The Pittsburgh Steelers have pulled off a good fake punt or two over the course of recent years, but fake kicks have been harder to come by, and some have failed rather miserably. That was far from the case on Sunday when kicker Chris Boswell completed a two-yard touchdown pass to left tackle Alejandro Villanueva. And why did it work so well? Because nobody except for the Steelers players on the field, Head Coach Mike Tomlin, and special teams coordinator Danny Smith likely knew it was coming.
Even quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said during his radio show yesterday that he didn’t know.