Steelers/Colts
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Pickett would be on his way to the hospital with this o line.
He’s the proverbial plow horse….no moves, no burst….
It should be treated like an intentional walk in baseball. Just give us the ball two feet farther and knock 40 seconds off. No reason to actually go through with it.
Lol. Sterratore said that the reason why it should be a penalty is because there were lots of players around the play, so the defender didn't have a chance to roll his weight off the sack. If you or Gene could point out to me where in the rule book that it says that it's a penalty for coming down on the quarterback with all your weight except for when there are other players nearby then I will admit that yeah, I was wrong.
I have a feeling though that neither you nor Gene is going to be able to point that part of the rule book out for me. I wonder why that is?
You talk an awful lot about rules. Have you ever officiated at any level?
How do you now what is discussed at NFL officials meetings? I’ll take Gene’s word over yours.
Not beyond youth level.
Now I have to ask, do you have to be an NFL ref to be able to read and understand NFL rules? Or any other sport for that matter?
Game over! The most overrated defense getting exposed after feasting on weak offenses the first 3 weeks. Old man Flacco carving them up like a Christmas turkey!
Patterson seemed to find them earlier. Warren seems to find seams that Naji doesn’t
There are a ton of philosophical things that go into a play. Holding would be one good example in football. If you went by the letter of law strictly based on the rule book, then you would constantly have a holding call.
Probably the game where Patterson has 43 yards on 6 carries and Harris has 9 yards on 10 carries.
That is absolutely true.
One of those philosophical things is the NFL's philosophy that if a defender sacking a quarterback comes down with all this weight on the quarterback it is roughing the passer. As I said before, I think it's a dumb philosophy. But it is their philosophy and their rule, and it gets called all the time.
The guy simply sacked him. This isn’t the Matrix. He can’t just stop. It’s the same reason why the call on Minkah was bad.
He certainly made a nice run on that pass reception.
And I agree, one of the best things about him is that they give him a big load and he carries it without getting hurt. He's not unique in that regard, but there aren't many in that club.
It was a textbook penalty…the type they show refs in training classes. I’m not sure what people see.
That's why the rule is dumb. But it is the rule.
If you haven't seen something like that called a penalty before then you simply don't watch NFL football.
It’s why I said to swallow the whistle. Sometimes these rules and their application lack logic.
Even if the Stillers don't come back and win this, them showing some life here in the second half and putting together a couple of nice drives might be a good sign for the future.
Losing to a 1-2 team who is playing with their backup would not be considered a positive in my book.
