(01-23-2023, 01:28 AM)JagFanatic24 Wrote:

(01-23-2023, 12:12 AM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: Yes, it was a pick and it was a legal one by design.  One of the referees is responsible for paying attention to this.  The play started on the 1 yard line and the pick didn’t happen in the end zone where it would have been a foul. No measuring stick needed. 

This play taking place on the 1 yard line is probably the easiest spot on the field to tell whether it was legal or not at a glance.  Thank you for drawing attention to it though, because it caused me to look into the rules around it.

So does this mean if the ball is spotted 1 yard and a blade of grass, does that mean it’s still 1 yard or does it become 2 yards? Is an official trained to see what a yard is by eye balling it. Does the rule book clarify that if the ball is spotted at the 1 yard plus a nano-blade of grass that it is still considered 1 yard?

The score card says a 1 yard TD reception but was it exactly 1 yard? What if the ball is lined up a cm away from the goal line and they run a pick play, is it legal?

The picks are a loophole anyway and the NFL needs to stop playing dumb and close the loopholes. Rub/picks should be OPI every time and a loss of down if it is a pick play, offenses have the entire deck stacked in their favor and all defenses have is the joker cards worth nothing... Make it a harsh penalty and give something back to the defenses for once, it's damn near impossible to cover these offenses as it is.

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