The Colts’ Fake Punt Fiasco (2015)
In a 2015 midseason matchup between the Colts and the Patriots, Indianapolis’s coach Chuck Pagano dialed up perhaps the most ridiculous attempt at a trick play in NFL history, trying to catch New England off guard by lining up receiver Griff Whalen and special-teamer Colt Anderson as a snapper and quarterback in the middle of the field while the rest of the punt unit lined up near the sideline. The Patriots weren’t fooled in the slightest and immediately brought Anderson down, but it turned out the Colts had lined up in an illegal formation anyway.