Will Super Bowl LX add to memorable list of trick plays? - ESPN

THE NIGHT BEFORE facing the Seattle Seahawks to culminate the 2005 season in Super Bowl XL, the Pittsburgh Steelers' coaching staff finalized plans for what would prove to be the most memorable play of the game.

«We can't leave anything in the bag,» coach Bill Cowher told offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt and the other coaches inside the Crowne Plaza hotel in greater Detroit. «We have to go after these guys.»

And when the moment presented itself, that's exactly what the Steelers did. After getting the ball on a reverse, wide receiver Antwaan Randle El launched the ball for a 43-yard touchdown pass to fellow receiver Hines Ward, the final points in a 21-10 victory that secured the franchise's fifth Super Bowl victory.

Over the years, many teams have schemed up a bit of trickery in their pursuit of the Lombardi Trophy. The Seahawks and the New England Patriots could add to the list of famous trick plays when they square off Feb. 8 in Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California. In fact, Patriots coach Mike Vrabel is quite familiar with surprising plays in the big game as the former linebacker — who lined up as a tight end — caught touchdown passes in two different Super Bowls with New England. That ties him for seventh on the list — and the only linebacker — for career receiving TDs in the Super Bowl.

«I was scared to death,» Vrabel told the Worcester (Mass.) Telegram & Gazette in 2005 after his catch against Carolina in Super Bowl XXXVIII. «The thing for me going in there and playing offense was that you were only going to get two or three snaps a game if you were lucky. So the only live reps I see were during the game. You don't go live goal line during the week during the season.»

Will he attempt one as coach on the