We’ve already discussed the Pittsburgh Steelers’ failed fake field goal several times this week, and it’s almost time to switch gears to Week 9 and the Chicago Bears game. But I had to briefly revisit what went wrong on the play one more time. Because when things go as bad as they did for Chris Boswell and company, you have to try to figure out why.
And I get it. Fakes and trick plays fall into one or two camps. Genius if they work, village idiot if they don’t. It’s pass/fail. But I always care about process more than outcome.