering blocks on pursuing defenders. Plax was really good at that.
always liked the flea flicker  
jnoble : 3/27/2015 12:29 pm : link
too bad Coughlin NEVER calls it while Jim Fassell and Reeves went to it on a semi-regular basis
Successful Goal Line Stand  
BeerFridge : 3/27/2015 12:34 pm : link
where my team stuffs the run. Love that because I remember loving being in the trenches during those plays and that's when slow fat defensive tackles can be the star.
Pick 6.  
Mike in Long Beach : 3/27/2015 12:35 pm : link
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I think there may be no greater reversal of fortunes in sports  
Mike in Long Beach : 3/27/2015 12:35 pm : link
than the pick 6.
a wheel route with a RB making the catch...  
jnoble : 3/27/2015 12:36 pm : link
...I'm picturing Brandon Jacobs taking one in for a TD on that play late in the '11 season
65 toss power trap  
blapre74 : 3/27/2015 2:14 pm : link
that was there, didn't I tell you boys? Just keep matriculating the ball down the field. The best football play is a well executed run. A draw, an off tackle run, Joe Morris running over the 49ers in the playoffs, Gayle Sayers running back a kickoff, the perfect combination of grace and power. even Barry Sanders running side to side, losing a yard, but the next play he went 60 yards. OJ running 80 yards from scrimmage and the Steel Curtain couldn't stop him.
Flea-Flicker has long been one of my favorite plays  
steve in ky : 3/27/2015 2:16 pm : link
I also like the old time sweep play.
A spectacular catch...  
T-Bone : 3/27/2015 2:18 pm : link
like Beckham's. I was in the middle of talking to my wife and laying down on the couch and I was literally in mid-sentence when he made that catch and I jumped up to my feet and yelled 'GET DA FUCK OUTTA HERE!'. Scared the shit out of her because she wasn't looking at the tv when it happened so she didn't see it when it happened. When she saw the first replay she was like 'Wait... he caught that?!'. LOL!
Tony Romo getting sacked!  
213374 : 3/27/2015 2:19 pm : link
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Naked bootleg  
PEEJ : 3/27/2015 2:19 pm : link
for a critical 1st down
The Eli to Toomer TD against the Skins a few years ago...  
T-Bone : 3/27/2015 2:20 pm : link
was another play that made me stand to my feet. The one where Eli threw like a 40 yard pass along the right sideline to Toomer that Toomer grabbed as he dove into the endzone. Just a pretty pass and catch by the two of them. I'll see if I can find a clip of it.
a well-placed back shoulder pass  
Osi Osi Osi OyOyOy : 3/27/2015 2:22 pm : link
there's just something sweet about the timing and precision it takes on both the QB/WR to nail a good back-shoulder pass. Eli to Plax. Eli to Nicks. Eli's thrown some great back-shoulder passes in his day.

A halfback toss when the OL is playing well. Just cool to watch all those big bodies pull and move to the second level, while the RB tries to figure out the hole to hit.

A big hit in the secondary is still a favorite of mine even though the NFL is moving away from it. Nothing gets me out of my seat like a big hit.

A DL just overpowering OL is also great. I love it when I see opposing OL get pushed back into the ground. When JPP unleashes his raw strength at times, it's awesome to see how far back the OT gets tossed back.
RB getting stuffed right as the get the ball  
Scyber : 3/27/2015 2:52 pm : link
Always gets me pumped. Either screaming if the giants are on D, or moaning if the Giants are on O.
The fake spike  
David in LA : 3/27/2015 2:56 pm : link
ala Marino on Aaron Glenn
Random thought but...  
OBJ_AllDay : 3/27/2015 2:59 pm : link
You never really saw the end of game play we ran with Ron Dixon against the eagles before then. Ever since then it's been standard throughout the league (little 15 yard in with the misdirection toss to a burner)
A big run that involves some carnage to the Defense  
montanagiant : 3/27/2015 3:14 pm : link
And an explosion once clear of the front 7.

I mean I don't think there is anything that fires you up more then watching something like OJ Anderson deliver that uppercut, or BJ trucking Landry.

A goal line  
NYBEN1963 : 3/27/2015 4:33 pm : link
stand ...nothing get the hair on the back of your neck standing more than plays like this ....
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Triple option out of the wishbone  
Go Terps : 3/27/2015 4:41 pm : link
The '95 Nebraska offense was unbelievable to watch.

Running back trucking the D  
trueblueinpw : 3/27/2015 5:12 pm : link
Always gets the team fired up.
Osi beat me to it  
GMenLTS : 3/27/2015 5:12 pm : link
When Eli starts slinging the back shoulder fade because it's on, you can bet he keeps going to it until the D proves they can stop it.

And they usually can't.

The moment I started thinking nicks might really be done was when he stopped hauling in those passes. Couldn't even get airborne enough to get back to the ball faster than the CB then later that last season, Eli basically gave up throwing that route.

We started it up again with OBJ last year, I'd bet we see a heavy dose again this year.

God help defenses if we get cooper
I love the hook and ladder...  
Amtoft : 3/27/2015 5:32 pm : link
Every time I see the play it works great. It is just a cool play to see IMO. My brother every game we go to calls for the flea flicker... EVERY GAME!
I guess to be fair, one should say an offensive thing  
idiotsavant : 3/27/2015 7:21 pm : link
''sack in the end zone
idiotsavant : 8:41 am : link : reply
goal line stand

any INT

fumble recovery in the green zone, in either direction.

any PD at any time in the game''



ok, so for offense, I would go with first and goal:

= Run 4 times.
The Flea Flicker  
RobCrossRiver56 : 3/27/2015 9:03 pm : link
makes me jump up every time. Wish we would use it more.
When done right, I just love the look....  
Crispino : 3/28/2015 9:28 am : link
of the inside shovel pass. Of course, I've only seen used against us.
Gary Reasons THE HIT!  
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