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In Week Eight, when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers met for the first time in 2017, the Buccaneers had the ball to start the second quarter, down 7-0. The first play featured several bits of misdirection before Jameis Winston threw a short screen pass to Jacquizz Rodgers.

The play started with wide receiver Bernard Reedy coming through the middle on a fake end-around, Winston waved the ball in his direction, then immediately faked a handoff to Rodgers, turned and looked to his right, where Reedy had run into the flat. Winston then turned suddenly and threw a quick pass to Rodgers, who was heading to his left and about to bend around a two-on-one block of Bucs linemen Ali Marpet and Kevin Pamphile on defensive tackle Kyle Love.