Rule Question

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  1. casman02

    casman02 New Member

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    I am having an argument on another message board about one of the final plays in the Jet/Raider game. Near the end of the game Campbell threw a pass into the endzone with Strickland on coverage. The other person is claiming that it was PI because Strick was boxing out the WR. Obviously, I disagree saying the play was clean. Anyone know the league policy on these plays?
     
  2. Cakes

    Cakes Mr. Knowledge 2010

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    It was not pass interference. "Boxing out?" That otha guy is lawst. He's outta his mind.
     
  3. RevisApotheosis

    RevisApotheosis New Member

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    If anything, PI should have been called on our last drive, on the fade to Plax. He got absolutely mugged by the defender but no flag. Cro, on the other hand, couldn't scratch his own nuts without drawing a flag.
     
  4. NickD

    NickD New Member

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    No flag, no PI. Strickland had position so the refs called it right.
     
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    JfaulkNYJ New Member

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    he had such good coverage i honestly thought a flag was going to be thrown. that game yesterday was wild for both sides.
     
  6. Cellar-door

    Cellar-door Active Member

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    Depends on the ref. Did you watch the pats game yesterday? The Bills got a PI in the endzone that wiped out an INT, the pats safety just stood there with good position and the bills WR intentionally ran into him and got the call about 8 yards away from the underthrown ball. So while it is all dependent on the referee's interpretation.
     
  7. gopats88

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    Don't kill me, but the first thing I thought when I saw that play was that it could be PI. Strickland had good position, and maybe deserved the non-call, but you could definitely tell that the WR was trying to come back to the ball and Strickland kept on pushing him farther away.

    I wouldn't have a problem with Strickland using his position to play the ball and "box-out" that WR, but the fact that he kept on pushing away tells me that (A) he himself wasn't playing the ball, and (B) he was stopping the WR from doing so... in my mind that is pass interference. If he had turned around and simply "maintained" position, I would think the opposite.

    I don't have a problem with it because it is such a subjective penalty, and there is rarely any consistency with the way they call it (especially yesterday), but that is my honest opinion.
     
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    i think what saved him from getting the flag was that he turned his head around in time to play the ball. any later and the flag would have been thrown.
     

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