Intentional grounding by Tampa?

[oldrover]

Patriots-Buccaneers: So what exactly is intentional grounding?



The cheerleader on the left is ducking... that's where the pass went... the receiver is on the right.

How does this not draw a flag?

 

[TinhWoodhead]

she was red too so the ref thought it was a buc player..?

 

[captain stone]

Patriots-Buccaneers: So what exactly is intentional grounding?



The cheerleader on the left is ducking... that's where the pass went... the receiver is on the right.

How does this not draw a flag?

Because it wasn't Tom Brady who threw the ball.

That, and those zebras sucked all night long.

 

[maineman209]

Apparently there was a rule change last season that now allows this, according to Periera.

 

[Palm Beach Pats Fan]

More on the non-call for grounding from Thursday

A little-known 2016 adjustment to the official NFL casebook, which contains approved applications of the official NFL rule book, contains an exception to the intentional grounding rule when a quarterback is in the pocket and about to be tackled. The quarterback can avoid the sack by throwing the ball out of bounds — and it can “sail” over the head of the receiver — as long the receiver is outside the numbers. If, however, the receiver is inside the numbers, a throw that “sailed over the head of the receiver” and landed out of bounds would result in a flag for intentional grounding. (A.R. 8.84.)

On Friday, former NFL V.P. of officiating Mike Pereira pointed out this caveat to the official grounding rule, which generally requires the ball to be thrown in the direction of and land in the vicinity of a receiver. Pereira explained that the officials had been applying this interpretation of the intentional grounding rule for years, long before the casebook was revised last year to reflect this exception.

 

[ThatllMoveTheChains!!!]

Patriots-Buccaneers: So what exactly is intentional grounding?



The cheerleader on the left is ducking... that's where the pass went... the receiver is on the right.

How does this not draw a flag?

We all know the answer.