OT: Integrity of the Game? End of Ravens Game (youtube..)

Schmo said:

Ok, so he's not being original. I was almost impressed for a second. Along with the palpably unfair/unsportsnanlike rules, you guys convinced me that it's a dubious play.

My standpoint was more that Harbaugh can go ahead and be a hypocrite for leveraging the rules, but I'm not going to be one by condemning it.

I was thinking that it was comparable to purposely taking a delay of game while trying to draw the defense offsides on a 4th down when the 5 yards doesn't affect a punt. Or pulling down a receiver when a cb knows he's getting burned on a double move with no safety help. Intentional fouls, but more commonplace.

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fester said:

If I was a Bengals coach, I would not be sad if several of my edge rushers decided to hit the punter high and low late in a rematch.

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One-Be-Lo said:

Fouts is so, so bad.

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aluminum seats said:

Right...because nothing says justice like injuring a kicker.

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Patriots coach Bill Belichick was asked about Harbaugh’s bold play call Monday during an interview with WEEI’s “Dale & Holley.” He approved.

“I think that’s in everybody’s playbook,” Belichick said. “If you’re going to take the safety, then you don’t care about the holding penalty, so as much time as you can run off the clock, you run it off.”

Belichick pointed to a similar play that took place earlier this month during a game between the San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints.

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Spiral said:

Simple fix. Change the rule as follows:

A half cannot end on a penalty to the defense, or to the offense on fourth down.

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aluminum seats said:

Right...because nothing says justice like injuring a kicker.

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p8ryts said:

Please, no more rule changes!!!! They need to tear up the rule book and pare it down. Let them play football. Football is getting to be like the public, the teams need a safe place. JEEZ

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Ravens coach John Harbaugh and kicker Justin Tucker said this week that they want the NFL to adopt a new rule that would give the kicking team one point for putting a kickoff through the uprights.

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Nikolai said:

Ravens’ Controversial Final Play Is In Patriots’ Playbook, Bill Belichick Says




I like that Belichick subverted Harbawl's "genius" by tacitly endorsing it, knowing that the "Belichick Seal of Approval" on creative rulebook application is the last thing the crybaby would want from a PR standpoint. More than that, by saying that every team has that play in their playbook, he reduces the "singular genius" of the play, making it seem commonplace.

BB's the ****in best...

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fester said:

Speaking as a referee, players want three things --- Consistency, justice and their knees intact. Good referees will deliver consistency and justice to keep knees intact. If players think they are getting screwed on the justice side, they will take the matter into their own hand and start looking to impose penalties for in-game injustice until the undesired behavior stops.

If the referees can't deliver consistency and justice, players will mete out their own justice.

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aluminum seats said:

Well at least you're not being melodramatic.

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