Illegal Man Down Field call

[CostaRicaHawk]

I just rewatched the game and took a screen shot of the illegal man downfield. It looks legit to me, 2 yards into the endzone just as Stafford is releasing the pass with no contact by any other players. Am I missing something, so many saying it was not legit?

 

[sutz]

Lambs fans may be saying it was bogus, but the guard clearly rolled out of his block and stepped further into the endzone.

 

[TwistedHusky]

Defenders key on that. If you see OL past the LoS, you can peel off and defend against a run.

Its an effing rule. The Seahawks have literally been flagged on this rule multiple times this year. So have other teams.

While I am aware that the Rams are used to the 'refs' ignoring when THEY break the rules, even though our teams get flagged for the same thing regularly - it is pretty pathetic to hear the whining. But funny. Very funny.

Same bullsh*t with the 2 pt conversion - basically boils down to:
'I know it is technically a correct call....but they should ignore it because RAMs'

Someone needs to remind the Rams they aren't the Chiefs yet. The NFL likely will later, but for now - the NFL probably won't literally steer game after game for 4 straight quarters to get that team to the SB. The Rams will still get plenty of calls, but they won't literally get 'refs' ignoring all obvious flags like with the Chiefs.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Delish Rams tears.....

 

[12th Dimension]

Clear and obvious infraction.

 

[HawkRiderFan]

2nd game of the year in San Fran 2022 I recall Cross getting called on a very similar play taking a long play to DK off the board.

 

[flv2]

I just rewatched the game and took a screen shot of the illegal man downfield. It looks legit to me, 2 yards into the endzone just as Stafford is releasing the pass with no contact by any other players. Am I missing something, so many saying it was not legit?

There is a 1 yard limit. The officials don't normally call it unless it's 3+ yards. This is at least 2 yards and possibly 3. Either way it's a foul under the letter of the law. Sometimes officials get a bit picky with what they call and when. For example the officials will normally watch the play clock and only when it hits 0 do they look to see if the ball has been snapped. Thus QBs normally get 3/4 of a second extra to snap the ball. The Rams didn't get that at a crucial time in the defeat to the Panthers - and it was the only time in the game the officials did that. That call wasn't wrong and this call isn't wrong. I'm good with it, but picky officiating can look like steering.

 

[Torc]

There is a 1 yard limit. The officials don't normally call it unless it's 3+ yards. This is at least 2 yards and possibly 3. Either way it's a foul under the letter of the law. Sometimes officials get a bit picky with what they call and when. For example the officials will normally watch the play clock and only when it hits 0 do they look to see if the ball has been snapped. Thus QBs normally get 3/4 of a second extra to snap the ball. The Rams didn't get that at a crucial time in the defeat to the Panthers - and it was the only time in the game the officials did that. That call wasn't wrong and this call isn't wrong. I'm good with it, but picky officiating can look like steering.

The play clock is an odd thing. My understanding from various announcers (so nothing I can link to) is that the official clock that the refs use has decimal places. The clock that we see only has seconds, but the official clock goes down to .1 seconds. So yes, there is an extra 9/10 of a second after the clock on the TV screen reads zero. That's why it seems like QBs get an extra second before delay of game.

 

[TwistedHusky]

There is a 1 yard limit. The officials don't normally call it unless it's 3+ yards. This is at least 2 yards and possibly 3. Either way it's a foul under the letter of the law. Sometimes officials get a bit picky with what they call and when. For example the officials will normally watch the play clock and only when it hits 0 do they look to see if the ball has been snapped. Thus QBs normally get 3/4 of a second extra to snap the ball. The Rams didn't get that at a crucial time in the defeat to the Panthers - and it was the only time in the game the officials did that. That call wasn't wrong and this call isn't wrong. I'm good with it, but picky officiating can look like steering.

It was 3 yards. That is enough. Especially when you are at the GL and the OL is clearly well into the EZ over the LoS.

Remember, if a LB/safety peels off to defend against a runner crossing the GL (because he saw the OL 2 yds in the EZ)...the receiver he left is wide open.

I would argue for this reason, near the GL there should be less leeway not more.

 

[Hawkstud]

McSnivel didn't like the call nor did he agree with the backward pass where Darnold threw the ball that bounced off of Jarred reVerse sending the ball into the end zone and recovered by Charbonnet, hell, he wants to do away with the OLD backward-pass Rule.
Had the ball NOT wound up in the end zone he has a point, but he's crying because the play didn't go in his favor.
Un-sportsman like Coaching, where's the damned flag?

 

[SoulfishHawk]

He's such a little beyatch. Yet people act like he walks on water. This is a blast

 

[JayhawkMike]

Add to that he turned around almost as if to be open for a pass.

 

[CPHawk]

But who is really crying about this? The 10 and 10 of rams fans?

 

[flv2]

It was 3 yards. That is enough. Especially when you are at the GL and the OL is clearly well into the EZ over the LoS.

Remember, if a LB/safety peels off to defend against a runner crossing the GL (because he saw the OL 2 yds in the EZ)...the receiver he left is wide open.

I would argue for this reason, near the GL there should be less leeway not more.

I'm not arguing. I think it's a foul, and I agree with you on it being officiated more strictly in the endzone.

 

[DTiempo81]

It was 3 yards. That is enough. Especially when you are at the GL and the OL is clearly well into the EZ over the LoS.

Remember, if a LB/safety peels off to defend against a runner crossing the GL (because he saw the OL 2 yds in the EZ)...the receiver he left is wide open.

I would argue for this reason, near the GL there should be less leeway not more.

Not only that he TURNS AROUND and presents like a receiver. You are absolutely right that keys defenders in, and all it takes is one misstep towards that illegal man downfield to open someone up elsewhere. The official that threw the flag is looking for that exact type of motion, and it will be flagged if they see it every time. It isn't ticky tacky at all.

I said this in another thread but will say it again here, it wasn't even the lineman's fault unfortunate for him. It was Stafford's. That was a run pass option that Stafford held the ball too long, and that is the risk with that type of ball. Rams fans can cry all they want about it. One thing I have realized after this game, a lot of Rams fans don't understand the rules of football.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

I mean...the Clams are clearly victims