Coaches make the rules?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I do not see the big deal. It is so rare and if you take your time usually you will not call the foul anyway.

#82 is tackled at the line of scrimmage when starting his route -- wing throws a flag. The pass is deep to a different receiver.

This is not one you can avoid by taking your time. It's a foul that must be called -- we don't know where the pass is going to go.

And we shouldn't have to pass on an obvious DPI flag because a receiver caught the football. What if there's an offensive penalty we could otherwise offset? Now we've penalized the offense unnecessarily.

[maven]

Originally Posted by Rich

And we shouldn't have to pass on an obvious DPI flag because a receiver caught the football. What if there's an offensive penalty we could otherwise offset? Now we've penalized the offense unnecessarily.

Agree. Changing your call selection to adjust to a bad rule only compounds the problem. Fix the rule at the root of the problem.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Rich

#82 is tackled at the line of scrimmage when starting his route -- wing throws a flag. The pass is deep to a different receiver.

This is not one you can avoid by taking your time. It's a foul that must be called -- we don't know where the pass is going to go.

And we shouldn't have to pass on an obvious DPI flag because a receiver caught the football. What if there's an offensive penalty we could otherwise offset? Now we've penalized the offense unnecessarily.

I did not say you can avoid all these situations, just stating that most of the time these are avoidable because the penalty is likely not going to be thrown if you wait. A hold depending on how bad is not going to result in a good play most of the time anyway. I have passed on a minor DPI before because the play was not affected. Then again, I am not in the camp this is a bad rule. Before the rules change coaches wanted to take the penalty on the try or kickoff anyway. I honestly do not care what coaches complain about in the first place. The rule is clear and most of the time you move anyway without much fanfare.

Peace

[johnnyg08]

The only way to change bad rule is to enforce it.