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Uncle Si":2t6o6n5e said:Not to get too much in the weeds, but you could argue if Wagner "used" his teammates. Like redefining of a catch if you will.
But its not worth it. They picked up the flag. They talked about it and went with this decision.
Living here in MN i am surprised that the focus of discussion this morning is their offense, not the call.
Is the word “used” in the rules? Genuine question because I have only read the segment of the rule that is quoted above. It appears that “to gain additional height” is a necessary condition for the rule to be applicable.
It’s debatable whether Wagner’s action with his hands was done “to gain additional height.” He appears to use his hands to guide himself forward not to gain any additional height.
My prediction is that the league will say this should have been a penalty because it’s a close call, and they don’t want to A) encourage players to try this move in the future or B) discourage the referees from calling this penalty in the future. Or maybe they just won’t publicly comment one way or the other.