I hope EDS will be OK for the Week 14 Falcons game. Aaron Rodgers will need him. Did Pam Oliver ever say what the problem is?

 

I guess you can say the Lions improved their run defense because of Eddie Lacy.

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Basically,  Cris Collingsworth described the rule.  If a coach or player on the bench interferes with the action on the field and the Officials determine that it prevented a TD, a TD can be awarded. It looked very apparent that Mike Tomlin prevented a Jacoby Jones TD.   

 

But Tomlin jumped away from Jones like he was afraid of getting hit. If he had kept his foot on the field, causing Jones to trip, I could certainly see a TD being awarded.

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I hope EDS will be OK for the Week 14 Falcons game. Aaron Rodgers will need him. Did Pam Oliver ever say what the problem is?

 

I guess you can say the Lions improved their run defense because of Eddie Lacy.

 

It's been reported as a knee injury.   Chances are,  EDS will have an MRI today,  if he hasn't had one already.

 

A lesser back than Eddie Lacy would have had even more difficulty than Lacy had against the Lions run Defense. in this game.  One of the aspects of the Lions run Defense that was especially pleasing for me was the tackling.   Lacy is one of the most difficult RB's to bring down.  

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But Tomlin jumped away from Jones like he was afraid of getting hit. If he had kept his foot on the field, causing Jones to trip, I could certainly see a TD being awarded.

 

Mike Tomlin seemed to have caused Jacoby Jones to have hesitation.   Even a split second can be the difference in a player being caught from behind.   I'm interesting to see what the NFL League Office will say in terms of their opinion whether a TD should have been awarded.

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Mike Tomlin seemed to have caused Jacoby Jones to have hesitation.   Even a split second can be the difference in a player being caught from behind.   I'm interesting to see what the NFL League Office will say in terms of their opinion whether a TD should have been awarded.

 

I thought Al Michaels said it prevented him from going out of bounds, not from scoring.

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I thought Al Michaels said it prevented him from going out of bounds, not from scoring.

 

In that situation, Jacoby Jones had a clear path to the end zone.   As long as he had the ball tucked away,  the last thing he would have wanted was to go out of bounds.  

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In that situation, Jacoby Jones had a clear path to the end zone.   As long as he had the ball tucked away,  the last thing he would have wanted was to go out of bounds.  

 

Maybe that officiating crew does not know the rule could be applied. I have never seen it used.

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Maybe that officiating crew does not know the rule could be applied. I have never seen it used.

 

It's been used before.  

 

As critical as I am for the NFL not having Fulltime Officials,  I'm going to give this officiating crew the benefit of the doubt unless proven otherwise that they were aware of that rule.  

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It's been used before.  

 

As critical as I am for the NFL not having Fulltime Officials,  I'm going to give this officiating crew the benefit of the doubt unless proven otherwise that they were aware of that rule.  

 

I missed the beginning of that game. Who was the referee?

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<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Anybody watch the last few minutes of the Steelers - Ravens game...

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<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I guess the ruling was made that the football is marked where the guy's helmet comes off.

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<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Yet, the the Ravens' player applied the old fashioned can-opener tackle and the refs didn't call him for unnecessary roughness and/or targeting.

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<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Again, the Ravens' player applied the can-opener tackle which specifically targets the head and has been around forever.

 

 

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<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">There is no such thing as a can opener tackle and "targeting" is only NCAA terminology. Somebody told me in another thread plays can be blown dead if a player has an equipment malfunction such as the helmet coming off, but I have always seen the play continue when that happens. Can someone explain what happened to Jungle Cat?

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Bush-league by Mike Tomlin.  Desperate times call for desperate measures.  

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Rashad Jennings knocked down a videographer when he ran out of bounds. Unfortunately for some reason I could barely hear anything with the speakers on full volume so I have no idea what Jim Nantz and Phil Simms said about it. There was a flag on the play,

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But Tomlin jumped away from Jones like he was afraid of getting hit. If he had kept his foot on the field, causing Jones to trip, I could certainly see a TD being awarded.

 

If he was afraid of getting hit, he wouldn't have been standing so close to the sideline.  He'd have stepped back, instead of stepping forward like he did.  He made to trip him -- but knowing that would cause a penalty, pulled back at the last second.  What he caused was Jacoby Jones to change his running angle just so slightly to avoid being tripped.  The right move for Jones would have been to keep running forward and let Tomlin trip him -- but the split second decision tends to lean towards preservation rather than scoring a touchdown.  

 

Really there should be a rule that coaches can't step on to the field when a play is ongoing.  

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I was wrong about Trent Baalke. 

If he was afraid of getting hit, he wouldn't have been standing so close to the sideline.  He'd have stepped back, instead of stepping forward like he did.  He made to trip him -- but knowing that would cause a penalty, pulled back at the last second.  What he caused was Jacoby Jones to change his running angle just so slightly to avoid being tripped.  The right move for Jones would have been to keep running forward and let Tomlin trip him -- but the split second decision tends to lean towards preservation rather than scoring a touchdown.  

 

Really there should be a rule that coaches can't step on to the field when a play is ongoing.  

 

There is such a rule. Why the Steelers were not flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct is beyond me.

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