Illegal plays are allowed against the Bills, because God hates them.
As for this fake punt, it was so awesome that even if it had been illegal, the refs would have simply claimed the league just made it legal five minutes ago, and counted it. And they'd have been right to do so.
A good friend of mine was on the sideline in Tennessee, filming the Music City Miracle as it happened. He was standing right next to Dyson when he caught the ball.
I'll take his word over yours, and he never had a doubt.
It was a perfect lateral - it traveled so parallel to the yard markers that you would need a 50-yard T-square with laser sighting to detect any degree of deviation.
Also, I love both those unis to death - WAY better than the Bills and Titans regular unis, by far far far.
Okay, maybe this is just being BORN HERE that is making me say this, or probably I'm not watching enough futbol, but this kind of trickery makes the game fun for the spectators. So many sports are so focused on making the game fun for the ATHLETES! That makes the actual game about as fun to watch as chess, and just as formulaeic.
Tell me about it. This is the dumbest fucking play ever by the way. Really Titans? You do this shit less than 5 minutes into the first pre-season game of the year? Eat shit.
it's okay I'd rather have the greatest comeback in NFL history rather than a nifty fake punt in preseason. Too bad they didn't think of that last year against Baltimore
Wait, was that a fake punt coupled with a fake pass?
I like how this happens once every four BILLION games but people still claim this kind of thing makes football exciting. No, it makes that ONE THING exciting. Then there's eighty katrillion hours of staring at the lines and time outs and fifteen minute quarters lasting forty five minutes.
If I remember my football correctly it was a double-fake where the punter faked a kick to throw off the rush then then faked a Statue of Liberty to throw off the rest of the defense then rushed for a TD.
Pro-Tip: College and High School football teams are a lot more likely than pros to pull crazy trick plays out of nowhere for the hell of it. You usually get a few per game.