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Old Tue Sep 18, 2012, 12:51pm
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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef View Post
That's the Ravens choice. TB didn't do anything illegal and they didn't try to hurt anybody. They broke a supposed un-written rule by trying to create a turnover during the Victory formation. A lot less dangerous than Golden Tate's illegal peel-back block on Shawn Lee but we have plenty of ex-players and coaches who think that was a great hit and should be legal.

So basically Schiano did something that those same people, in this case, don't like so now he is wrong or a dirty coach.
That's not just the Ravens' choice...that's what 31 other teams in the NFL do. There's nothing supposed about this unwritten rule. In literally every game this year where the V-formation/kneel down was used at the end of the game, everyone in attendance knew what to do. It's the understood protocol understood by players and coaches. There's a reason that a first year coach straight from college tried this stunt rather than a coach who's been established in the NFL.
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