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2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.No. Illegal procedure, illegal motion or an illegal formation does not blow the play dead - only a false start or delay of game against the offense will do that. (Or, encroachment against the defense or offsides unabated to the QB. Also, a neutral zone infraction will blow the play dead).I have a question regarding the flag thrown on the fake punt attempt.
Was it not a procedural flag (illegal motion/shift) that immediately makes the play dead?
Doesn't it play out similar to a false start?
He wasn't challenging the penalty, he was challenging the catch and first down. If the play was overturned and it was ruled an incomplete pass (or a complete pass shy of the first down marker) then Baltimore would simply have declined the penalty.I was thinking the same thing. I always thought that you couldn't challenge a penalty.
No. Illegal procedure, illegal motion or an illegal formation does not blow the play dead - only a false start or delay of game against the offense will do that. (Or, encroachment against the defense or offsides unabated to the QB. Also, a neutral zone infraction will blow the play dead).
On the fake FG it wasn't a false start, it was officially called illegal motion (even though just about everything was messed up), so the play continues as normal then the defense can choose to accept or decline it. Since the Patriots got the first down (after the review), the obvious decision is to take the penalty.
He wasn't challenging the penalty, he was challenging the catch and first down. If the play was overturned and it was ruled an incomplete pass (or a complete pass shy of the first down marker) then Baltimore would simply have declined the penal;ty.
I never saw first down being called.
The ref said it was a catch and a first down after the replay, which was a stretch - it certainly appeared to have been short.