He read Eli’s lips and saw ‘32’. Which in most football terminology means the 2 gap right of center. I’m fairly certain this happens often. Ray Lewis often knows what play is going to be called, and it’s probably partly from watching and understanding the situation. I don’t think this is a special ability of Keisel’s, he just got lucky that Eli wasn’t hiding behind his lineman appropriately when making the call. You can often see Ben hiding his mouth as he makes calls.

In an interview on Sirius radio, Lamar Woodley, when asked about this topic, said that the guys up front usually turn around and tell the LBs what the play is going to be and they are correct about 90% of the time. I agree that this bit of info is something that should stay in the vault.

Keeping family secrets is a lost art. Knowing full well that eventually it would leak out as players are traded, this is something that should have been kept secret as long as possible. Reflect on the movie “Patton " for a moment. Recall the scene where patton stood on the ridge and hollered "Rommel, I read your book” or words to that effect?" That’s where it died; you can rest assured that nobody called Rommel and told him that.