The Dolphins and Chargers are back again in another playoff battle with a play not as well known as the Hook and Lateral, but nonetheless still extremely important in the history of football X's and O's. The Chargers won this game with one of the best designed plays I have ever seen, even to this day. This one killed me as a Dolphins fan (and still does every time I watch it), but even then I had to tip my hat to the Offensive Coordinator for designing this masterpiece of a play and for calling it at the perfect time with the game on the line.
The Chargers lined up in a Bunch formation with motion by the inside WR to help shake man coverage. Check out the end-zone copy at the end of the video to get a good look at the Backside Guard pulling and the WR sneaking through the LOS. I think that the collective jaws of everyone watching the game fell to the floor when they saw this play, and I remember the announcers replaying it like 20 times—it really was that sweet. It is my opinion that this was one of the greatest offensive plays ever drawn up and executed in the history of professional football. Here it is:
Links:
Terrific football blog that I had never seen before that you must check out: http://codeandfootball.wordpress.com/
Deuce does a great job of talking about Midline and all its variations: http://footballislifeblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/midline.html
Dacoachmo posted his Indy Glazier Clinic notes:
http://highspeedspreadfootball.blogspot.com/2011/03/indy-clinic-notes.html
RUNCODHIT with Part 2 on Stopping the Power Run Game with the 4-2-5: http://runcodhit.blogspot.com/2011/03/stopping-power-running-offense-with-4-2_10.html
Chris at Smart Football with clip of Missouri QB Drills:
http://smartfootball.com/quarterbacking/quarterback-drills-with-missouris-dave-yost-guru-dude 
Thanks for the shout out Coach, very much appreciated!!
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