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The Well, the Jets *are* playing on the Sopranos' home turf...
Topic Started: Dec 12 2010, 10:33 PM (117 Views)
ivorythumper
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Jet's assistant coach trips Dolphin on side line
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Copper
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I saw that live, hard to believe.

I can't remember seeing that before. I remember seeing old film of a player coming off the bench to make a tackle.

And of course there was Woody Hayes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmoIjMr1BZs



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Suppose a player is on the way to score, and this sort of thing happens. Does the referee have the option to declare a touchdown as the appropriate penalty? Otherwise the dastardly deed is rewarded. That wasn't the case here. The contact had no bearing on the play.
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Piano*Dad
Dec 13 2010, 06:09 AM
Suppose a player is on the way to score, and this sort of thing happens. Does the referee have the option to declare a touchdown as the appropriate penalty? Otherwise the dastardly deed is rewarded. That wasn't the case here. The contact had no bearing on the play.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchdown

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Touchdowns are usually scored by the offense by running or passing the ball.

However, the defense can also score a touchdown if they have recovered a fumble or made an interception and return it to the opposing end zone. Special teams can score a touchdown on a kickoff or punt return, or on a return after a missed or blocked field goal attempt or blocked punt.

In short, any play in which a player legally carries the ball across the goal line scores a touchdown, the manner in which he gained possession is inconsequential. In the NFL, a touchdown may be awarded by the referee as a penalty for a "Palpably Unfair Act" such as a player coming off the bench during a play and tackling the runner who would otherwise have scored.


The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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The assistant coach should be fired. While the Dolphins player was very "out of bounds", a player or coach on the sidelines should NEVER interfere with the play...no matter how much they're tempted to!
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Rule question: When a player is out of bounds, and not carrying the ball, can he reenter the field and participate in the play?
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I think a defender can. I believe there are rules, however, that prevent or limit the situations in which a wide receiver can reenter the field.
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Dec 13 2010, 07:31 AM
Rule question: When a player is out of bounds, and not carrying the ball, can he reenter the field and participate in the play?
He cannot be the first player to touch the ball, and I believe the ballcarrier(?). In addition, he is supposed to get back into the field of play as quickly as he can upon realizing he was out of bounds. The gunner on the Dolphins was arguably breaking the rules as it seems to me that he was purposefully using the sidelines as a tool to not have to deal with opposing blockers. It's a judgement call, however, and rarely gets called.
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