Situations and play calling

Pretty play, worse chances

Holds upThe record backs this up, season after season.

This one is in the FanIQ library with the full rule, the reason it works, and every season we checked.

Held in 17 of 19 seasons, from 12,232 records measured.

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Goal-Line Truths: The Sneak Is Cheating, the Fade Is a TaxFrom the 1-yard line, the quarterback keep scores two thirds of the time and the handoff barely more than half. The league still hands it off four times as often.

FanIQ carries this one in full: the rule itself, why it works, the season-by-season record, and the related laws.