The NFL rules specify who is eligible to receive a forward pass - you have to be on either end of the line of scrimmage, or one yard back from it. Usually everyone is eligible except for the front 5 - the center, the 2 guards, and 2 tackles. Hunt was lined up in the right guard position, so he’s not eligible. So the catch doesn’t count and it’s a 5 yard penalty.
Note that had any defensive player, or an eligible offensive player touched the in the air, everyone becomes eligible. He may have thought a defensive player got a hand on it and caught it
It wouldn’t have mattered - he was lined up in the right guard slot, so he couldn’t be eligible by rule.
I missed that. I had the TV on but muted and I didn’t watch the alignment too closely. It should have counted because it was so cool. Sometimes you just gotta throw away the rule book.
Yeah, it’s definitely making “play of the week” videos already. It looks like he was pulling to block for a screen pass, but the pass went over the intended receiver’s head so he just plucked it out of the air.
I can’t help but wonder if the schedule isn’t part of the reason. The Ravens played a tough overtime game on late Sunday afternoon, then flew to Miami for the Thursday game.
That Miami non-TD was actually a smart play. If he’d ignored the pass, or gone down immediately, it would’ve just been 4th down. But since he scored, Baltimore was forced to accept the penalty, and Miami got another 3rd down play.
Any Given Sunday seems to be de rigeur this season more than any I can remember recently. It’s that or admitting the Ravens just aren’t very good. But if they aren’t good then nobody is because they have barely beaten almost every team they’ve won against and there’s been a ton of close losses this season for both good and bad teams, whatever those are right now, lol.
Packers QB Aaron Rodgers has cleared the league’s COVID protocols, and was activated by the team today; he is expected to play in tomorrow’s game against the Seahawks.
It really depends on the design of the offense. Some offenses require a WR to do much more reading/processing/judging on how to adjust their routes to the play whereas others are much more scripted. Playing WR is generally much more complex than it looks - they often have to make several reads depending on subtle factors about how the defense plays (like what direction the safety’s hips are facing or which way they took their first step, let alone obvious stuff like what sort of coverage the DBs are dropping into) that have to be synced up between WR and QB. Depending on the offense, there can be zero to several decisions to make for every route run.
Wow there are some real assholes in the NFL front office. Not only did they penalize Cassius Marsh for looking at the sideline but they freaking FINED him for it.
The league clearly has some major problems they need to fix with the way they’re running things. This is an embarrassment. They look like clowns.
I am generally in favor of the NFL cracking down on taunting (I think I am the only one), but if Marsh really just stared down the sideline, that is RIDICULOUS. Are we sure he didn’t say something to warrant the flag? The only video I’ve seen is from the back.
So what he did was a “karate kick” (not at any opponents, just by himself) and then took 6 steps toward the opponents’ sideline while staring at them. He didn’t kick at them, just stared at them after he kicked off on his own. That kick is his normal celebration after a sack.
That seems to be it which is why this is so controversial. The official who threw the flag afterward said, “I saw the player, after he made a big play, run toward the bench area of the Pittsburgh Steelers and posture in such a way that I felt he was taunting them.” That “posture” was staring, period.
The NFL Senior Vice President of Officiating repeated that it was the “posture” that made the call justified. Articles I’ve read repeat that nothing was said, it was simply the “stare”.
Clearly a massive “WTF” moment.
Also just FYI, I’m a Seattle fan and from a selfish position I favor the AFC team (Pittsburgh) winning, so in that contest I was rooting against the Bears. I just hate stupid penalties and fines that are senseless.
Hall of Famer Sam Huff, who was a middle linebacker for the Giants and Redskins in the 1950s and 1960s, and then a long-time radio announcer for the Redskins, passed away earlier today from natural causes at age 87.
