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<blockquote data-quote="Thirteen Below" data-source="post: 1078714" data-attributes="member: 18006"><p>This is why I think the push will be banned next time someone brings it up for a vote, and thank god it won't be us this time. I think a lot of teams in the league are getting fed up with it, and not necesarily because it <em>works; </em>not just that it's a <em>good idea</em>... it's because it is notoriously prone to being poorly judged by the officials. With the players all bunched up in that tiny space (on <em>both </em>sides of the ball), it's really easy for them to miss encroachment or an early twitch. As we saw tonight, with that egregious jump by their right guard (or left? Sorry, saw several camera angles, can't recall which guard it was).</p><p></p><p>The very nature of the play's design and execution grant the offense an inherent advantage, because there's a high chance that they'll be able to commit one or more infractions and get away clean. Why <em>wouldn't </em>they run it every 4th and short, or even 3rd and short? They'd have to be total idiots not to.</p><p></p><p>It's got something like a 97% probability of it converting to 1st down, so it effectively gives Philly a free extra set of downs whenever they've gained 8 or 9 yards on a drive, rather than 10.</p><p></p><p>It's not like it hasn't been done before. Look at the Mel Blount Rule - Pittsburgh, and Blount, came up with a new way to shut down the other teams' passing attacks, and now defensive backs are strictly limited in how they cover receivers. Of course, the Blount adaptations had the effect of opening up more <em>offense </em>(especially in the passing game), and this measure would favor the defense rather than the beloved offense, but I think at some point there'll be enough teams who are sick and tired of it that the proposal would clear the hurdle. They only fell 2 votes short last time; the next attempt may do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thirteen Below, post: 1078714, member: 18006"] This is why I think the push will be banned next time someone brings it up for a vote, and thank god it won't be us this time. I think a lot of teams in the league are getting fed up with it, and not necesarily because it [I]works; [/I]not just that it's a [I]good idea[/I]... it's because it is notoriously prone to being poorly judged by the officials. With the players all bunched up in that tiny space (on [I]both [/I]sides of the ball), it's really easy for them to miss encroachment or an early twitch. As we saw tonight, with that egregious jump by their right guard (or left? Sorry, saw several camera angles, can't recall which guard it was). The very nature of the play's design and execution grant the offense an inherent advantage, because there's a high chance that they'll be able to commit one or more infractions and get away clean. Why [I]wouldn't [/I]they run it every 4th and short, or even 3rd and short? They'd have to be total idiots not to. It's got something like a 97% probability of it converting to 1st down, so it effectively gives Philly a free extra set of downs whenever they've gained 8 or 9 yards on a drive, rather than 10. It's not like it hasn't been done before. Look at the Mel Blount Rule - Pittsburgh, and Blount, came up with a new way to shut down the other teams' passing attacks, and now defensive backs are strictly limited in how they cover receivers. Of course, the Blount adaptations had the effect of opening up more [I]offense [/I](especially in the passing game), and this measure would favor the defense rather than the beloved offense, but I think at some point there'll be enough teams who are sick and tired of it that the proposal would clear the hurdle. They only fell 2 votes short last time; the next attempt may do it. [/QUOTE]
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