An end around on a quick snap. They must be wizards.

So Dennis Miller is calling games again?

/Didn't watch the video.

Wow, amazing.

In other news, the United States quietly annexed Haiti on Sunday.

R.A.Danny: Not sure what she has to do with football, but nice tits anyway.

IIRC, she was the girl from the movie "Little Giants." The Annexation of Puerto Rico (again IIRC) was the trick play that Rick Moranis' team used to defeat Al Bundy's team.

Hey, that was almost as cool as the play they ran in the MOVIE M*A*S*H.

That was a great play. I saw it on a highlight reel at halftime and it was hilarious

It's misdirection coupled with the classic "O Line acts shocked at the snap" trick play. The most interesting thing is all the spinning.

Babwa Wawa: Dude runs like a duck.

Yeah he does. No way he outruns anyone into the endzone if they didn't fool most of the defense on the play, but I'm not sure the play would have worked if one of the main guys (Stewart/William/Olsen/Shockey) had been the one receiving the super-secret hand off.

Still, congrats to the guy for getting his first NFL touchdown, and congrats to the Texans for confusingly calling lots of pass plays in the red zone to allow the Panthers to win that game.

oldebayer: In other newsESPN reporting the United States quietly annexed Haiti on Sunday.

The Dolphins ran a Statue of Liberty yesterday
/not a single fark was given

moefuggenbrew: The Dolphins ran a Statue of Liberty yesterday
/not a single fark was given

Didn't it score a field goal though?

The defense was so out of position at the time of the snap, there didn't need to be trickery. A dozen different plays would have been just as successful.

/not trolling
//seriously, watch the defense

Nightenstaff: The defense was so out of position at the time of the snap, there didn't need to be trickery. A dozen different plays would have been just as successful.

/not trolling
//seriously, watch the defense

No you're right...I think with Wade Phillips out, they let it get to their heads, as well as the celebration for clinching the division.

The defense came out in the 2nd half, and knocked the Panthers around, sans that capping drive. But by that point, Yates had the yips and was checking down and making bad throws.

They need Andre back, b/c the field needs to be stretched out so the running game can develop. It's clutch time once again, and Jacoby Jones is nowhere to be found. Of all the GM work this year, I think signing him to $3 mil a year was outright stupid.

Article today in the Charlotte Observer: They actually do call this play "Annexation of Puerto Rico" after the movie. Rivera is a big fan.

Good for him. An undrafted, 4th-string (per the Panthers' website) TE has to work very hard to get/stay on the active roster, let alone get a chance to score a touchdown in a regular season game. Of course, that could be said for 99.44% of the guys that aren't on the two-deep depth chart but that doesn't diminish his accomplishments. Even if he doesn't get another chance in his career, he'll always have this one play to show his kids/grandkids/etc...

Nightenstaff: The defense was so out of position at the time of the snap, there didn't need to be trickery. A dozen different plays would have been just as successful.

/not trolling
//seriously, watch the defense

The defense wasn't set up yet b/c the Offense wasn't in their down position, hence the nature of the "trick play".

Isn't there some rule about the entire offensive line being on at least 3 before the ball snapped? In the video, it looks like only the center is the one with one hand on the turf. Wouldn't this be called an illegal formation?

Lumpmoose: jaylectricity: So what was the amazing trick? I'm assuming the ball was snapped to the QB who handed it off as he spun around Brokel. Otherwise there would be two guys in motion.

The linemen were standing during a secret snap: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/12/19/2860552/brockel-scores-on - chudrooskie.html

It's basically a variation on a play Chud called when he was with the Browns last year. Link (new window)

/And that was apparently a page out of Josh Cribbs' college playbook.

IlGreven: Lumpmoose: jaylectricity: So what was the amazing trick? I'm assuming the ball was snapped to the QB who handed it off as he spun around Brokel. Otherwise there would be two guys in motion.

The linemen were standing during a secret snap: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/12/19/2860552/brockel-scores-on - chudrooskie.html

It's basically a variation on a play Chud called when he was with the Browns last year. Link (new window)

/And that was apparently a page out of Josh Cribbs' college playbook.

...check that, Chud wasn't with the Browns last year. But it is a variation on that trick play, it looks like. And I bet Cribbs gave him the idea at some point before he left Cleveland.