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Bubba Smith consistently and persuasively says that his Colts deliberately lost, and points to how QB Earl Morrall (who was the 1968 NFL season MVP) failed to throw to a wide-open primary receiver near the end zone on a flea-flicker play and instead tossed an interception in the middle of the field.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k78hKs1DmPY</ref><ref>https://athlonsports.com/nfl/5-conspiracy-theories-changed-sports-history</ref>  The flea-flicker play is designed for the quarterback to throw the long pass to the open wide receiver downfield.<ref>https://throwdeeppublishing.com/blogs/football-glossary/understanding-the-flea-flicker-play-in-football-diagrams-and-video</ref>

Bubba Smith consistently and persuasively says that his Colts deliberately lost, and points to how QB Earl Morrall (who was the 1968 NFL season MVP) failed to throw to a wide-open primary receiver near the end zone on a flea-flicker play and instead tossed an interception in the middle of the field.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k78hKs1DmPY</ref><ref>https://athlonsports.com/nfl/5-conspiracy-theories-changed-sports-history</ref>  The flea-flicker play is designed for the quarterback to throw the long pass to the open wide receiver downfield.<ref>https://throwdeeppublishing.com/blogs/football-glossary/understanding-the-flea-flicker-play-in-football-diagrams-and-video</ref>

Decades later, Morrall watched the film for the first time and was subsequently interviewed about it, and gave an impression that he did not fully realize until he saw the film (which clearly shows his primary receiver uncovered and waving his arm near the end zone) that the receiver was so wide-open.<ref name="Morrall"/>  Other than his bizarre play in that game, Morrall was the NFL MVP for that season and was a clutch player who won Super Bowl V and had a lifetime record of 63-37-3 as a starter, completing 1,379-of-2,689 passes (51%) for 20,809 yards, 161 touchdowns, and 148 interceptions.<ref>https://www.colts.com/news/former-colts-great-earl-morrall-passes-away-12920587</ref>  He was also the placeholder for the rookie field goal kicker who gave the Colts the victory with 5 seconds left in Super Bowl V.

Decades later, Morrall watched the film for the first time and was subsequently interviewed about it, and gave an impression that he did not fully realize until he saw the film (which clearly shows his primary receiver uncovered and waving his arm near the end zone) that the receiver was so wide-open.<ref name="Morrall"/>  Other than his bizarre play in that game, Morrall was the NFL MVP for that season and was a clutch player who won Super Bowl V and had a lifetime record of 63–37–3 as a starter, completing 1,379-of-2,689 passes (51%) for 20,809 yards, 161 touchdowns, and 148 interceptions.<ref>https://www.colts.com/news/former-colts-great-earl-morrall-passes-away-12920587</ref>  He was also the placeholder for the rookie field goal kicker who gave the Colts the victory with 5 seconds left in Super Bowl V.

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