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Seahawks fans throw food at Bowman as he is carted off the field - ************.com
They threw food at him being carted off, this fanbase is complete trash
Haven't heard 1 Sickhawk fan comment on what the "right call" should have been on the punt penalty, shows me who was right...and it wasn't what the refs called tonight!
I was at the bar watching it so couldn't hear exactly what was being said but I assume what was called was running into the kicker and it was declined by Harbaugh because it was a 4th and 7 and they would have still had to punt regardless. Are people saying that it should be roughing the kicker??Haven't heard 1 Sickhawk fan comment on what the "right call" should have been on the punt penalty, shows me who was right...and it wasn't what the refs called tonight!
I was at the bar watching it so couldn't hear exactly what was being said but I assume what was called was running into the kicker and it was declined by Harbaugh because it was a 4th and 7 and they would have still had to punt regardless. Are people saying that it should be roughing the kicker??
I was at the bar watching it so couldn't hear exactly what was being said but I assume what was called was running into the kicker and it was declined by Harbaugh because it was a 4th and 7 and they would have still had to punt regardless. Are people saying that it should be roughing the kicker??
Haven't heard 1 Sickhawk fan comment on what the "right call" should have been on the punt penalty, shows me who was right...and it wasn't what the refs called tonight!
RUNNING, ROUGHING KICKER
Penalty: For running into the kicker: Loss of five yards from the previous spot, no automatic first
down. (This is not a personal foul). For roughing the kicker or holder, loss of 15 yards from the
previous spot. (This is a personal foul, and also disqualification if flagrant).
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES
(1) Avoiding the kicker is a primary responsibility of defensive players if they do not touch the kick.
(2) Any contact with the kicker by a single defensive player who has not touched the kick is running into
the kicker.
(3) Any unnecessary roughness committed by defensive players is roughing the kicker. Severity of
contact and potential for injury are to be considered.
(4) When two defensive players are making a bona fide attempt to block a kick from scrimmage (punt,
drop kick, and/or placekick) and one of them runs into the kicker after the kick has left the kicker’s foot
at the same instant the second player blocks the kick, the foul for running into the kicker shall not be
enforced, unless in the judgment of the Referee, the player running into the kicker was clearly the
direct cause of the kick being blocked.
(5) If in the judgment of the Referee any of the above action is unnecessary roughness, the penalty for
roughing the kicker shall be enforced from the previous spot as a foul during a kick.
Crazy, I didn't know that was the rule. That would have been about as weak of a 15 yard penalty as you could get
From what I remember, the punter was barely touched. Not exactly what you would expect to be a "roughing the kicker" penaltyWhy would it have been weak? It's a rule of the game and should be followed.