soxhop411 said:Ben Volin @BenVolin 7s7 seconds ago
Source: #Dolphins believe #Patriots had illegal formation on the FG block, should've been flagged. Miami is submitting play to NFL office
Obviously late to the party here, but it bears repeatingtims4wins said:I'm fine if the NFL wants to change the score to 34-16. Maybe that will make Miami feel better this winter.
I can't think of a more appropriate time, ever, to write LOLBOOHOO
How else were the Pats supposed to put that illegally recorded video of the Dolphins' practice to good use?soxhop411 said:Ben Volin @BenVolin 7s7 seconds ago
Source: #Dolphins believe #Patriots had illegal formation on the FG block, should've been flagged. Miami is submitting play to NFL office
tims4wins said:Here is the screen shot. Pats have 6 guys on the line to the right of the ball. Is that illegal?
Here's the thing though, we don't have more than 6 on the line, we have 6. And in the link I posted, they mention the Chargers had 7 guys to one side. There's actually an 8th guy standing behind them, so I think the rule is more than 6 on the LOS.Before the 2013 season, the NFL's Competition Committee put in place a new rule by which teams are not allowed to have more than six defenders on either side of the snapper during any field goal try
They are correct. SD had more than 6 players on one side of the center on the line of scrimmage. That is a new rule and a foul.
Rule 9, Section 1, Article 3 (b) (1) of the NFL Rule Book (page 51) states that “No more than six Team B players may be on the line of scrimmage on either side of the snapper at the snap.”
"(a) When Team A presents a punt, field-goal attempt or a Try Kick formation, a Team B player, who is within 1 yard of the line of scrimmage, must have his entire body outside the snapper's shoulder pads at the snap. (b) When Team A presents a field-goal or Try Kick formation: (1) No more than six Team B players may be on the line of scrimmage on either side of the snapper at the snap; Penalty: For illegal formation by the defense, loss of 5 yards from the previous spot. (2) Team B players cannot push teammates on the line of scrimmage into the offensive formation. Penalty: For unnecessary roughness, loss of 15 yards from the previous spot."
StupendousMan said:Dolphins are contending that Collins was in the line, not behind it.
joe dokes said:Maybe they are claiming Collins was a 7th guy "on the line of scrimmage"?
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000237712/article/new-nfl-rules-overloading-line-restriction-will-protect-linemen
(b) When Team A presents a field-goal or Try Kick formation: (1) No more than six Team B players may be on the line of scrimmage on either side of the snapper at the snap;
Shelterdog said:
Yup, that's what Volin is saying--the theory is that since his leg is between the DL's leg he is on the line.
Stitch01 said:Its also not necessarily being bad sports to write to the NFL office and make sure that you understand a rule correctly.
Dan to Theo to Ben said:Are the Dolphins making some asinine assumption that a FG blocker is by definition on the LOS. Because this makes no sense otherwise.
The best.Harry Hooper said:Dolphins withdraw complaint after entire team taken to Dairy Queen for a dipped cone.