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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.Both teams got away with some stuff yesterday. Same thing in the other game. Refs are letting them play.
Definitely surprised Nantz and Sims didn't even mention it. Remember that the ref can't call the penalty based on the review, though, so if they missed it on the field because of a bad angle or something, oh well, that's officiating a fast game for ya.
It was the Eagles/Giants game that the Eagles won with Vince Young starting.
The Eagles were backed up in their own end zone, and Jackson caught a 48-yard pass. As he went out of bounds, he tossed the ball to Perry Fewell (Giants DC) and was flagged for taunting.
Most people assumed it was a dead ball foul and would be enforced as such, but the officials decided it happened during the play, and called the entire thing back, half the distance to the goal, etc.
Someone with tweetablity ( Is that even a word?) should tweet one of the mediots and have them put that question to Mike Pereira. Also, biggest question...why wasn't it called....It was obvious on replays and it wasn't like it was a momentary hold and let go.
That was in a point of emphasis memo put out by the NFL..
NFL to broaden enforcement of facemasking rule
An "Officiating Department Media Guide" distributed by the NFL says: "It is a foul when a player grasps the facemask and twists, turns, or pulls it. This applies to all players, and runners and tacklers are to be treated identically when this occurs."
I agree it's rarely if ever called. But then why is it a "rule"? You'd think that the competition committee would either eliminate it or today "in the interest of player safety" enforce it? It's stuff like this, not the crap they write about that I would like to read from a sports journalist.
Wow! My wife was dead right then. I'm humiliated.
Thanks for the rule info.