It is almost unfair to use trickeration on the hapless and winless Orlando Guardians.
Wade Phillips and the Houston Roughnecks didn’t care in XFL action on Saturday and wound up with a 20-0 lead after a trick play thanks to league rules.
The XFL allows for double-forward passes if the first throw is behind the line of scrimmage.
Brandon Silvers threw the football to Jontre Kirklin, who went deep, deep, deep to Deontay Burnett.
Forty-nine yards later, Burnett was in the end zone and the Roughnecks led 20-0 … in the first quarter.
THE DOUBLE PASS FOR THE TD 😱@XFLRoughnecks | @XFL2023 pic.twitter.com/6dIm3vekEf
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 12, 2023