Talk:Flea flicker (American football)

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[edit] Recent examples

There were at least two flea flickers attempted today, including one by the Philadelphia Eagles on the first offensive play of their game against San Francisco resulting in a large gain. There was also one attempted, I hear, in the Carolina-Tampa Bay game.

I fail to see why the most recent example of a flea-flicker is stated in an encyclopedic article. As I have just witnessed on television a more recent example of the play, I am making a change to simply say that this play continues to be viable in 2006. BMBarnes 23:12, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Or, maybe I won't - someone was watching the same game and made the appropriate update - if the community is keeping up with the "most recent example", who am I to stop them? BMBarnes 23:14, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

I just heard of this play, but based on this page's history, it doesn't seem all _that_ rare. It looks like it gets used about once a week by some team. It would be nice to have the page clarify what "rare" means. 128.138.45.168 20:15, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

I read this article today, and I have the same concerns as BryanMBarnes about the "most recent example" thing. What if it becomes outdated? It doesn't seem encyclopedic to cover this sort of thing, so as a compromise I am separating it out of the main article and into its own section. That way the information is still useful and present, but also separate from an otherwise encyclopedic article. --Jeff 20:02, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Name origin?

Anyone know where the name "flea flicker" comes from?