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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.He was asked about this on sirius nfl today .his response -paraphrasing.
"right now iam not trying look at a specific rule , iam just trying to follow all of them and concentrate on dallas"
his tongue and cheek response had the hosts splitting in laughter.
Why is that funny? That's how he thinks.
Funny response.
This rule is going to be scrutinized more and more and I guess you can thank Shanahan for getting the ball rolling. It's always been there but for whatever reason this is a copy-cat league these days and it's probably going to happen again and again. I can see people being livid if it effects the outcome of a playoff game.
I don't know what the real solution is. I'd say a team is allowed to take a timeout if they are trying to stop the clock (the other team is out of time outs, didn't spike the ball and wants to just line up in a hurry) so you have at least the chance of a kick return. But what are you taking a "time out" from if the clock is stopped and you have absolutely no intention of making a substitution before the snap?
Yeah a kicker could benefit if they miss it and then make it but that certainly hasn't been the trend so far.
The sound bite is even better. You can hear the sarcasm dripping through the radio. It was classic.
i dont see why they should make a rule to change this.. i agree with the above poster.. you can call timeout whenever you want.. part of the game..
Exactly. That's why they are available. There should be no additional rules about time outs. Things are fine.
Exactly. That's why they are available. There should be no additional rules about time outs. Things are fine.
The ability to force the kicker to kick twice is what's unfair, and what they must address.
But the ump is not suppose to grant time out if he thinks the pitcher can't stop his wind up in time. Its usually the pitcher who decides to just keep going if the ump makes the decision too close to the end of the wind up or if the pitcher is looking away at the time.The same thing happens in baseball when the umpire grants a time out to the batter as the pitcher is in motion and it's too late to stop the pitch.
But the ump is not suppose to grant time out if he thinks the pitcher can't stop his wind up in time. Its usually the pitcher who decides to just keep going if the ump makes the decision too close to the end of the wind up or if the pitcher is looking away at the time.
Simple way to change the rule, and it will be changed, is during FG formations the TO can only be called on the field after the FG unit is set. DONE.