I think they were looking for the fake. It's just that the fake was very well designed and executed.
It's one thing to know a fake is coming, another to be able to stop it.
I'm not sure, but I can't remember the last time I saw a fake punt designed quite like that one. Everyone on the Chiefs looked like they were looking for a gunner to run a route; instead they used those two inside guys, with one running right up the middle.
It was unusual. And I think the Chiefs players thought the play would be somewhere to the outside.
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