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One of my first football memories was the hook and lateral play in the 81 playoffs the Dolphins pulled off on the Chargers. I don't know where ladder came from.... The play is literally named off a hook route with a lateral. On another note, we had an opponent run a triple reverse in high school..... It was a 10 yard loss. Sometimes you get too clever for your own good.
I found the origin of the name whilst researching this video! An original version of it was to pair a deep hook route with a 'Ladder' Route (mostly called a Chair route or Out and up in todays game) and the lateral would go from Hook to ladder. Name sorta stuck/blended with Lateral to become its name - but both Hook and Ladder and Hook and lateral are correct in my mind.
There are two instances of the hook and ladder that are my favorites. 1. Boise State 2007 fiesta bowl that was executed to perfection. Matter of fact the entire finish to that game was a chefs kiss in trick plays. I go back about once a year are so to witness the greatness at the end of that game. 2. Randy Moss’s behind the back lateral when the announcer said that “his improvisation could’ve won him an academy award” Great video though. To me football is a lot like chess and dissecting the nuances of the game is what I have come to love about it.
14:52 I’ve been saying this for years! The next big evolution is hyper athletic laterals down the field, it’s so obvious. Like you said, once it gets done efficiently and without too many turnovers, it will be everywhere. Can’t wait. To me, it makes no sense to give yourself up to being tackled with the ball if you have a guy behind you with space and no bodies on him.
As more and more players come across from Rugby Union and Rugby League, more and more players will be expecting laterals, so they can be added as a mandatory part of the play, or an read option.
Yeah buddy now we hitting that good good content. This is what you excel out, in depth analysis in a small digestible package. By far my fav football content man.
Hi, new to this channel, but I really liked the direction of your last few videos. Have you covered how the Detroit Lions sometimes make plays on the 4th down or the high risk high reward nature of that in general? I really liked the pass from their kicker yesterday.
Nice video, I like that you added that fake reverse in there. That one’s special, also would have liked more of an emphasis on how important the set up of these plays are not just the screen into double pass but almost all require showing the mundane look at least once
I've seen this trick play in college football before. I do believe a few years ago Eastern Kentucky University did this with their punter. I do believe the NFL also has the same rule. If a kicked ball from a field goal attempt or a punt does not cross the line of scrimmage, any offensive player can recover the ball and advanced the ball. So a center can snap the ball to the quarterback then if there is a open lineman not blocking anyone, the quarterback in theory can punt pass the ball to the lineman and as long as the lineman catches the ball before the lineman or the ball crosses the line of scrimmage in theory the lineman should be able to advance the ball because the the kick fail to get the ball past the line of scrimmage. The play that happened for Eastern Kentucky University was like this, the punter punt passed the ball to the receiver and the receiver caught the ball behind the line of scrimmage and was able to run in advance it .
Do you think the legendary game winning play from the Little Giants called the 'Annexation of Puerto Rico' utilizing the fumblerooski as a trick play where the quarterback intentionally fumbles the ball while the offensive team then tries to confuse the defense by pretending that one player is running with the ball while another retrieves it from the ground and runs in a different direction...... Could ever be done? I'm like 82% joking, 18% curious. Best regards 🙏.
I am shocked you did not use the 2007 Fiesta Bowl footage. Boise State's hook and ladder and their statue of liberty plays to win the game were executed masterfully.
As someone from England who plays and watches rugby, always confuses me why they don’t use laterals after the catch a lot more. There’s so much space because every defender is just focusing on the ball carrier. I understand the downside of a turnover is a lot greater in football than rugby, but they are professional athletes. They should be, and I think they are, able to pass/catch those relatively short, simple passes.
Turnover differential has one of the highest correlations of any stat with winning - couple that with natural human risk aversion and it's not to hard to see why it hasn't taken grasp, yet. But it will - The game is about points, and I believe downfield laterals would outweigh the turnovers they create, IF a coach is brave enough to adopt it
I was hoping to see some of the less common trick plays out there, like the Fumblerooski, fake procedures, unconventional formations, and I’m especially surprised to not hear mention of the Statue of Liberty! I understand these plays are not at all foundational to the sport, so maybe you want to cover more foundational concepts first, but I’d love to see a follow-up to this!
This was taking a look at plays you’ll primarily see in the NFL. Definitely left some major ones off and would love to do a deep dive into some of the weirder plays from college or even high school!
@@ThinkingFootball looking back on your most recent videos, I realize now that most footage is NFL. That makes sense. Explaining the game is best when you use examples of the very best! But yeah, I’d love to see it one day!
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Trick plays are always the funniest plays even when they comically fail
Like that Cowboys play with Elliott playing center a couple years back.
@unkledoda420 That was a trick play like a kid saying he's about to do something cool 😂
“I’m here”😂😂
One of my first football memories was the hook and lateral play in the 81 playoffs the Dolphins pulled off on the Chargers. I don't know where ladder came from.... The play is literally named off a hook route with a lateral. On another note, we had an opponent run a triple reverse in high school..... It was a 10 yard loss. Sometimes you get too clever for your own good.
I found the origin of the name whilst researching this video!
An original version of it was to pair a deep hook route with a 'Ladder' Route (mostly called a Chair route or Out and up in todays game) and the lateral would go from Hook to ladder.
Name sorta stuck/blended with Lateral to become its name - but both Hook and Ladder and Hook and lateral are correct in my mind.
@@ThinkingFootball Damn. That's good research. I've never even heard of a ladder route. Learning something new everyday.
You can tell the Lions practice these a little more than other teams do. Their execution on the trick plays is always top notch.
There are two instances of the hook and ladder that are my favorites.
1. Boise State 2007 fiesta bowl that was executed to perfection. Matter of fact the entire finish to that game was a chefs kiss in trick plays. I go back about once a year are so to witness the greatness at the end of that game.
2. Randy Moss’s behind the back lateral when the announcer said that “his improvisation could’ve won him an academy award”
Great video though. To me football is a lot like chess and dissecting the nuances of the game is what I have come to love about it.
I wanted to show both of them! I just didnt have a good angle on either.
The Randy Moss call is a top 10 all time piece of commentary
14:52 I’ve been saying this for years! The next big evolution is hyper athletic laterals down the field, it’s so obvious. Like you said, once it gets done efficiently and without too many turnovers, it will be everywhere. Can’t wait. To me, it makes no sense to give yourself up to being tackled with the ball if you have a guy behind you with space and no bodies on him.
As more and more players come across from Rugby Union and Rugby League, more and more players will be expecting laterals, so they can be added as a mandatory part of the play, or an read option.
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Never rewound a video every 8 seconds as much as this one.
So it wasn't just me
Idd, learning with every sentence
15 minute video that took me 45 minutes to watch
‘Tyreek has that getting away from the cops speed.’
Or does he? 😂
exactly what I was thinking lmfao
Bro better be cooking up the most GOATED Saints video ever to grace TH-cam
Yeah buddy now we hitting that good good content. This is what you excel out, in depth analysis in a small digestible package. By far my fav football content man.
Love the hook and ladder
It's absolutely nuts how often the lions got mentioned in this video. Every trick play got a Lions mention. It's neat!
And then a week later they pull off the hook and lateral
He said Tyreke got that "get away from the cops speed".... Too soon bro...
Too soon 😅😅😅
I love trick plays so much. That one fiesta bowl was the best
I really enjoy your approach to the game and the way you explain it. Well done!!!
That Blake Gilligan commentary was as funny as it was mean
Hi, new to this channel, but I really liked the direction of your last few videos.
Have you covered how the Detroit Lions sometimes make plays on the 4th down or the high risk high reward nature of that in general? I really liked the pass from their kicker yesterday.
Nice video, I like that you added that fake reverse in there. That one’s special, also would have liked more of an emphasis on how important the set up of these plays are not just the screen into double pass but almost all require showing the mundane look at least once
Great video, thoroughly explained !
"The defense has to collapse down to Tyreek on the jet sweep, as he got dat get away from da cops speed"
I've seen this trick play in college football before. I do believe a few years ago Eastern Kentucky University did this with their punter. I do believe the NFL also has the same rule.
If a kicked ball from a field goal attempt or a punt does not cross the line of scrimmage, any offensive player can recover the ball and advanced the ball. So a center can snap the ball to the quarterback then if there is a open lineman not blocking anyone, the quarterback in theory can punt pass the ball to the lineman and as long as the lineman catches the ball before the lineman or the ball crosses the line of scrimmage in theory the lineman should be able to advance the ball because the the kick fail to get the ball past the line of scrimmage. The play that happened for Eastern Kentucky University was like this, the punter punt passed the ball to the receiver and the receiver caught the ball behind the line of scrimmage and was able to run in advance it .
Do you think the legendary game winning play from the Little Giants called the 'Annexation of Puerto Rico' utilizing the fumblerooski as a trick play where the quarterback intentionally fumbles the ball while the offensive team then tries to confuse the defense by pretending that one player is running with the ball while another retrieves it from the ground and runs in a different direction...... Could ever be done? I'm like 82% joking, 18% curious. Best regards 🙏.
I am shocked you did not use the 2007 Fiesta Bowl footage. Boise State's hook and ladder and their statue of liberty plays to win the game were executed masterfully.
I would love to see you guys do a breakdown on Tom brady
As someone from England who plays and watches rugby, always confuses me why they don’t use laterals after the catch a lot more.
There’s so much space because every defender is just focusing on the ball carrier. I understand the downside of a turnover is a lot greater in football than rugby, but they are professional athletes. They should be, and I think they are, able to pass/catch those relatively short, simple passes.
Turnover differential has one of the highest correlations of any stat with winning - couple that with natural human risk aversion and it's not to hard to see why it hasn't taken grasp, yet.
But it will - The game is about points, and I believe downfield laterals would outweigh the turnovers they create, IF a coach is brave enough to adopt it
Within the next 10 years football will move into the lateral era.. it’s coming
CUT Finna be a breeze!
I was hoping to see some of the less common trick plays out there, like the Fumblerooski, fake procedures, unconventional formations, and I’m especially surprised to not hear mention of the Statue of Liberty!
I understand these plays are not at all foundational to the sport, so maybe you want to cover more foundational concepts first, but I’d love to see a follow-up to this!
This was taking a look at plays you’ll primarily see in the NFL. Definitely left some major ones off and would love to do a deep dive into some of the weirder plays from college or even high school!
@@ThinkingFootball looking back on your most recent videos, I realize now that most footage is NFL. That makes sense. Explaining the game is best when you use examples of the very best! But yeah, I’d love to see it one day!
So many of these are against the elite Joe Barry defense
A trick play is really just following the rules of the game in an unorthodox way. At the end of the day they're just a play because they're legal.
How can you talk about the philly special but not show us the Foles pass???
Trick plays actually exist in most team sports. Your initial statement is incorrect.
great video, you couldnt sound more boring if you tried though
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man that whole D line biting at 11:14 is crazy. when you run so many trick plays they just assume you're pulling some more bullshit
I watch these videos in secret while my girl in the shower 🫡
I watch them in the shower with my girl
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"Showing off that 5.6 speed" made me react like got dayum HE SLOW but he got the first😹😭😹