CBS Sports reports loophole likely to be shut down
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CBS Sports analysis reveals the rulebook's ambiguity: it permits a 12th-man holder on the field during kickoffs but does not explicitly state whether a tee must be used, allowing the Eagles' tactic to remain legal until a formal rule change.
“During a kickoff or safety kick, the kicking team may also use a designated holder to hold the ball.”
NFL rulebookPhiladelphia Eagles team using the kickoff tacticJake Elliott Eagles kickerBraden Mann Eagles punterRichard Hightower Bears special teams coordinatorNFL league governing body
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1 outlet NFL likely to shut down rulebook loophole Eagles have been exploiting for the past two weeks
first by CBS Sports, 18h ago
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In our internal engineering standards we clarify it with: recommended, mandatory, and mandatory retrofit. Recommended is a best practice, you should probably do it unless you have a specific reason not to. There’s no special permissions needed not to do it, but you better be prepared to defend the decision if something goes sideways. Mandatory…
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Interesting considering I asked what you disagree with that I said and your first response is “you talk like a fucking fruitcake” and just proceeded to spaz. I hope you being allowed to verbally bang your head against a wall has been cathartic for you. I did. That’s where I got that definition that I provided you. Do you think so highly of me to…
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No one should want the refs to make more subjective decisions. I can’t think of a kick so far this year that this has really mattered to be honest. It’s not like every kickoff is being muffed. It hasn’t happened once. They can ban it outright for all I care, nothing would have changed.
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Do I hate the eagles? Yes. Do I hate someone exploiting a gap in the rules? Hell no. That is always funny and it is something that every team can do, so you can’t get mad a tactic you are freely able to use. Let them do it as much as they want.
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They make flat tees for fg in high school. Making a tee mandatory won’t change the angle. Kickers will just adjust to a different height. Why not make a tee 1/8th of an inch. Just a flat platform.
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What I think is funny is that every coach covers their mouth when they call plays. They know they’re being watched. They know this because they are likely watching.
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There is a fun nature to hate on the eagles particularly, but tbf the Steelers didn't exactly go to the super bowl last year with the plays success lol
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Sirianai does something according to the rules "LOOPHOLE" Loopholes are done according to the rules in a way the writer of the rule didn't expect.
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You’re allowed to have a holder on the field as long as they run off. Not sure how this is a loophole at all.
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I mean ya, that's how rules are suppose to be. If a rule is being misused why is it crazy to fix it?
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The wall: 40MillyVanillyGrams Watching you backpedal with every comment has been cathartic thanks
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Game changers. Changes to the game such that the game, can never be played the same way again.
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So if you take away the three best qbs in our franchise history we suck? Riveting.
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Why cant one of the other 10 guys hold it for the punter, so they'd just have 11?
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