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PatsChick87 09-23-2007 07:29 PM
Maroney's delay of game
 
Can anyone help me understand the penalty Maroney got for delay of game? On the replay it looked like he just flipped the ball away, sort of casually. He didn't spike it? I know the rule is new this year but I thought that one was just stupid. I mean Wes really slammed it during the Bolts game and didn't get a flag. I hope the ref's get more consistent with this one.

Richter 09-23-2007 07:36 PM
Re: Maroney's delay of game
 
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Originally Posted by PatsChick87 (Post 539143)
Can anyone help me understand the penalty Maroney got for delay of game? On the replay it looked like he just flipped the ball away, sort of casually. He didn't spike it? I know the rule is new this year but I thought that one was just stupid. I mean Wes really slammed it during the Bolts game and didn't get a flag. I hope the ref's get more consistent with this one.
That was an awful call. Also, on the first offensive series, the Bills should have been flagged for illegal contact at the goal line on Gaffney, and the two botched reviews were miserable. Not the best efforts by the refs today (which is usual for them), but it hardly mattered.

patsox23 09-23-2007 07:40 PM
Re: Maroney's delay of game
 
You can't spike or flip the ball at all. They're really cracking down. I have no problem with the call. The rule is stupid, but whatever.

BoTown 09-23-2007 07:42 PM
Re: Maroney's delay of game
 
Welker did it last week and didn't get called for it. This week Maroney got called for it. Just seems like it's being enforced inconsistently and it's a stupid rule.

Michael 09-23-2007 07:43 PM
Re: Maroney's delay of game
 
As I posted in the gamed day thread I see a lot of official abuse of that call. It's way too subjective. It's worse than holding. I saw a Redskins player get called for it today too. But, it's going to be very inconsistent. And I'm the first to say calm down and play when teams are over celebrating the most mundane plays but, does the NFL really want to take all the emotion out of the game? Ridiculous.

Truck 09-23-2007 07:46 PM
Re: Maroney's delay of game
 
I can understand spiking or tossing the ball, but calling a penalty on the flip is stupid. Is he supposed bend over and gently place the ball on the ground?

BTW, the two reviews weren't botched. They were the right calls

Richter 09-23-2007 07:47 PM
Re: Maroney's delay of game
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by patsox23 (Post 539166)
You can't spike or flip the ball at all. They're really cracking down. I have no problem with the call. The rule is stupid, but whatever.
He just... dropped it. It wasn't even a spike or a flip or a spin. It was totally innocuous in my mind.

patsox23 09-23-2007 07:48 PM
Re: Maroney's delay of game
 
I just wonder what happens in a playoff game, under a minute, close game, a big play putting a team in scoring range, and out of natural exhuberance, a player pops up and drops the ball forward, whatever - if the refs call it, it's controversial. If they don't - it's controversial. I'm not sure what they were thinking when they made this decision. Seems short-sighted.

That said, the rule is there and Maroney broke it. Good call, imo.

patsox23 09-23-2007 07:49 PM
Re: Maroney's delay of game
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Truck (Post 539177)
BTW, the two reviews weren't botched. They were the right calls
I disagree. I thought Brady's knee hit, 'though it was extremely close, so I can understand not having probative visual evidence. The backline of the EZ call was putrid. He definitely stepped on the line. TWICE.

DaBruinz 09-23-2007 07:58 PM
Re: Maroney's delay of game
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Truck (Post 539177)
I can understand spiking or tossing the ball, but calling a penalty on the flip is stupid. Is he supposed bend over and gently place the ball on the ground?

BTW, the two reviews weren't botched. They were the right calls
How was the 2nd call the right call? His right foot was out of bounds.


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