The Rams Have Testicles Of Stone

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The Rams Have Testicles Of Stone

The St. Louis Rams stunned the Seahawks with two trick plays on special teams, including a ballsy fake punt inside their own red zone.

The Rams beat the Seahawks 28-26 on not one, but two crazy-ass trick plays. St. Louis scored a quick touchdown on a great fake out on a punt return earlier in the game but upped the ante with a fake punt in the shadow of their own goalpost with the game on the line.

With 2:55 remaining in the game, St. Louis was clinging to a two-point lead over the defending Super Bowl champs and looking at a fourth-and-three from their own 18-yard line. The special teams unit came out in an obvious punting situation and all of St. Louis just hoped to pin Seattle as far back as possible and hold them there. But Jeff Fisher said Fuck. All. That. Noise. He called a fake punt inside his own red zone and punter Johnny Hekker—standing on the five-yard line—threw a perfect pass to Benny Cunningham who picked up the three yards for the first down and then some.

This was so nuts, and the definition of a do-or-die decision that many coaches don't even consider. If the Rams actually punted the ball, chances are that Seattle would have pretty good field position and would be able to pick up enough yardage to get into field goal position to win it. Rather than death by attrition, Fisher just went balls to wall and won the game. It's still a risky proposition, obviously, if they screw the pooch on that play Seattle has a gimme field goal at least, and probably scores a touchdown. But Fisher is a Herm Edwards kind of guy and St. Louis hung on to the ball and ran out the rest of the clock for a stunning win.