Inside the Numbers

[MJT]

We have our wings tell the player to get inside the numbers until the RFP in situations like that. In fact, last night as the R, I told the player to do it as we were on the right hash and I was pretty close to him in setting up for my position. If you can tell them it is better, but we also don't have a flag in these situations if he is covered up the whole time by a DB.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by MJT

We have our wings tell the player to get inside the numbers until the RFP in situations like that. In fact, last night as the R, I told the player to do it as we were on the right hash and I was pretty close to him in setting up for my position. If you can tell them it is better, but we also don't have a flag in these situations if he is covered up the whole time by a DB.

It's a rule that needs some common sense tweaking, if you ask me to give the officials some latitude. I need to rethink how we do this, I think, to conform better to the rule regardless of my personal feelings or the clumsiness of enforcing this. We are strict on the coach's box and restraining line and we make sure the teams are in the right place on timeouts, so we should be addressing this.

Another one I wish the NFHS would look at is the penalty on a scoring play. Awarding 15 yards on a pass interference penalty when the ball is caught and a TD scored is excessive -- and now it can be done on the kickoff. This one should've been limited to personal fouls and the like.

[Welpe]

Thanks guys, I'll try to better stay on top of the preventative angle in the future. At least the offense didn't gain an advantage.

Rich, are you saying in your last post that the rule needs to be more strictly enforced?