It terms of sports, what does playing vanilla mean? Example, "The other team is playing vanilla defense."

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2006-06-30 13:12:40 · 4 answers · asked by Johnny on the Spot 6 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports

They're doing nothing extraordinary.

2006-06-30 13:17:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋

I have always understood it to mean they are playing average, no spectacular plays, just making the easy ones, but not necessarily making any errors

2006-06-30 20:17:54 · answer #2 · answered by Ping898 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Vanilla means predictable or the usual (I think!).

2006-06-30 20:15:58 · answer #3 · answered by soulestada 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Routine, uninspired, nothing fancy.

2006-06-30 20:16:48 · answer #4 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋