re: Football trick play idea: Selling a false fumble or "The Fakeover"

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and it's the dumbest shite I ever read, yet, this year.

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Setting: A pile of bodies on the field. What goes on in a pile of bodies? That's exactly what this play is about.

You know what a fumble looks like in a pile. There is a large shift and then players start jumping onto the pile at different parts wrestling for the loose ball.

But what if the ball was never loose? What if the running back had control all the way to the ground?

That's where selling a false fumble would come into play. To execute "The Fakeover" there would need to be a veritable setup, so that the ball can be blocked from view. It would help if an RB is being wrapped up by 2 or 3 players and more are closing in - just like how a pile starts.

Then, when the pile starts, The Fakeover goes into effect. One player needs to take the ball out of the runners hands immediately after he was downed, and this should be easy because he's down so he'll let up, then players need to start reacting: Shifting the pile if they are in it, players coming from outside the pile looking for the loose ball, and yelling "fumble!"

If you fake the officials into believing there's a fumble and a player from your team comes up with it, you have successfully executed The Fakeover.

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im gonna need an MS Paint diagram of this

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