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It was the XFL play that made everyone start talking.
In Week 2 of the revamped league’s season, on a second-and-goal play late in the first quarter, Houston Roughnecks quarterback Phillip "P.J." Walker took a five-step drop and pumped left. But, as was the case in many of Walker’s other highlight-reel gems, no one was open.
So he manipulated the pocket and lingered.
He saw receiver Cam Phillips break off his route and slip into an open swath of the end zone.