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You might have heard by now the play that Kansas City ran on 4th and 1 was right out of Fritz Crisler's Mad Magicians tape. Here's the old Michigan play, captured in the 1948 Rose Bowl:

And here's the Chiefs play from the Super Bowl:

Here's Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bienemy copping to where he got it from:

Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy on spin move trick play to convert 4th down vs. 49ers pic.twitter.com/wpOxC1DJMV

— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) February 3, 2020

And thanks to John Kryk (Stagg vs Yost, Natural Enemies), we also know where Reid found it—his high school coach played for those Trojans:

Andy Reid was asked where this play cam from. 1948 Rose Bowl Michigan vs. USC. #spreadoffense #ChiefsKingdom pic.twitter.com/NIvIxNNX01

— SpreadOffense.com (@SpreadOffense) February 3, 2020

And I'll add it's not the first time KC ran a Magicians' play.

While my shiny medal for pointing it out first makes its way through the mail, the Bienemy quote has generated a small cottage industry of writers linking the two together. Views of the Sap version, the Wolverine Historian video, and the copy of that set to "How You Like Me Now" were duly plundered to show them both side by side and talk about where the ideas come from. If you read just one, I'd recommend Kryk's in the Toronto Sun. If you read two, Alex Kirshner of The Banner Society incorporated Fritz's playbook and some history.

All that's left is for one of the internet X's and O's guys to draw it up, explain how Fritz Crisler (and Bennie Oosterbaan)'s offense worked, and why it's such a nice complement for Andy Reid's offense in 2020.

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