ONSIDE KICKS ARE difficult.
For the uninitiated, an onside kick is an intentionally short kick-off — one that travels only slightly further than the 10 yards required to be legal — in American football.
Teams usually only try it when they are attempting to mount a comeback late in a game and the clock is against them.
That’s exactly what happened last night as the Pittsburgh Steelers fought back from 21-0 down in their AFC North match-up to get within a score.
Down 21-14 with just 48 seconds left on the clock — and no timeouts — Pittsburgh’s Chris Boswell was always going to attempt an onside kick.
With his father living in Brazil before he was born, the kicker grew up playing soccer and that clearly influenced his rabona attempt last night.
It did not go well:
https://vine.co/v/5jZiZA0ed9h
It’s a shame for Boswell who successfully pulled off a rabona onside kick while in college:
