{"adConfig":{"preroll":{"ciuSzs":"300x60,1x1","descriptionUrl":" ","frequency":2,"iu":"/4595/nfl.com/news/article/around-the-nfl-news","partner":"","players": "colt-anderson" ,"s1":"news","s2":"colts-attempt-bizarre-special-teams-play-and-fail-0ap3000000560754","s3":"around-the-nfl-news","s4":"article","teams": "NE" ,"test":"","url":" ","vid":""}},"analytics":{"reportSuite":"cbsnfl","pageDetail":"colts-attempt-bizarre-special-teams-play-and-fail-0ap3000000560754","siteName":"nfl.com","siteSection":"news","siteSubsection":" Devin Mesoraco Jersey news"},"autoplay":false,"clubs":false,"playlist": {"audio":false,"description":"After lining up in an illegal formation, Griff Whalen's conversion attempt on fourth down went horribly wrong, resulting in favorable field position for the Patriots late in the third quarter.\","duration":0,"gameday":false,"id":"fd3cb865-fef3-4b45-993f-396350f4fb71","entityId":"fd3cb865-fef3-4b45-993f-396350f4fb71","slug":"the-colts-fourth-down-fake-goes-horribly-wrong","title":"The Colts' fourth down fake goes horribly wrong","posterImage":" ","imageSrc":" ","campaignId":"","category":"","mcpID":"486985","videoSource":"nfl.com","tags": {"title":"New England Patriots at Indianapolis Colts (2015-REG-6)","slug":"new-england-patriots-at-indianapolis-colts-2015-reg-6","gameId":"10012015-1018-11ed-27bf-8c2b76eb83f1"},{"title":"New England Patriots","slug":"new-england-patriots","teamId":"10403200-69ab-9ea6-5af5-e240fbc08bea"},{"title":"Colt Anderson","slug":"colt-anderson","personId":"3200414e-4416-2908-100a-2d881716ea80"},{"title":"syndicated","slug":"syndicated"} } ,"playlistVideoIndex":0,"playerType":"video","productId":"LEAGUE","loop":false,"live":false,"defaultMuted":false} Sunday night's Eugenio Suarez Jersey long-awaited battle between the and will long be remembered for a bizarre and ill-fated play-call that sunk a knife in Indy's chances for victory.Trailing New England 27-21 late in the third quarter of , the opted for a disorganized dose of trickery on fourth-and-3 from their own 37-yard line.After lining up in punt formation, the rolled nine players -- including their entire offensive line -- to the far right side of the field, leaving wideout to kneel over the ball like a center, with safety stationed behind him for the Nick Castellanos Jersey snap.The formation caused chaos among defenders, but New England wisely kept five men hovering around Whalen, who appeared to surprise Anderson by snapping the ball. The duo was smothered by enemy , drawing a wave of boos from the stunned home crowd.Whalen said after the game that when the "adjusted to our motion, we knew we didn't have the look." When asked if there was a way to kill the play, he added, "No, we were just going to wait. It was just a miscommunication, guys. I mean that's all it was. It was a miscommunication. I've got to do a better job of making sure that we do the right thing." The ghastly play wasn't even conceived correctly, with Indy drawing a flag for an illegal formation after a rash of blockers were deemed to be too far off the line of scrimmage. coach Chuck Pagano tried to explain the play after the game. "The whole idea there was on fourth-and-3 or le s, we shift to an alignment to where we could catch them misaligned," Pagano said. "They tried to sub some people in. Catch them with more men on the field -- 12 men on the field. And if you get a certain look, you have three (or) two yards to make a play. "We shifted over and I didn't do a good enough job coaching it during the week. Alignment wise, we weren't lined up correctly and we Alex Wood Jersey had a communication breakdown between the quarterback and snapper. That's on me." "We expected this to be a gadget game in the kicking game -- the onside kick, some kind of fake, fake punt, fake field goal," coach Bill Belichick added. "We didn't know what the play was going to be, obviously, but they went on the swinging gate type play and we went over to the overshift and made George Foster Jersey sure we covered the inside part and we reacted well to it. So it was a heads up play by our punt return unit." The took over from there on downs, marching through Indy's defense for a six-play drive capped by 's 11-yard touchdown strike to killer .While New England extended their lead to 34-21, Pagano appeared to ask Whalen, It's a question every fan will ask for the rest of the season about a wacky play that swiveled the game in favor of a team that has dominated Indy during the era.