07-15-2020, 07:55 PM
(07-15-2020, 07:14 PM)ElkValleyBengal Wrote: One of the plays which sticks out to me is the Redskins-Bengals 1988 season finale. Boomer pulls off perhaps the greatest play-action fake of all time. A Redskins defender (Dexter Manley if I remember correctly) actually tackled James Brooks and then celebrated it. Boomer hit Eddie Brown for a long TD that turned the tide in that game. The entire defense was fooled by it though. I've never seen an entire defense so completely fooled.
Yea...that was a good one, if you watch that play Manley starts to celebrate and slowly looks up and notices the ball flying up over his head and down the field. Boomer was so good at the fake hand off and dropping back while still holding the football. Chip Lohmiller missed an extra point or field goal, I can't remember which that gave the Bengals new life in that game. The Bengals won and didn't have to play in the wild card game and got the first round bye.