Or maximally run down the game clock, if field position isn’t critical but seconds left for the opposing offense do.
The defense can also be called for delay of game. Even a specific player if they know who.
I don’t recall ever encountering this. How?
IIRC, not letting the referee spot the ball quickly or sloooooooowly getting off a tackled player in a time-critical situation results in a delay of game. It’s to stop the clock so the defense doesn’t get an advantage.
Yep, okay thanks for those.
One thing I’ve seen is the ball carrier toss the ball to an official after the play, as usual, and a defensive player who happened to be near the path of the toss batted it away, probably pissed that he missed a tackle or something. 5 yard delay of game.
Thank you! That’s what I’ve been saying.
Also faking snap signals to draw a false start
It was even called earlier this season in the Week 2 game between the Jets and Titans.
I literally embedded a video of an NFL ref calling delay of game on a defensive player before anyone mentioned it could happen.
Well yeah, but I think “for making a move that’s not…like football” isn’t in the NFL rulebook.
It’s a legit call, but the referee mangled it when making the announcement.
https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article268087557.html
CBS Sports analyst Tony Romo said the penalty was for trying to make the offensive linemen jump. And the Eagles’ sideline reporter agreed, apparently calling it a “non-football” move that wasn’t allowed.
“The officiating department has discussed this with officials this year, according to sources familiar with the contents of those training videos,” Football Zebras wrote. “A defensive player can rock in their stance and make shifts that are not simulating the snap. Those are common to the game. What is discussed is to watch for gestures and actions that are not common to the game: flinches, abrupt rising from a stance, coordinating a movement that is not an obvious shift, etc.
“Is this a case of the officiating department looking for a nail to hit with their hammer? Actually, the officiating department usually is tipped by teams flagging certain plays. These are not new rules, but as teams start to exploit the rules with regularity, it becomes an emphasis.”
There’s an actual section on the NFL’s rulebook web site called “Non-Football Act Fouls”; it’s Section 3 of Rule 12.
https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/nfl-video-rulebook/non-football-act-fouls/
In this case, what the official was clumsily trying to say is that the player (Brandon Graham) was being disruptive in a manner that isn’t normally part of the game of football, and it was enough to force a delay of game on the kick attempt, because it was preventing the kicking team from being able to get the kick off in time. I haven’t been able to figure out what he did exactly, but it apparently involved distracting the long snapper.
Interestingly enough, following down that rabbit hole, I found the the official language for the rule that applied to what Luvu almost caused during the goal line stand against the Eagles in this year’s NFC Championship.
Article 2. Fouls To Prevent Score
The defense shall not commit successive or repeated fouls to prevent a score.
Penalty: For successive or repeated fouls to prevent a score: If the violation is repeated after a warning, the score involved is awarded to the offensive team.
Looks like EAGLES have our guy back for the SB: Brandon Graham. Torn tricep is healed enough for him to return! Not sure if he’s starting though.
Most famous for this strip-sack play in SB LVII when we beat Patriots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDeLSKycKyU
It’s funny because I was literally talking about him in the post just before yours.
LOL! I missed that. I think he might’ve been blocking someone from lining up on the kicking team for the penalty you’re talking about.
Anyway, I’m going crazy with anticipation. My local Sherman Oaks Eagles bar is going to have a panic attack in six days.
I bet, I remember how it was when the Seahawks were in Super Bowls. It was insane in a good way.
Go Birds! I’m a Philly fan by birth & choice!
Line is continuing to hold at Chiefs -1.5. There’s still a lot of betting hours before kickoff, so it could very well move before the game starts.
The over/under on the first jersey number to score a touchdown is 15.5.
What??!? So probably Travis and/or Barkley?? You can really bet on anything, can’t you? I’d take that bet if I gambled. Of course, Jalen Hurts wearing number 1…
I saw that earlier today too and was somewhat astonished that it hasn’t moved ever since the conference championship games.