Anatomy of a Money Play: The Rooksie Option

[PowerofRed25]

Quote: Originally Posted by THE YAMA

I have yet to be the victim of this nor have I used it on someone. Can't stand people who resort to this kind of stuff just to win a game.

Resort to... what?

It is a fake punt. If you're dumb enough to sit in punt return all game and I run this, I just out-coached you, that's on you. Let's look at one of the more successful fakes in recent memory. Keep in mind this was not a called fake, it is punters discretion if the D fails to leave a safety and turns their backs.



You can't just stop using your brain on defense because the punt team is out there. I can't count the number of times I've run a fake field goal successfully because my opponent absentmindedly selects FG Block every time. If you are running the same thing or just not paying attention on special teams, I will make you pay for it.

The fake in the first video does not abuse the game, it doesn't cause a glitch, it doesn't take advantage of a bug where the defense freezes in place or something. If I played someone who always calls punt return and pulls one of their players off the line to "lead block" for the returner (most people online), I'd happily run this on you.

Unfortunately, people online are a pretty suspicious bunch and they come out in punt safe or base defense just about always and if they saw you come out in the tight punt formation, they'd audible to a defensive play for sure.

[Phat Old Man]

That's the problem with this game online, you get douche bags that don't play legit. It doesn't make you good if you win by cheating.

[GoDucks1224]

Quote: Originally Posted by Phat Old Man

That's the problem with this game online, you get douche bags that don't play legit. It doesn't make you good if you win by cheating.

I'm sorry but if you think that a fake punt in COLLEGE football isn't realistic or 'legit', you're severely jaded. People use fake punts and field goals all the time in college football. There are TONS of aggressive coaches. And neither of these two things are hard to stop as long as you're not just being stupid and picking the typical punt return or field goal block. There are plays specifically created defensively to stop these things. I cannot reiterate that enough. I'm not one to be mean but anybody complaining about these things is really.. Quite intellectually challenged..

[AndrewGW88]

Are you kidding me? How is that a money play? Now if you were in punt safe return and you could never stop it then I can see how it could be considered a money play...fakes are apart of college football.

[Colt45]

lol this topic cray

[cbenti60]

That wasn't what the play was designed to do?