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Ten outrageous plays, a few legendary coaching decisions, and enough defensive embarrassment to last several lifetimes. There's something wonderfully ridiculous about professional football. We spend an entire season listening to coaches explain discipline, preparation, fundamentals, execution, and the importance of sticking to the game plan. We watch analysts draw complicated diagrams on enormous television screens while telling us how sophisticated modern defenses have become. We hear about countless hours of film study, advanced analytics, meticulously designed offensive systems, and the extraordinary intelligence required to succeed at the highest level. Then somebody hands the football to a running back who throws it to a quarterback, and eleven professional defenders suddenly look like they wandered into the wrong meeting. I love it. There's a particular beauty to a perfectly executed trick play, especially in the Super Bowl. Here you have two teams that have survived an e...