go slow , then slower , then slow down

mikesears · #37 (**permalink**) Mon Jan 20, 2003, 08:33am

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Originally posted by Derock1986

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Originally posted by mikesears

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Originally posted by Derock1986
All,
The Eagles-Bucs game just had a play to further emphasize my point why the Steelers-Titans call was a bad call.

The Eagle defender ran into the Bucs kicker on a 27-yd FG but no flag was thrown. Why no flag was thrown when he RAN INTO THE KICKER??? Because safety was not an issue. The Eagle defender made direct contact with the kicker but when he made contact he grabbed the kicker in an attempt to hold him to keep him from falling. Gramatica, K, of course still tried to do his acting job but the official didn't buy it. GOOD NO CALL!!!!!

Both plays were excellent examples of when to call the foul and when NOT to call the foul. The contact in the Phi game did not put the Phi. kicker in any danger.

The contact in the P'burg-Tenn game was a different story. It DID put the kicker into danger. Grabbing a guy by the upper body and holding him up is a lot different than sliding into his legs. Legs are MUCH MORE vulnerable than the upper body.

I agree with the no call in the Eagles-Bucs game but I still don't agree that safety was an issue in the Steelers-Titans game. If the theory of running into the kicker was true in the Steelers-Titans game, it should have also been true in the Eagles-Bucs game. The emphasis on this call as stated by Blum, was their was contact made which displaced the kicker. The same is true in the Eagles-Bucs situation, contact was made which displaced the kicker however, the Eagle defender grabbed the Bucs K to prevent him from falling to the ground. Furthermore, the contact in the Eagles-Bucs game was more direct and flagrant than the slight contact made in the Steelers-Titans game.

BTW, I finally got to see a replay of the Pit-Ten play.

You and I are going to have to agree to disagree on this one. I thought both calls were good. The first was, IMHO, a classic example of running into (although a bit enhanced by Nedney), while the second was a good case of a no-call because he didn't put the kicker at any risk.