OT: American footy thread

[Eelementary]

Do NFL teams contest special teams plays?
Answer me you mother f**kers!

Yes, they do.


But the calibre of athlete at NFL level - not to mention the complexity of the playbooks - is much higher than at college level, and so success rates are much lower.

A few seasons ago, the Dolphins kept running flea flicker plays almost exclusively - not special teams, but it does demonstrate that teams think outside the box from time to time.

 

[T-Boon]

Yes, they do.


But the calibre of athlete at NFL level - not to mention the complexity of the playbooks - is much higher than at college level, and so success rates are much lower.

A few seasons ago, the Dolphins kept running flea flicker plays almost exclusively - not special teams, but it does demonstrate that teams think outside the box from time to time.

Thankyou.
That’s one of the reasons college football is a better spectacle. NFL has polished out all the character of the game. Pro sports suck All around.

 

[blue bags]

Yes, they do.


But the calibre of athlete at NFL level - not to mention the complexity of the playbooks - is much higher than at college level, and so success rates are much lower.

A few seasons ago, the Dolphins kept running flea flicker plays almost exclusively - not special teams, but it does demonstrate that teams think outside the box from time to time.

1 NFL team had a fake fumble. To trick and fool the opposition. It worked. They made 1st down
And another NFL team. Used fake place kicks goal's
To fool and trick
It worked they scored touchdown instead

 

[T-Boon]

1 NFL team had a fake fumble. To trick and fool the opposition. It worked. They made 1st down

I think I saw that. Was Aaron Rogers involved. He did something I found impressive in the last few weeks.

 

[hindy111]

Thankyou.
That’s one of the reasons college football is a better spectacle. NFL has polished out all the character of the game. Pro sports suck All around.

You must of missed the Phili special in the superbowl win against Brady

 

[Eelementary]

1 NFL team had a fake fumble. To trick and fool the opposition. It worked. They made 1st down
And another NFL team. Used fake place kicks goal's
To fool and trick
It worked they scored touchdown instead

The Raiders won a game off a fumbled ball, but it wasn't a trick play lol

 

[Eelementary]

Thankyou.
That’s one of the reasons college football is a better spectacle. NFL has polished out all the character of the game. Pro sports suck All around.

I think coaches in the NFL are more risk-averse, given how cut-throat the coaching environment in the NFL is, and so they will tend to favour plays that are statistically likely to work, over plays that have a chance to fail.

 

[hindy111]

I think coaches in the NFL are more risk-averse, given how cut-throat the coaching environment in the NFL is, and so they will tend to favour plays that are statistically likely to work, over plays that have a chance to fail.

Yep but also more sides go for it now on the 4th I reckon.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Yep but also more sides go for it now on the 4th I reckon.

I have noticed that this year & probably last year as well actually.

Teams are more prepared to go for it on 4th & short then probably what we saw 5-10 years ago when it felt like the play calling was a lot more conservative.

 

[Eelementary]

Yep but also more sides go for it now on the 4th I reckon.

Absolutely.

Going for it on 4th down can mean the difference between a match-winning field goal drive, or relying on your defence to win you the game.

 

[Eelementary]

I have noticed that this year & probably last year as well actually.

Teams are more prepared to go for it on 4th & short then probably what we saw 5-10 years ago when it felt like the play calling was a lot more conservative.

It's a good trend - at least, for us fans.

It's way more exciting.

It's also worth noting that more teams are using their punters in more creative ways, which is cool.

 

[T-Boon]

Yep but also more sides go for it now on the 4th I reckon.

I’d say they go for it on 4th more in college although I don’t watch hardly any NFL so difficult for me to say.
They go for it a lot at college level.

 

[T.S Quint]

Do NFL teams contest special teams plays?
Answer me you mother f**kers!

Of course they do. It’s just not easy to get a result in the pros.

Chiefs won a game earlier this year by blocking a field goal. Niners did the same a few years ago against the Packers. It’s f**king hard to block a field goal.

Blocking punts happens more often because it’s a bit easier, but still hard to do.

 

[T-Boon]

Of course they do. It’s just not easy to get a result in the pros.

Chiefs won a game earlier this year by blocking a field goal. Niners did the same a few years ago against the Packers. It’s f**king hard to block a field goal.

Blocking punts happens more often because it’s a bit easier, but still hard to do.

Do they use their big time players though or put the second rate guys out there for ST plays?.
My college team (the fighting Irish) make a lot of ST plays because they use the key players in those roles rather than back ups. Other colleges use back ups and so can’t make the plays as regularly.

 

[Eelementary]

Do they use their big time players though or put the second rate guys out there for ST plays?.
My college team (the fighting Irish) make a lot of ST plays because they use the key players in those roles rather than back ups. Other colleges use back ups and so can’t make the plays as regularly.

Not really; teams don't want their star players getting injured on special teams.

However, some teams do it - the Eagles used DeSean Jackson as their punt and kick returned, and even the Raiders used Josh Jacobs for a little while.

But usually, teams will use specialist players in special teams at NFL level.