NFL: what's an "illegal" snap count? (Ravens)

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[QUOTE=Jurph]
In week one, Todd Heap, our workmanlike reliable go-to receiver caught a pass in the end zone for a TD, only to have “offensive pass interference” called on him. Because they were inside the 1:00 mark and out of time outs, there was no way to challenge the call. The replay showed that it was BS.
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There is NEVER any way to challenge a judgment call like pass interference, regardless of the time on the clock, the status of time outs, etc. It is not a challengable call. And inside of 2:00, the teams are precluded from challenging anyway.

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[QUOTE=Hal Briston]
Getting pissed off leads to anger…anger leads to whining…whining leads to becoming a Philadelphia fan.
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Either that or a pathetic Giants fan..
I mean GEEZ! Who in their right mind would subject themselves to that train wreck this year? I mean, you’ve got to be one unbalanced puppy to…oh..wait…nevermind, Hal…

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[QUOTE=Jurph]
Having seen it happen to my team last week, I almost (almost!) felt bad about seeing it happen to your team this week. If it helps, I’ll root for you against your division rivals – that’s the Pats, right?
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Hey, we’ll take whatever help we can get against the Pats, those cheating bastards. (I know, I know, they’d wipe the floor with us regardless. That’s what makes Bile-chick even more of a reprehensible toad. Not that I’m bitter.)

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[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq]
There is NEVER any way to challenge a judgment call like pass interference, regardless of the time on the clock, the status of time outs, etc. It is not a challengable call. And inside of 2:00, the teams are precluded from challenging anyway.
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Okay, I knew about the two-minute thing, but you really can’t challenge pass interference calls? I just looked it up on Wikipedia, and it appears you’re right (unless there’s some weird lawyering with interference making the pass “incomplete”). Jeez, that’s a lousy penalty to call in a game-critical situation like that[sup]1[/sup]. I understand they’ve got to look for it and call it where they see it, but… yowch.

  1. Especially since jersey-tugging by the defender is a “rules highlight” this season, and the replay shows clear and vigorous jersey-tugging. Ugh.
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Pass interference is considered a judgement call, not something that can have conclusive visual evidence, so it’s not among the things that can be challenged.

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[QUOTE=asterion]
Do or do not. There is no try.

(Geeze, then it’d be like the XFL.)
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Hate me, he does.