This is an argument I'm having in another thread. Supposedly this hit should have been flagged because Mahomes was heading out of bounds even though he asnt officially out of bounds yet. IMO, there's no way this should be flagged. A player in bounds is a player in bounds and can get hit. As much as I'd love for Mahomes to be protected, objectively there's no way they should call a penalty here.
Also it's weird how people hate the refs but want to add even more subjectivity to how they rule. So now they have to guess if a player is clearly going out of bounds on not? Makes no sense to me but hey...I'm CPs chief contrarian so I may be way off... [Reply]
Originally Posted by jjjayb:
He contacted Mahomes while he was still inbounds but he didn't shove him until he was out of bounds. Should have been a penalty.
Originally Posted by DaFace:
It's not just Brady. That gets called probably 80% of the time on any QB.
Any examples? I asked this in the other thread and somehow the only example someone posted was the Chris Jones penalty on Brady last year. Don't ask me how it relates to this play because I'm still trying to figure it out.
I've literally never seen it called and people not say it was a bad call. Because it's literally a bad call. It's not a subjective penalty at all. A late hit OOB is a late hit OOB. There's no subjectivity that would allow the ref to throw a flag because the player was heading out of bounds. [Reply]
Originally Posted by saphojunkie:
It’s not a penalty what’s wrong with you people? Bet your fucking ass they better not call that shit when we play Lamar Jackson.
I think he touched him while he was still inbounds, but yeah - there was no threat of him doing anything but running out. That should have been a penalty. [Reply]
If you follow the letter of the law then no it shouldn’t be a penalty. If you follow the accepted rule of thumb in regards to a situation such as this then it absolutely should have been a penalty. Penalty or not if he were a different QB then it without a doubt would have been called. They need to enforce it properly or at least use the same standards across the board and not pick and choose when it is and is not a penalty. [Reply]
During a hit after a pass is thrown in bounds, if the player doesn't let up it's a penalty. When a player has given up by sliding forcible contact is a penalty. When he is out of bounds or partially out then it should be a penalty as well and is normally called as such. I saw 2 hits on PMII yesterday that should of been flagged but they (the refs) let the Chiefs sack TB 3 times and hit him a couple without flags so I'm not really mad about it. If the flags were falling when TB was getting hit but not PMII then I would of been more pissed. [Reply]
It should have been called, he pushed him a lot harder than needed to get him out of bounds. He pushed him hard enough to where he could have been seriously hurt with all the shit on the sidelines and honestly I was surprised he didnt get hurt there. That's where the unnecessary part comes in [Reply]