NFL Week 10 N/V: HEY WAIT THE HALF'S NOT OVER YET

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Two Tone Shoes: Jan 2, 2009; All that's missing is the ring.

Mr.Citrus posted:

Except the play wasn't dead, and the kicker moves into Sherman. Sherms path is set before the kicker starts to move...

If Sherman's path were set for the ball he wouldn't have ran into the kickers planted leg first. He was running towards the kicker instead of towards the ball he's supposedly trying to block. It says a lot that he had to stretch out his arm behind himself to interact with the ball while his should careens into the kicker's planted leg.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2016 06:43

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 14:46

Two Tone Shoes: Jan 2, 2009; All that's missing is the ring.

Mr.Citrus posted:

ROUGHING/RUNNING INTO THE KICKER

No defensive player may run into or rough a kicker who kicks from behind the line unless such contact:

is incidental to and occurs after the defender has touched the kick in flight
is caused by the kicker�s own motions
occurs during a quick kick or a rugby-style kick
occurs during or after a run behind the line
occurs after the kicker recovers a loose ball on the ground
occurs because a defender is pushed or blocked (causing a change of direction) into the kicker
is the result of a foul by an opponent

Yes, the kicker's own motion of having a leg that stands in the same spot, known as the plant leg, is what caused Richard Sherman to dive into the kicker's plant leg.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2016 07:13

Two Tone Shoes: Jan 2, 2009; All that's missing is the ring.

Chichevache posted:

Lots of blocked kicks end with a kicker falling on his rear end.

Almost none involve you hitting the kicker's plant leg knee with your back.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2016 07:33

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Chichevache posted:

I wonder what Carpenter did to make Sherman want to destroy his knee.

Try to kick a field goal that would help the opposing team win in a situation where Sherman could get at his knee due to his quick start.

Sherman's actually a serial knee rupturer but just doesn't get the chance because he adheres to the off side rules more strictly on most kicking plays.

Two Tone Shoes fucked around with this message at 08:23 on Nov 8, 2016

# ¿ Nov 8, 2016 07:38

Two Tone Shoes: Jan 2, 2009; All that's missing is the ring.

It isn't actually a penalty. It's at worst a clever exploitation of the rules.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2016 11:54

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 14:46

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fartknocker posted:

A bunch of the local broadcasts did that in the preseason last year, for red zone attempts. I think it made it two or three weeks before everyone agreed it looked and sounded god loving awful and they canned it.

I think the Saints one was sponsored by Slap Ya Mamma products and it was weird as hell to hear that every time a team got in the 20, which was suddenly half outlined red with logos and poo poo.

Edit: I'm phone posting, but Google Slap Ya Mamma Red Zone and that poo poo comes up...

Slap Ya Mama Red Zone Alert was the highlight of that season.

# ¿ Nov 13, 2016 01:06

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