This is always called when a punter or QB bats/kicks a ball through their own end zone, but most times it's not acknowledged by the TV crew because it's an automatic decline by the defense and the safety is awarded. TV crews are too busy showing the celebration of the safety and replays of it to acknowledge a meaningless call, the confusing part was it was the defense doing the batting for a change in which the penalty would be accepted on this type of play. It was an easy call that was completely butchered by the crew, and sadly it's not reviewable by instant replay
This is always called when a punter or QB bats/kicks a ball through their own end zone, but most times it's not acknowledged by the TV crew because it's an automatic decline by the defense and the safety is awarded. TV crews are too busy showing the celebration of the safety and replays of it to acknowledge a meaningless call, the confusing part was it was the defense doing the batting for a change in which the penalty would be accepted on this type of play. It was an easy call that was completely butchered by the crew, and sadly it's not reviewable by instant replay
no seattle was the better team on both ends of the field. not sure what game you were watching. minus the oline..sea had a far better run game, their corners and dbs were better and the linemen were better.
either way u can scream as loud as u want. there have been worse calls than this . one of my all time favs was the pitt sd game where polumalu took it to the end zone and instead of big ben being excited he was horrified - that game was fixed for vegas - they changed the ruling on the field and books made millions on that game for the overturn. it doesnt stop there, and it never will. this is a vegas game. my guess is ingame there was shitloads of det money on the ml - so they cant have them win.
I've never seen a flag thrown when the punter or quarterback kicks it out of the endzone. I've also never heard an official announce there was a penalty and then say it was declined. That is unlike the NFL, they always throw a flag or their hat to signify something has occurred on the field. It is weird that they would never throw a flag and then expect it to be secretly implied that there was a penalty. Have you ever seen a flag thrown in this case? Be honest, because I never have and I've seen it happen many times and it was not because of the TV crew using the wrong cameras.
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I know that rule did not apply to the game last night. I was answering a question someone asked regarding a punter or QB kicking the ball out of the back of the endzone. Such a play does result in a safety and no team would accept that penalty, take the 2-points off the board and allow the offense to re-kick or run another play of any kind.
I know that rule did not apply to the game last night. I was answering a question someone asked regarding a punter or QB kicking the ball out of the back of the endzone. Such a play does result in a safety and no team would accept that penalty, take the 2-points off the board and allow the offense to re-kick or run another play of any kind.
Thanks, I had never seen that called before. I take it you hadn't either or you wouldn't have had to a youtube search. I think I heard Mike Pereria say that it has to be batted in the endzone and a lot of times the punter or QB bat it from the 5 yard line, so maybe that is why they don't throw the flag.
Technically it was a penalty, but I agree with the refs judgement call that it had no impact on the play and should not be called. It was a brilliant play play Kam Chancellor. He is a hell of a player.
It's not a judgement call according to the rule. It is illegal to bat the ball which is exactly what he did. Not sure how much clearer that could be......a Detroit player could of jumped on the ball as well had the ball not been batted. Who is to say the ball doesn't squirt out if Wright jumps on the ball. Anything can happen but not on an illegal bat.
