Re: Odd play in Sea/Balt game today

"Rick Lindsley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Scott Taylor wrote:
>
> > So, it was an inbounds RUN, and NOT a spike, which caused the
> > ball to become dead.
>
> *chuckle* actually the play I was talking about came *after* this.  I
> missed this one.  This one allowed them to start the drive ... the one I
> asked about allowed them to finish it :)

Yeah, I figured this out after I Shutdown
I coulda had a V-8!


> On the call I originally asked about, the signal was illegal procedure,
> but as I think we discussed in a different thread, illegal formation
> would have the same signal.  Perhaps illegal formation doesn't carry the
> same 10-second runoff penalty as when not being set a full second, but
> if not, it sure seems it ought to (as it can obviously be used to the
> same purpose of stopping the clock.)

How?  It's not a foul until the ball is snapped.
An illegal shift allows the offense to snap early "illegally",
if you prefer to look at it that way.


> But there's no question (and no defending) that Seattle's poor play
> allowed 17 points to be scored in an amazingly short period of time.

Dittos.


--  Scott