Two seconds left in the half, Redskins-Giants on Monday night. It's an ass-kicking, plain and simple. Redskins have a chance to get on the board with a chip shot field goal. Easy-peasy, lemon squeezy. Three points is better than nothing.
So as they line up, in the middle of the snap, the holder (who is the punter) stands up and the ENTIRE line shifts to the far left side of the field (all except the TE, who assumes the responsibilities of snapping the ball). WOW!!! I'm such a sucka for gadget plays, I'm thinking that this will work and miraculously the 'Skins will regain the mo that they have so comically lost all game. It seems so obvious. Overload the left side, overwhelm the G-men, and suddenly we're on the board with 6 points. I'm all amped up, thinking that this will complete the trio of trick plays my boys in red have presented to us, the gullible fans, this season.
Only problem is that the very first gadget play, in the first game of the season, came against tonight's opponent, the New York Football Giants. So it's not as if they weren't expecting SOMETHING.
Back to the play. Commandant Coughlin decides to call a time-out, so as to make a minor adjustment. I would assume that he figured that his opponent would kick the FG, and we're off to the locker room.
But no. Redskins pull the same trick out of the bag, only this time the Giants line leaves a few guys back during the shift. Like 4 of them. Meanwhile, I'm thinking WOW!!! This thing could work! as the ball is snapped, the linemen, untouched, overwhelm the punter turned QB, who throws a desperation lame duck toward the end zone, only to have it intercepted and almost run back for a TD. That would have been a 10 point swing, a comedic touch.
Isn't the definition of insanity to do things the same way and expect a different result?
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