they called a fair catch on the last play which results in a free kick, however now there is a penalty and they have one last play
Rackers was going to attempt it because the Rams rejected the penalty, then they accepted it. It was BS.
The Rams, in the end, made the correct decision. Problem is why do they get two chances to accept or decline the penalty? First the Rams declined the penalty. It would have allowed Neil Rackers to attempt a rare free kick. Then the Rams coaching staff talked to the officials and changed their decision and accepted the penalty. The Rams then kneel down and the game ended.
He was lining up for the kick and took a few warm up kicks right inthe middle of the field. Nothing premature about that at all. I didn't realize that you were able to accept and decline a penalty 5 times before the ref asks for your final answer.
That was an extremely sloppy game. The Cardinals had four turnovers and almost won. Kurt Warner must be proud of his 8 fumbles this year, because he just keeps letting it happen.
There was horrible clock management in this game by Scott Linehan. There were 35 seconds remaining in the first half. The Rams had two timeouts left. The clock ran down to 20 seconds before they called a draw play to Steven Jackson for minimal yardage. On the next play Jeff Wilkins successfully kicked a 47-yard field goal as time expired. The Cardinals should have won this game 17-16 or 21-16 as they were deep in Rams territory with 1:40 something on the clock. Kurt Warner fumbled a snap. Otherwise, Linehan would be hearing about his poor clock management of the 2nd quarter.
That was BS, how do the Rams have 2 chances to decide what they want to do on the penalty. I'm watching the game thinking this could be history and all of a sudden the ref comes back out and says the penalty is accepted. From now on when Nugent misses a FG (which unfortunately is common) Mangini should be able to send Chad back out there on 4th down and go for it.
Yeah, really. I have the league's official rulebook. I will try to find something in it that would explain why a team can get two chances to do something about a penalty, but I think I'll be unsuccessful.
re: 16 I will attempt to find it in the rulebook. It is not an easy book to read and it's hard to find things in it. But I'll give it a shot. I got nothing.
Rod Bironas attempted a 58-yard free kick at the end of the first half on 10-9-05. The kick was unsuccessful. I know Mark Moseley attempted one unsuccessfully in 1979. It clanked off the upright. He kicked off a tee from the 50-yard line. It also happened in the 1988 Vikings-49ers playoff game. John Taylor fair caught a punt. Mike Cofer attempted a 60-yard kick and used Barry Helton as a holder. I am not sure a free kick has ever been successful.
