That was comical. This was farcical.Including the Steelers onside "kick"?
Agree.The ref didn't let them snap. Fuck this league. They've earned every lost viewer and then some.
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 5m5 minutes agoSo moral of the story for end of half field goals where kicking team has no timeouts is to rough the kicker so they have no one to kick
It allowed him to get a "circle the wagon" in though!!If Berman didn't think that sequence was smooth you know you fucked up.
Presumably a non-idiot officiating crew will call a personal foul and potentially make it hurt more, but if you're still just making a field goal shorter with a hobbled kicker it's worth it in the right situation.So moral of the story for end of half field goals where kicking team has no timeouts is to rough the kicker so they have no one to kick
Dead on.The NFL refs are literally a fucking joke at this point. A complete joke. They are the only reason some games are close, and other games are blowouts, because they fuck up 2-3 huge calls in every game, and at the end of the day, it's maybe 5-6 plays that truly make the difference in a lot of games.
That said, the Buffalo kicker did the right thing initially. He tried to fake being hurt to get the 15 yard penalty, but he sold it so much that his training staff came out. As soon as they came out, he has to sit out a play, unless the personal foul gets called. He didn't get the personal foul, so you saw him trying to tell his medical people to get the fuck off the field. High comedy.
http://s228.photobucket.com/user/bearslily1/media/blazing16.gif.htmlIt allowed him to get a "circle the wagon" in though!!
In fairness to the NFL (I know, I know), it was the refs that really blew that call by not making it roughing the kicker. If the call were made correctly, that strategy wouldn't work.Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 5m5 minutes ago
If that rule stands, teams should rough kickers before the end of each half or game-winning FG.
If you think that was deliberate, you need your head examined.Just because Carpenter wasn't hurt doesn't mean that wasn't dirty as fuck by Sherman.
Are you saying he was mistakenly 10 yards offsides?If you think that was deliberate, you need your head examined.
You're crazy, he dove into his knees well after the whistle. Didn't extend his arms, shoulder first into the legs.If you think that was deliberate, you need your head examined.
Insult? No, it was calling it what it was, an overreaction to a play.Are you saying he was mistakenly 10 yards offsides?
Either way, way to insult someone over a comment about your favorite team. Maybe then send you a free jersey.
Other than Sherman actually hit him below the knees.Dead on.
Carpenter has a job in WWE waiting for him when he wants it with that selling.
if sherman's not careful, he will too by the end of this game.If you think that was deliberate, you need your head examined.
Then call it an overreaction as opposed to the ad hominem.Insult? No, it was calling it what it was, an overreaction to a play.
He was trying to block a FG. He wasn't trying to injure anyone.
That was nowhere close to an attempt at a block.. he dropped his shoulder into his knee.Insult? No, it was calling it what it was, an overreaction to a play.
He was trying to block a FG. He wasn't trying to injure anyone.
Trying to block a FG without using his arms?Insult? No, it was calling it what it was, an overreaction to a play.
He was trying to block a FG. He wasn't trying to injure anyone.
Just out of curiosity, if the play never happened, does Sherman get off the hook for a personal foul if he sees Carpenter continuing to approach the ball as if to kick it?Small nitpick, it can't be roughing as the play never happened. It would be a personal foul for a late hit or unsportsmanlike.
No because the whistle blew. So it would be a dead ball foul.Just out of curiosity, if the play never happened, does Sherman get off the hook for a personal foul if he sees Carpenter continuing to approach the ball as if to kick it?
Mike, just take out the second sentence and retweet that at any point during any game and you're probably still on the money,
Duly noted. Apologies.Then call it an overreaction as opposed to the ad hominem.
I think he nicked the ball, so it wouldn't have been a foul at all.Just out of curiosity, if the play never happened, does Sherman get off the hook for a personal foul if he sees Carpenter continuing to approach the ball as if to kick it?
LOLWATDean Blandino @DeanBlandino 35s36 seconds ago
At the end of the half in #BUFvsSEA its unnecessary roughness for hitting the kicker. Foul means he can stay in the game.
Unless you don't call unnecessary roughness?Dean Blandino @DeanBlandino 35s36 seconds ago
At the end of the half in #BUFvsSEA its unnecessary roughness for hitting the kicker. Foul means he can stay in the game.
That makes too much senseThe NFL rule book says a fourth timeout (necessitating the player having to sit a play) is not called if the injury "is a result of a foul by the opponent". I think you can make the case, even without an unsportsmanlike call, that the injury resulted from the offside player.