# Football question.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-question/561931>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 25, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-question/561931 "2010-11-25T23:58:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-question/561931/1 "2010-11-25T23:58:57Z")

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Today, early on in the Cowboys/Saints game, the kicker was trying for the extra point. As he was kicking the ball, the guy running to his left and behind made a kiking motion with _his_ foot. What the heck was that?  
I know nuttin’ about football.  
Peace,  
mangeorge  
BTW; he made the point.

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-question/561931/2 "2010-11-26T00:00:34Z")

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WAG: a ruse to draw the defense toward himself rather than to the actual kicker.

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-question/561931/3 "2010-11-26T04:11:32Z")

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> [@mangeorge](#):
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> …the guy running to his left and behind made a kiking motion with _his_ foot.

[musing]

I would have like to see him make a kicking motion with his head, or even his hand.

[/musing]

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**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-question/561931/4 "2010-11-26T18:08:11Z")

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> [@mangeorge](#):
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> Today, early on in the Cowboys/Saints game, the kicker was trying for the extra point. As he was kicking the ball, the guy running to his left and behind made a kiking motion with _his_ foot. What the heck was that?  
> I know nuttin’ about football.  
> Peace,  
> mangeorge  
> BTW; he made the point.

Weird, because usually nobody is behind (farther away from the goal line than) the kicker. Everyone who’s not kicking is either holding the ball for the kicker, or up on the line blocking.

So I have no idea what the guy was doing; maybe he was blocking someone who came from way outside. And the kicking motion was just a random step. That’s all I got.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-question/561931/5 "2010-11-26T18:13:21Z")

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Early stage of some kind of psychosis?

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-question/561931/6 "2010-11-26T18:17:05Z")

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I’ve tried to find a clip, but it seems the NFL isn’t into free peeks. I was at my computer on the kitchen table and the tv’s in the living room, so there’s room for error.