Five times during Sunday's game against the Jets, Ravens
quarterback Joe Flacco lined up at receiver while a speedy
backup quarterback took the snap. The play flopped four out of
five times. "I'm just not a huge fan of it," Flacco said
Tuesday, likening that play to "a high school offense."  That
experience might seem to illustrate that newfangled plays in the
NFL go over like New Coke. But the truth is more depressing than
that. Except maybe to Rip Van Winkle, the quarterback switcheroo
isn't new, having made its NFL debut at least five years ago. It
even has a well-established name: the Wildcat offense.
Baltimore just waited five years to go long on it, and on the
conservative scale, the Ravens are pretty typical.  Still, a
question arises: Are there any new wrinkles this year that might
make their way to Baltimore by 2018?  Reverse Course  St. Louis
receiver Tavon Austin reversed course and ran for a 65-yard
touchdown against Chicago. NFL  The answer is yes, and Exhibit A
is a play we'll call the Tavon Au