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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
These plays have existed for years. Did you start watching football six weeks ago?
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Football goes in cycles. The shovel pass has not been a particularly popular playcall over the last 15-20 years in the NFL. Just like the "Wildcat" was being used by the Chicago Bears in the 1980's but when it was brought back heavily by the Dolphins it caught teams off guard because it hadn't been used in such a long time. This shovel pass concept falls in line with that. Not much is truly "new" in football, it's just stuff that hasn't been used in a very long time, especially at the NFL level.