Posted on 12/13/2010 5:08:00 AM PST by SamAdams76
Unless the rule has been changed recently, attempting to accelerate out of bounds past the blockers rather than returning to the field of play is an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
The NFL should adopt another set of hash marks outside the existing ones -- maybe 7-10 yards inside the sideline. No player should be permitted to line up outside those hash marks at the start of a play. This would drastically reduce both intentional and unintentional trips outside the field of play for these players who line up so wide on punts.
That does Not however answer the question of what was the dolphins player doing that far out of bounds on a play like that.
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Watch the play from the beginning, on this or any punt. The guys out wide routinely are pushed out of bounds by the return team.
Because the Jets are a bunch of loud-mouth, cocky assh*les. That's why. And it's so much fun stuffing the crow down their throats.
J-E-T-S-U-C-K!
“But for the apology, this coach would be in the clear. The video evidence alone does not show this was intentional.”
I thought so, too.
In fact, do you think the player was actually injured as he put on? Geez...he rolled with the fall. We’ve seen worse falls and collisions on the field and they get up and continue to play.
Sumo Football?
Always been one of my ideas to make football more interesting.
The out of bounds should be a moat with sharks and crocodiles swimming in it.
That makes zero sense - wouldn’t the crocs just eat the sharks?
Probably right, I have a hard time keeping track of that whole animal food chain thing, just sharks would work.
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