Five most boneheaded plays of NFL Week 5

You see it every week. A forced pass into triple coverage or a baffling play call — the list goes on and on in regards to mind-numbing plays.

As a result, we decided to bring you a new weekly series in which we highlight the most boneheaded plays of each week.

The plays that made you want to throw your remote at the TV, the ones that made you sit quietly in utter disbelief, and even the ones that leave you screaming for [insert coach name here] to be fired all are covered in this article.

Without further ado, here are the five most boneheaded plays of NFL week 5.

Tyrod Taylor goes for the double dip

First off, let’s start with the most obvious part of a multi-layered bonehead play. Tyrod Taylor lined up in shotgun formation BEHIND HIS LEFT GUARD.

Think about that for one second. The man whom the Buffalo Bills gave a $100 million dollar extension this offseason lined up behind the wrong player in shotgun formation.

Secondly, check out Eric Wood. He looks THROUGH HIS LEGS for the signal to snap, which he couldn’t have seen since there was legitimately no one behind him, and snapped the ball. One can only assume Wood mistook a fan in a Tyrod Taylor jersey for his quarterback.

At this point, I say we send him to get his vision tested immediately.

And to finish this play off before we go too deep, Tyrod Taylor, rather than do the smart thing and fall on the ball, grabbed it and proceeded to take off.

Which, needless to say, infinitely increases his risk for a rare double fumble and infuriates my coaching self to no end.

Speaking of infuriating, the Rams-Bills game gave us a second serving of ridiculousness for this list.

Jeff Fisher does his best to one up Tyrod Taylor with an ill-conceived fake punt

Not only did the Bills game against the Los Angeles Rams give us the Tyrod Taylor gaffe, but it also brought this gem from the amazing coaching mind of Rams head coach Jeff Fisher.

Now, to understand why this is such a boneheaded play, you have to understand the circumstances surrounding it — down four points, at his own 23-yard line, five yards to the first down and in possession of all three timeouts.

On top of all that, the Rams defense was playing its heart out and was the main reason Los Angeles was still in the game.

Conventional (aka smart) thinking would have told Fisher to punt the ball, use his timeouts to stay ahead of the clock and give his offense another chance to get a score and win the game.

But we are talking about Mr. Mediocrity himself — Jeffrey Michael Fisher. He had to do his best to steal the limelight from Tyrod Taylor. Or maybe he just felt that it was do or die, and four minutes wasn’t enough time despite his three timeouts.

Regardless, Jeff Fisher’s playcalling made our list, which will most likely be a reoccurring theme as the season progresses.

Giants do their best to scheme their star player OUT of a play

First-and-10 and down by eight, New York Giants head coach Ben McAdoo got overly cute and schemed Odell Beckham Jr. into a sack.

Now, most people realize just how valuable Odell Beckham Jr. is to the success of the Giants. Safe to say, scheming your best player OUT of a play is a bad idea.

To be fair, I somewhat understand running a reverse on first down. It’s not an overly high-risk play compared to other runs. But scheming a reverse pass to someone other than one of the best wide receivers in the league is the definition of boneheaded.

Not scheming the blocking scheme properly, allowing the play side defensive end to destroy the play and cause a loss of six yards? That takes boneheaded to another level.

Houston does the exact thing the Vikings want

The tweet really says it all if we are being honest. Mike Zimmer schemes his defenses to be fast, physical and to shut down the screen game and short passes.

This is the reason Zimmer loves to draft physical bump and run cornerbacks who are willing to fly up in run support.

Playing into his hands, on 4th-and-16 no less, is like expecting Ryan Leaf to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

If you spend $72 million on a supposed franchise quarterback in Brock Osweiler, we’re not sure why you run a screen on 4th-and-16 with the Vikings defense in bump and run man coverage.

Bill O’Brien easily sealed an appearance on bonehead plays of the week here.

C.J. Mosley fumbles away a Ravens win

Now, we understand the competitiveness of NFL players. When you intercept a pass or scoop up a fumble, you’re taught to take it to the house. These things are widely accepted and encouraged.

BUT, you are also expected to hold onto the ball for dear life.

Baltimore Ravens linebacker C.J. Mosley does the exact opposite of this. After making a leaping interception, Mosley sees the end zone and immediately makes a break for it, leaping across the goal line for what seemed to be the go-ahead score.

One problem.

Mosley threw the ball across the goal line and out of the end zone.

Touchback Washiungton Redskins.

Game on.

As a result of this clearly boneheaded play, the Redskins drove the ball 80 yards, scoring a touchdown to put them ahead of the Ravens for good, 16-10.

If only someone had told Mosley that it is acceptable to be tackled. If only someone had told him that it is acceptable to cradle the ball with both hands. If only someone had told him he had to be in possession of the ball when it crossed the goal line for the score to count.

Heck, falling down on the one-yard line would have been a heroic option compared to what actually happened.

Instead, Mosley gave Washington new life and propelled them to the game-deciding score, getting his first induction to our boneheaded plays of the week.

Hopefully, it’s his last.