NFL to take ridiculous rule out of rule book for 2013

[PAULYPOKER]

After the NFL made a total ass out of Themselves on Thanksgiving day in front of the largest audience of the season to date, making a hideous. judgement call that cost Detroit the game....

what made this worse was the explanation the NFL gave to Phil Simms to explain to the viewers

The NFL,

striving to become a bigger joke than the WWE

[paco]

Horrible rule.

[PAULYPOKER]

Horrible rule.

Well it will no longer be a rule next season pac,

I don't understand how it ever was a rule in the 1st place

[Reload]

What a season

[PAULYPOKER]

[PAULYPOKER]

[face]

so can teams throw a flag on the field on purpose when they don't want a play reviewed and take a 15 yard penalty instead? will teams start to do this? seems like you could exploit this rule somehow.

[gryfyn1]

so can teams throw a flag on the field on purpose when they don't want a play reviewed and take a 15 yard penalty instead? will teams start to do this? seems like you could exploit this rule somehow.

Uh, no and that's not the debate, the penalty was for throwing the flag on a play that's automatically reviewed (TD's, TOs, last 2mins). But the penalty really isn't the stupid part, they can still penalize the team for it, the moronic part is then making it so the play then can't be reviewed, even though its supposed to be.

[Cuse0323]

Can they send me my 2K they robbed from me with this pointless rule.

[TheCentaur]

Can they send me my 2K they robbed from me with this pointless rule.

Yeah, little too late NFL

[moses millsap]

Karma for that bitch Schwartz, who taunted and mocked Harbaugh last year for throwing the challenge flag on a Detroit touchdown.

[hels]

They should just make it as a team using one of their reviews and if the play stands then the team loses a timeout.

The Coach already looks like an idiot throwing the flag when he does not need too so let him waste his challenges and timeouts.

[Cuse0323]

They should just make it as a team using one of their reviews and if the play stands then the team loses a timeout.

The Coach already looks like an idiot throwing the flag when he does not need too so let him waste his challenges and timeouts.

Logic need not apply in the NFL.

[8ArIvd5]

From what I read the rule shouldn't apply here. Replay official can't initiate a replay after a penalty intended to delay the game. Obviously that was not the intent of the penalty.

[Mr KLC]

Coming from a Houston Texan fan, I think its a wonderful rule. Long live the NFL and Jim Schwartz.

[Kermit]

So basically if your teams score a TD that you know is questionable, and it is ruled a Touch Down, you can throw the flag on yourself, to avoid the Review, get the TD(that may not have been a TD) and take a 15 yard penalty on the Kick off.

[RavensFan2k3]

So basically if your teams score a TD that you know is questionable, and it is ruled a Touch Down, you can throw the flag on yourself, to avoid the Review, get the TD(that may not have been a TD) and take a 15 yard penalty on the Kick off.

Exactly. I believe thats what face was trying to say too

[whtsox13]

So basically if your teams score a TD that you know is questionable, and it is ruled a Touch Down, you can throw the flag on yourself, to avoid the Review, get the TD(that may not have been a TD) and take a 15 yard penalty on the Kick off.

A team can't throw a challenge flag if they would not benefit from a review. Announcers addressed that.

[freakydave]

After the NFL made a total ass out of Themselves on Thanksgiving day in front of the largest audience of the season to date, making a hideous. judgement call that cost Detroit the game....

what made this worse was the explanation the NFL gave to Phil Simms to explain to the viewers

The NFL,

striving to become a bigger joke than the WWE

I like the rule.Don't throw the challenge flag on a scoring play.
The rule describing what is & what is not a catch needs redifining.In two different games I saw two receivers catch a ball take 3 steps with the ball get hit lose the ball & have it called no catch.In both cases it was a catch & a fumble & called incomplete.

[PAULYPOKER]

I like the rule..

You like the rule and the NFL has gained a minimal amount of common sense by removing it from the rule book,how fitting...............

[neverstoppers23]

should of never been a rule in the first place. the rule is so asinine it makes zero sense, to not do the video replay because the coach throws a flag on the ground. they are going to review the play anyways, i just don't understand it at all.

[freakydave]

You like the rule and the NFL has gained a minimal amount of common sense by removing it from the rule book,how fitting...............

--Coaches shouldn't be throwing challenge flags on reviewed plays.
Are really that much of a simpleton that you don't realise that there is nothing wwe about the rule --A NFL coach should know the rules of the game he coaches.That rule should never have to be enforced because no professional coach should ever make that mistake.If it never happens it doesn't matter & that coaching error should never happen.They have not removed the rule they altered it & good on them.

[PAULYPOKER]

--Coaches shouldn't be throwing challenge flags on reviewed plays.
Are really that much of a simpleton that you don't realise that there is nothing wwe about the rule --A NFL coach should know the rules of the game he coaches.That rule should never have to be enforced because no professional coach should ever make that mistake.If it never happens it doesn't matter & that coaching error should never happen.They have not removed the rule they altered it & good on them.

Are you too much of a brick to understand natural human reaction in the heat of the moment?

This rule is no different than having a rule saying if you react because of an object heading directly toward your head at ludicrous speed you will be penalized for it.........

Of course this is exaggerated to a level of understanding that hopefully will help you grasp why the original rule itself is totally asinine.......

[SteveRyan]

Here is my understanding of this situation.

Back when coaches were allowed to challenge basically any play, there had been several incidences where a coach intentionally delayed the game by throwing the flag when there was nothing to challenge.

The NFL fixed this loop-hole by defining what types of plays may be reviewed, what types of plays may not be reviewed, and what types of plays will be automatically reviewed.

With this new system, the NFL determined that any coach who throws a challenge flag unnecessarily, is guilty of trying to exploit the old loop-hole. A 15 yard penalty is assessed, and on scoring plays there will be no review.

Do you see why? Coaches should not attempt to delay a game when a TD is in progress.

Schwartz threw the flag BEFORE the TD (He threw the challenge flag immediately). Therefore, he is attempting to delay the game; he is exploiting the old loop-hole (Even though that was not his intention).

In short, if you think its a good idea to interrupt a TD with a challenge flag, think again.