No Fair Catch..

[ppaltice]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

There are rules in place to protect defenseless players - a player catching a punt, a receiver focused on the ball and jumping, the QB, etc.

The player in the play you describe was defenseless ... but not because of what he was doing. He was defenseless by choice and stupidity. If he's not catching the ball, there's no reason for him to be defenseless. Idiot should have protected himself, or even been initiating the contact himself, blocking.

Ahh, but he cannot block if he gave a fair catch signal. Usually the player acts like he is about ready to make the fair catch in an attempt to distract K from downing the ball before it goes into the end zone.

If a player gives a fair catch signal, he will either 1) attempt to make a fair catch or 2) be out of the play (as he is not permitted to block). In either case, K is not allowed to contact him and should have been flagged for a PF.

[Welpe]

There was no fair catch signal.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by ppaltice

Ahh, but he cannot block if he gave a fair catch signal.

The whole premise of the OP is that there was no FC signal.

[ppaltice]

Ahh, I missed that. When the OP said, "does not fair catch," I assumed he signaled. If R did not give a fair catch signal, I would probably agree with the no call.