Situations and play calling

Coaches fake where failure is cheap

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 25 of 27 seasons, from 513 records measured.

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Fakes, DecodedThe fake punt is a better-than-coin-flip call that coaches use about nineteen times a season. The fake field goal costs points and is quietly going extinct. And the most efficient touchdown machine in football is a pass thrown by someone who is not a quarterback.

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