KANSAS CITY CHIEFS baffled both the Las Vegas Raiders and NFL fans with a bizarre "snow globe" play on Saturday.
The AFC West champs were slammed for "disrespecting" their opponents during a 31-13 win in Nevada.
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Andy Reid's team extended their season record to 14-3 as they increased momentum heading into the NFL playoffs.
But it was a play in the second quarter of the contest that really had fans from across the league talking.
As they lined up a shot at the end zone, the Chiefs' offense formed a circular huddle around the 20-yard line.
Linking arms and with the baffled Raiders defense watching on, the players began circling at speed.
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After several rotations, they darted quickly to their positions and immediately snapped to running back Jerick McKinnon.
He then flipped the ball to Patrick Mahomes, who found Kadarius Toney on the left side of the field.
Toney wrestled his way in for a touchdown - only for the play to be called back for a holding penalty.
Fans couldn't believe what they witnessed and immediately took to social media.
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One wrote: "They just did ring around the Rosie on them"
Another said: "I’m a huge fan of this right here!! LOVE IT!!!"
While a third added: "After what all of the players went through across the league this past week, it was good to see some fun in the first game back."
But a fourth vented: "This is just mad disrespect."
After the game, Mahomes revealed that the play design had been in the workings for "a year".
The star QB said: "We call it ‘snow globe’ because we drew it up right before Christmas, and we actually practiced it as like kind of messing around and [coach] Reid was like, ‘I like that.’
"It was something we had kind of practiced on actually last year of doing that.
"[We wanted to] get confusion going and getting to the line to snap, and we didn't get the chance to run it last year.
"As the season went back on, I was kind of nudging coach Reid like, 'Hey, let's bring it back in a different way.'
"We didn't have that throw back on it the last time we ran it.
"Hopefully we can maybe do it again and get back to whatever we ran last time and get another touchdown."
While head coach Andy Reid confirmed that he was more than happy for his offense to showcase creativity on their play design.
Reid said: "It's just to create a little bit of confusion, and then line up in something that's not familiar to the opposing team.
"The guys executed it well. We ended up with a holding call, but they did good with it.
"And the players enjoy doing that stuff, so with a little creativity, they come up with these things.
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"So, we just throw them out there and let them work them."
The Chiefs have now cemented their place as No1 seed in the AFC, which includes a first-round bye and potentially home-field advantage throughout the postseason.
