Steelers Illegal Formation

Simbio · #1 (**permalink**) Wed Jan 25, 2006, 06:09pm

I saw this one Sunday, and had never heard of this rule, but I don't know all the NFL rules. The Steelers got called for an illegal formation for having the wide receiver cover the tight end. It was a running play, so you couldn't have ineligible downfield. I was wondering if anyone could shed some light as to why this was an illegal formation?

shave-tail · #2 (**permalink**) Wed Jan 25, 2006, 06:33pm

This was already on this site:

http://www.officialforum.com/thread/24413

Simbio · #3 (**permalink**) Wed Jan 25, 2006, 06:41pm

I didn't see that before. Thanks for letting me know.