Jon Gruden has a bag of tricks? And he went into it?
Yep! On the Raiders' opening drive on Sunday against the Chargers, Derek Carr threw incomplete to tight end Jared Cook, setting up a 4th and 4 from their own 37-yard line. Rookie punter Johnny Townsend came onto the field.
What happened next shocked everyone watching.
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The Raiders weren't able to cash in on the trickeration as they were stuffed on 4th and goal at the 1-yard line.