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Phillips Calling Out Pats OL D. Andrews for Dirty Play

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by Galant, Dec 12, 2017.

  1. Galant

    Galant Love - Unity - Sacrifice - Eternity

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  2. invid

    invid Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    It's a legal block, unfortunately. Philips issue is with the NFL rules committee, not the Pats OL.
     
  3. Fin D

    Fin D Sigh

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    He did end the tweet with #dirtyplayer #cantblock though.
     
  4. dirtylandry

    dirtylandry Well-Known Member

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    so that wasn't a chop block?
     
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  5. ripper1961

    ripper1961 Active Member

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    I don't believe the Patriots would do anything illegal.:up:
     
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  6. invid

    invid Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Chop blocks "in the flow of the play" (or some other weird vernacular) are still legal. You can't go low on somebody that's already engaged and you can't do it from outside the box, going in (a wide receiver split out wide coming in to chop block a DL).
     
  7. Dolphin North

    Dolphin North Well-Known Member

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    Pretty sure you can't dive at legs, especially not from the side no matter how out of position you are. Otherwise the Broncos would still be winning SB's. Speaking of complaining about no calls. Did anyone notice brady getting away with grounding? I saw him throw a ball into the ground as he was falling due to a sack attempt while he was still within the tackle box and the ball did not get to the LOS. Like a few yards short. I thought you had to get out of the tackle box and clear the LOS with the pass, but he did neither. The refs looked at each other, then just kind of went on with no call. Am i misinterpreting the rule?
     
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  8. Galant

    Galant Love - Unity - Sacrifice - Eternity

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    "
    1. Intentional grounding will be called when a passer, facing an imminent loss of yardage due to pressure from the defense, throws a forward pass without a realistic chance of completion.
    2. Intentional grounding will not be called when a passer, while out of the pocket and facing an imminent loss of yardage, throws a pass that lands at or beyond the line of scrimmage, even if no offensive player(s) have a realistic chance to catch the ball (including if the ball lands out of bounds over the sideline or end line)."
     
  9. Phin McCool

    Phin McCool Well-Known Member

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    Yep, I saw that on the highlights (didn't watch the game live) and I couldn't believe it wasn't called. He just threw it straight into the ground as he was going down inside the pocket. Even the commentators didn't say anything, which led me to google the rule to make sure that it was still in and I hadn't missed it being taken out this year. I don't think that I've seen one IG call this year in any game to be honest.
     
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  10. dolphin25

    dolphin25 Well-Known Member

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    You could see the guy look down at his knee\ankle and then dive at it... looked pretty cheap to me. Legal or not it should be made illegal.
     
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  11. danmarino

    danmarino Tua is H1M! Club Member

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    I screamed at the TV about that too. My wife was telling me to calm down...lol
     
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  12. Dol-Fan Dupree

    Dol-Fan Dupree Tank? Who is Tank? I am Guy Incognito.

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    When the quarterback is hit as they throw the ball and the ball kind of goes towards a direction of a wide receiver, they tend to give the quarterback the benefit of the doubt that he is trying to throw it to someone.
     
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  13. bigballa2102

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    at least a trip? he really didn't block him he grabbed his ankle, but unfortunately the refs have diarrhea of the eyes when the pats are on offense.
     
  14. Brasfin

    Brasfin Well-Known Member

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    Happened a lot with Cutler this season. He basically spikes the ball down in the ground in front of a receiver/RB as he is about to be sacked. There is never a realistic chance of a catch, but they never rule it intentional grounding.
     
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  15. eltos_lightfoot

    eltos_lightfoot Well-Known Member

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    My girls tell me this about 25 times a Dolphins game. :D
     
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