Pittsburgh has been among the most creative teams this season in developing and using gadget plays.

The timing was right for a gadget play for the Titans.

"They're gadget plays but they have a purpose," said quarterback Dave Brown.

He is the sort of versatile player who fits perfectly into a team that loves gadget plays.

Also gadget play; any of a variety of plays that use deception to catch the other team off-guard.

They lost again, partly because the Patriots hurt them with gadget plays.

If you're counting gadget plays, there'll be some plays we haven't used before - five, six, maybe seven.

In football, gadget plays are all of those, designed to take advantage of players too anxious to make plays.

Last week I said to my husband, "What Dole needs now is a gadget play."

Washington (4-5) ran the ball 32 times and passed 33 times, the final pass a gadget play straight from the sandlot.