Trick plays are more likely to become chunk plays – plays that gain 20-plus yards. Research shows teams that generate more plays of 20-plus yards than their opponents win more than 80 percent of the time. When three or more players touch the ball on a play, rather than one or two, the percentage of plays that go for 20-plus ...

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Everyone knows what a flea flicker is; it's one of football's classic trick plays. A fake flea flicker, however, is not as common and it requires a further layer of trickery. It's when a team imitates a flea flicker, with the running back faking a pitch back to the quarterback but he actually keeps the ball and runs with it.