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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.I am very interested in looking at your screen print, but it is way the heck too small. Do you have a larger version you can share?
You misquote the article in your quote.
says nothing about "2nd level"
You misquote the article in your quote.
says nothing about "2nd level"
Team B players not on the line of scrimmage at the snap cannot push players on the line of scrimmage into the offensive formation.
OK thanks. I admit it's pretty shady the way this exact situation was added to that page late this afternoon, but it does say the rule proposal was amended before it was passed. So it looks to me like the guy who wrote the article messed up. He wrote the article based on the original rule change proposal, but not the final rule change.
Here is the blown up part of the relevant text. Sorry I'm not good with this type of stuff.
Yes it does. Look at my screen print. They are now scrubbing the site of it.
new rule is lame....just like how Mary J is illegal...but guess what...it IS a rule and it IS illegal. So deal with it
OK thanks. I admit it's pretty shady the way this exact situation was added to that page late this afternoon, but it does say the rule proposal was amended before it was passed. So it looks to me like the guy who wrote the article messed up. He wrote the article based on the original rule change proposal, but not the final rule change.
I found an article from August 8 that says "Defensive players also can't push down linemen into the offensive line. That will result in a 15 yard unnecessary roughness penalty." It doesn't specify anything about the pusher being on or not on the LOS, it simply says defensive players can't push down linemen.
NFL announces rule changes for 2013 season - SBNation.com
Here's another article saying "Defensive teams can not push their teammates into the offensive formation on field goal or extra point attempts" again with no clarification exempting those on or not on the LOS
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It's actually pretty amazing that Belichick knew the rule this well, but it looks like even he is just human. He knew the rule as it was originally proposed, but not as it was ultimately passed.Jones was on the line of scrimmage at the snap, that is why Belichick was yelling at the refs that he was on the line.
You think a little rule like this is getting by Belichick? He had this rule memorized the minute he saw it.
I am not sure where you are getting your links, but here is pertinent part of the rule cut and pasted from the NFL rule book link that was posted earlier . . .
By the way, on Gost's game tying kick, the Jets were pushing in the back. Even more obviously than the one on Jones.
Here is the blown up part of the relevant text. Sorry I'm not good with this type of stuff.
By the way, on Gost's game tying kick, the Jets were pushing in the back. Even more obviously than the one on Jones.
You think a little rule like this is getting by Belichick? He had this rule memorized the minute he saw it.
So, Smerlas and his sidekick were right.