palpably unfair act

Rule change plugs the hole to drain the clock

2017 rule changes

by Josh Lewis - September 10, 2017September 10, 2017 0

At the 2017 NFL owners meeting this past spring, owners voted to approve a rule change proposed by the Competition Committee that disallows teams to intentionally commit multiple fouls during the same down designed to manipulate the clock. Officially, the new rule (12-3-3) reads: A team may not commit multiple fouls

Blandino: Competition Committee will review intentional fouls

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by Patrick Weber - November 30, 2016January 24, 2017 0

Embed from Getty Images Â NFL senior VP of officiating Dean Blandino reviewed the final play from Sunday's game between the Bengals and the Ravens during his "Official Review" segment on the NFL Network (video). During the play, the Ravens players intentionally held the defenders to run out the clock before taking

Did Ravens’ intentional safety fall into gaps in the rulebook?

by Ben Austro - November 27, 2016August 31, 2017 5

Embed from Getty Images Â Week 12: Bengals at Ravens (video) With 11 seconds remaining inÂ the game, the Ravens are in punt formation. Punter Sam Koch took the ball 23 yards to the end zone to take an intentional safety, but multiple holding fouls were committed by the Ravens to allow them to

Fouls to drain the clock will be penalized as palpably unfair acts

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by Patrick Weber - November 18, 2016August 31, 2017 1

In their November 6th game against the Saints, the 49ers intentionally committed defensive holding fouls in order to gain an advantage. While this is certainly not the only time such a tactic has been used, it has been rare enough that each situation was not examined as to whether there

Is Tomlin a turkey, leg on field? Bench foul not called on Steelers coach

by Ben Austro - November 28, 2013January 24, 2017 14

Week 13: Steelers at Ravens (video) Steelers coach Mike Tomlin was caught off guard watching the scoreboard, because in his attempt to get a good look at the play, he had one foot on the field and the other in the 6-foot white sideline border. The reason for the wide sideline

No rule to help home team on fan’s whistle

by Ben Austro and Mark Schultz - September 16, 2013November 2, 2014 4

49ers at Seahawks (video/audio) Early in the game, the Seahawks fell victim to a fan who blew a whistle in the crowd -- their own home crowd. Some of the Seahawks linemen looked genuinely confused, as they believed it was an official's whistle. The center snapped the ball anyway, and the