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Video Play 1 - legal blocks
I know a lot of people out there love video plays. I am in the process of coverting a lot of game film to digital format for use in our association. I am going to post a couple of the plays that I think deserve some discussion. All of the plays run in real time first, and then 1/2 speed.
This play involves several close blocks by the offense. Do you think any of them are illegal? Legal blocks? |
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Doesn't #77, the right guard, come over and shove a defender in the upper back, with both hands, and force the guy down, pretty close to the ballcarrier as he's reversing field?
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I've got a legal block against blue 77. |
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Maybe we're talking about two different blocks.
That one on #77 is definately legal. He came nowhere close to blocking the player in the numbers, which is required to call a block in the back. Was it blind? Yes. Was it legal? You betcha. |
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Between 8:25:03 and 8:25:04 on the time code?
Could be from the side. Looks to me like he got both hands behind the defender, but the video quality isn't really good enough to tell. From ground level, you might not see it as well angle-wise.
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Legal. Clearly from the side. Look how he fell. That's a good clue. He fell sideways. |
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It's also a pet peeve of mine to see a blindside, legal block called as an IBB. It gets coaches screaming at me to make the same call as others ![]() |
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I'm assuming the first block in question is by #77 (I think that's the number, its fuzzy--he starts the play at right tackle). Legal block, from the side, above the waist.
As the player reverses his field, there's another block that I can't get a number on. Can't see the whole play, but this block also appears to be from the side. Legal block. As the runner turns upfield, another block is made--this one on Blue 77 (can't get the blocker's #). This is from the side, as #77 turned at the last minute. Legal block. As the play ends, there appears to be block by White #4. This one, from what I can tell is a IBB. However, you could rule that the play was already over when the foul occured, and since it wasn't a PF, and it didn't have an affect on the play, you could go without a flag. But otherwise, this is an IBB. |
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The best way to know what the "back" is is to imagine leaning back on a freshly painted wall. Where the paint is is the back. If the block is there, it's illegal. |
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