What did everyone think about Seattle blatantly breaking the rules to block Minnesota’s FG on Monday

[DogFace]

The refs and Eagles usually get respect from the refs. Remember the Seahawks were out of timeouts and tried to call on anyway against us? They weren't penalized and if im not mistaken, it helped them get a fg.

I wish someone would refresh our memory.


The excuse as to why Pete wasn’t penalized was laughable. Anyone remember what it was?

 

[Flamma]

Right. So he used them to stay in the air longer. His weight was on them for an instant.

Didn't look like that to me. Looked like his hands grazed the players. I just noticed that he jumps right before his hands go out and down. So he's not using them to propel or for leverage. More like protection or balance. But I don't know if that's illegal too.

 

[InTheZone]

I say we try it and when we get penalized we can get some pro-Goodellers to explain why we got the short end of the stick.

 

[Kevinicus]

Didn't look like that to me. Looked like his hands grazed the players. I just noticed that he jumps right before his hands go out and down. So he's not using them to propel or for leverage. More like protection or balance. But I don't know if that's illegal too.

You can propel in more directions than up.

"For balance" would be to help one go forward better.

 

[Kevinicus]

I don't know what people are looking at to say his helmet didn't rise. It's clear as day to me. He put his hands on them, and head pops up as he swings over.

But even if the head didn't seem to pop up in some angle, the center of mass certainly does as he swings the legs up while propped on other players. Center of mass is the relevant point to look at for elevation from leverage.

The leverage was used to get his legs to clear other players, not his head.

He reached the peak of his jump before his hands touch anyone. He did not gain height from pushing off, but likely gained distance and control.

 

[Kevinicus]

Yes.



Yes. Horrific call. A phantom pass interference.



All irrelevant. These calls pale in comparison to the two robberies we benefited from and Zeke's call wasn't even bad. It was per the new rules.




Do you feel better?

The Cowboys benefited from the officiating in that game. They just did.

Can't agree with the Zeke call. The defender lowered his head first, and Zeke was pushed from behind.

 

[Hook'em#11]

He used his teammates to elevate his feet over them.

Which, is in fact , the penalty. Leverage... One ref was smart enough to throw the flag. They ref RIGHT BY the kicker. He saw the whole thing. The situation stinks to high heaven.

 

[Hook'em#11]

He reached the peak of his jump before his hands touch anyone. He did not gain height from pushing off, but likely gained distance and control.

For real ? BOTH of this arms extended off of his teammates. Hence the "LEVERAGE" call that should've remained. Never mind the fact that he places his left paw on the player's back to his left.

Oh, never mind , blind is blind I guess.

 

[Runwildboys]

For real ? BOTH of this arms extended off of his teammates. Hence the "LEVERAGE" call that should've remained. Never mind the fact that he places his left paw on the player's back to his left.

Oh, never mind , blind is blind I guess.

While it doesn't appear he used his arms to gain more height, he definitely used the leverage to maintain his height until his legs were beyond the defensive players. Flag should never have been picked up, IMO.

 

[bandfan]

If you start letting them crawl up on each others backs then will be seeing walls the cheerleaders would be proud of in about a week. We would like to introduce our new special teams assistant Buffy.....

 

[Kevinicus]

For real ? BOTH of this arms extended off of his teammates. Hence the "LEVERAGE" call that should've remained. Never mind the fact that he places his left paw on the player's back to his left.

Oh, never mind , blind is blind I guess.

His arms were basically fully extended before he touches his teammates. Watch again. I am not saying he didn't push off of his teammates, or that it shouldn't be a penalty. I'm saying he didn't go higher.

 

[Xelda]

I think as punishment, their win against us should be stricken from the record books.

 

[Captain43Crash]

His arms were basically fully extended before he touches his teammates. Watch again. I am not saying he didn't push off of his teammates, or that it shouldn't be a penalty. I'm saying he didn't go higher.

He popped over the line like a Jack in the box. Of course he went higher.

 

[Hook'em#11]

His arms were basically fully extended before he touches his teammates. Watch again. I am not saying he didn't push off of his teammates, or that it shouldn't be a penalty. I'm saying he didn't go higher.

Wow.. That is all I can say. To be so oblivious to the obvious is a sure gift.

 

[Kevinicus]

Wow.. That is all I can say. To be so oblivious to the obvious is a sure gift.

Go frame by frame, then find the frame where he actually went up, after touching his teammates.. Let us know when that is.

 

[Kevinicus]

He popped over the line like a Jack in the box. Of course he went higher.

He popped up by jumping, He jumped and then put his hands on this teammates, not the other way around.

 

[Hook'em#11]

He popped up by jumping, He jumped and then put his hands on this teammates, not the other way around.

IT'S CALLED LEVERAGE...

And , a penalty..

 

[Kevinicus]

IT'S CALLED LEVERAGE...

And , a penalty..

I said it was a penalty. Nothing I have said says there was no leverage. Leverage is not the same thing as height.

 

[Blackspider214]

They mangage to see our long snapper move his fingers, but not this play.

To be fair, they did see it and threw the flag. No idea why it was picked up, though.

 

[Hook'em#11]

I said it was a penalty. Nothing I have said says there was no leverage. Leverage is not the same thing as height.

My apologies.