2012 Season Week 4 Clips
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Poll Results:
Week 3's poll featured a play where there was a potential foul for aiding the runner Of those 162 who voted, 82% said they would flag this and 18% said they would not. Of those who said they would not, multiple participants said they "did not want to be a pioneer." Several others said there wa sno clear advantage gained as the runner would have scored anyway.
Chop Block ? Chop blocks are prohibited at all times (9-1-10). In order to have a chop block you must have "a high-low or low-high combination block by any two players against an opponent (not the ball carrier), with or without a delay between blocks. By definition, (2-3-2-b) a blocker who makes contact above the waist and then slides below the waist has not blocked below the waist. Contact that starts high and then continues low is NOT a block below the waist. There can be legitimate discussion that combination blocks, even when 1 starts high but finishes low, are very dangerous. But does that make them a foul under current rules? Please view the video and then take the poll that follows.
Possible OPI Eligible receivers are prohibited from contact beyond the NZ that interferes with a Team B eligible player It is the responsibility of the offensive player to avoid the opponents. (7-3-8-b) In this play, observe the actions of A7 throughout the play. He eventually catches the legal forward pass. The viewer can decide for himself if A7's actions constitute offensive pass interference.
Kick Catch Interference Not unexpectedly, we still have lack of consistency in making the KCI call. Here are 2 videos from the past week VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 In one game, the flag was thrown, but not in the other. This year's rule change calls for a flag whenever the Team A player violates that protected area, the width of the returner's shoulders and extending about one yard in front (6-4-1-b ) . You make the call!
Dead Ball Penalty Enforcement This play is a good example of a situation where Team A is actually starting a series further back than where they started the previous series. It was initially 1st and 10 at the A-31. A's run gained just over 10 yards to the A-41. But A committed a dead ball personal foul so after the penalty enforcement they ended up with a 1st and 10 at the A-26. Properly enforced, rarely seen situation.
Lateral Placement of the Ball Following a Penalty Umpires frequently use a down indicator on one hand or some other device to help them keep track of where the ball was placed laterally on the field (i.e. where between the inbounds lines it was snapped from), to aid them in getting the ball to the correct spot for the next down. In this play, the ball was snapped almost directly in the center of the field, just outside the B-17. During the down, Team B was guilty of a pass interference foul in the end zone, near the right sideline. The penalty section of 7-3-8 directs: "If the foul occurs 15 or more yards beyond the previous spot, Team A’s ball, first down, 15 yards from the previous spot. Therefore, in this play the ball should have next been snapped in the center of the field, just outside the B-2 yard line, not at the right inbounds line.