Ron Rivera Reveals Hilarious Inspiration Behind Amazing Washington Trick Play

The Washington Football team put together an outstanding game on Thanksgiving to defeat the Dallas Cowboys and take over first place in the NFC East.
Head coach Ron Rivera pulled out all the stops for this divisional clash, and that included running an old-school fumblerooski for a first down in the red zone. Rivera revealed some hilarious inspiration for the play following the game.
Rivera said, yes, that was the Annexation of Puerto Rico play from the Little Giants... Gave a nod to Bum Phillips and said they called it the Bumarooski. Rivera said he probably watched that movie "100 times" because his kids liked it so much.
— John Keim (@john_keim) November 27, 2020
For the uninitiated, Little Giants is a 1994 football comedy movie starring Rick Moranis. The hilarious peewee football tale clearly still stands the test of time, as Rivera's kids can attest to.
In the movie, the heroes run a play they call "The Annexation of Puerto Rico" to win the final game.
Washington's version didn't quite match that drama, but it was a pretty outstanding play anyway.
WFT bringing some razzle dazzle today!
— #RingerNFL (@ringernfl) November 26, 2020
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Of course, this is a bit of a tongue-in-cheek response from Rivera. The fumblerooski is a classic old-school misdirection play, and Rivera even has a history of running it at the NFL level, famously running one with Cam Newton in his rookie year with the Carolina Panthers.
Wherever the inspiration came from, Washington fans have to love seeing Rivera getting so creative in a must-win game.
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