TC in St. Louis Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I'm watching the replay of the game. On 4th down, Brooks made a great tackle, and the refs called #75 for lining up in the neutral zone. I rewound, and he was not lined up on the neutral zone. Every part of his body was behind the blue line that indicates the line of scrimmage. It was a bs call. They scored on the next play. I don't think they looked all that bad last night. Guys were playing hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyVanMiller Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 (edited) From the NFL rulebook:Neutral Zone: The space the length of a ball between the two scrimmage lines. The offensive team and defensive team must remain behind their end of the ball. Exception: The offensive player who snaps the ball. He was offsides. Edited September 4, 2015 by ChevyVanMiller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC in St. Louis Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 No, he was not offsides. I just looked at the replay. He was not in the neutral zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I'm watching the replay of the game. On 4th down, Brooks made a great tackle, and the refs called #75 for lining up in the neutral zone. I rewound, and he was not lined up on the neutral zone. Every part of his body was behind the blue line that indicates the line of scrimmage. It was a bs call. They scored on the next play. I don't think they looked all that bad last night. Guys were playing hard. The blue line isn't official, which might change things for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uffalo Ills Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I'm not too upset. It's preseason and these guys are practice squad at best. Yeah they worked hard and all, but youre treating them like they actually play for us. They werent playing to win for the Bills, they just wanted to get noticed, and whether or not the team that noticed them was the Bills, was irrelevant. And thus, I personally have no more emotional attachment to their success than I do to those Detriot players, who otherwise would have lost the game on a "questionable no-call." Just sayin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fansince88 Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 That one call screwed our post season playoff spot......oh wait....preaseason #4... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmotionallyUnstable Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 DOOOOOMED amirite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkreed Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 The only thing that you may be able to say is that IK was cut because of those penalties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC in St. Louis Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 I could not care less who won or lost that game, but it seemed to piss off the coach. There were plenty of boneheaded plays to go around. However, if that call was not made, we would have had the ball, and Detroit would not have scored that touchdown. I think it was a bad call, but that's fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyVanMiller Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I could not care less who won or lost that game, but it seemed to piss off the coach. There were plenty of boneheaded plays to go around. However, if that call was not made, we would have had the ball, and Detroit would not have scored that touchdown. I think it was a bad call, but that's fine. It's not worth arguing over, but the rule states that no part of the player can be with a football's length of the blue line of scrimmage. He was within that football length, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Beard Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I watched it live and it looked to me like his foot was painted blue by the TV line. He was inching back just before the ball was snapped, so he may not have been offsides by the tiniest of margins. I knew what the penalty was as soon as I saw the flag. Within the margin of error of most ref calls, I would not argue that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lightning Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Maybe It ruined the OP's Fan Duel double down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I watched it live and it looked to me like his foot was painted blue by the TV line. He was inching back just before the ball was snapped, so he may not have been offsides by the tiniest of margins. I knew what the penalty was as soon as I saw the flag. Within the margin of error of most ref calls, I would not argue that one. Agreed, I saw it that way too. Sometimes they get away with it, but I knew immediately what the flag was for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRW Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 A lot of people are brushing this off as just preseason, but it's important for us as fans to get into regular season form. If you can't get on board for complaining about an unjust outcome now, do you really think you can just turn that on when things count for real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmotionallyUnstable Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Maybe It ruined the OP's Fan Duel double down. 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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