The Cincinnati Bengals hit what might be a dagger against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday with an easy trick-play touchdown to make it 20-3 in the third quarter.
It was easy enough, too. Joe Burrow gave the ball to Joe Mixon on a simple-looking handoff, Cleveland bit on the run and Burrow got the ball back, then flung it downfield to a wide-open Trenton Irwin.
The play was set up for most of the game by the run looks the Bengals threw out and the Browns bit hard, to say the least.
When coaches draw up flea flickers in the hopes of catching an opponent by surprise, the full highlight is exactly what they hope perfect execution looks like, often on game-swinging plays:
FLEA FLICKER ALERT#CLEvsCIN 📺 CBS pic.twitter.com/qN7pIZonMl
— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) December 11, 2022
