05-19-2018, 12:22 PM
(05-18-2018, 03:45 PM)fredtoast Wrote: If we are talking about one certain type of play this would have to be it.
Boomer was the best at play action fakes. I don't know if he was the one who invented sticking an empty hand in the RBs belly while hiding the ball on his hip but he was the one who perfected it. And it was so effective because we had a dominating run game. Number one in the league in '88 when Boomer won his MVP.
The main reason Boomer's play action fakes were so effective was because he was left handed. He would be holding the ball on his left hip in his left hand, and defenders would see an empty right hand come out of the RBs belly and completely bite on the fake. I dont think they were actively saying to themselves "his right hand is empty" as much as thats the hand they are used to seeing QBs have the ball in instinctively....they were just used to seeing a ball in that hand when a QB was oriented that way during a handoff.
