Facemask on the runner?

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Really? How come? Just from the photo, it looks like a perfectly legal (if somewhat painful) stiffarm. Facemask requires at the VERY least a grasp - and then action coming from that grasp (twist, yank, etc). I got nothing based on both the OP description and the photo.

Only time I've called this, both were runners grasping the facemask and throwing the defender straight down by pulling on the facemask.

Just my experience. I can easily accept that a facemask did happen on this play. Naturally, video tells all.