Happy Four Year Anniversary To The Indianapolis Colts Running The Worst Play In The History Of Football

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Where were you when the Indianapolis Colts broke the brains of every NFL fan when they tried the most buffoonish, insane, moronic, head-scratching, vomit-inducing play since the National Football League was formed in 1922?

If, in a mechanism of defense, your brain blocked out this dumpster fire of a play, let’s recap what went down.

The date was October 18, 2015. Week 6. The Colts had been hanging tough with the formidable Patriots clinging to a six-point deficit when, on fourth-and-three with about a minute left in the third quarter, they did the unthinkable.

I, I–I can’t even explain it. Just look.

Why was a wide receiver masquerading as a center? Why did he snap the ball? Why was the whole right side of the line offsides? Why did Chuck Pagano think he could outsmart Bill Belichick?

Former Colts punter Pat McAfee’s explanation of the disaster only answers some of the looming questions.

“The whole idea there was, on a fourth-and-3 or less, shift to an alignment where you either catch them misaligned, they try to sub some people in, catch them with 12 men on the field,” Pagano said. “If you get a certain look, 3 yards, 2 yards, you can make a play. But again, we shifted over, and I didn’t do a good enough job coaching it during the week.

“Alignment-wise, we weren’t lined up correctly and then a communication breakdown between the quarterback and snapper. That’s all on me.”

Hey, and remember that pitiful failed fake punt the Broncos tried to pull last night against the Chiefs?

You can’t make this shit up.

The circle of life.

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Matt’s love of writing was born during a sixth grade assembly when it was announced that his essay titled “Why Drugs Are Bad” had taken first prize in D.A.R.E.’s grade-wide contest. The anti-drug people gave him a $50 savings bond for his brave contribution to crime-fighting, and upon the bond’s maturity 10 years later, he used it to buy his very first bag of marijuana.