lol. Well done, Twitter.

[Merlin]

Fournette had about 100 at the END of the 1st quarter....
Fournette had 30 yards the rest of the night....

But I feel ya....seemed like he was setting up their play-action passes pretty good.

Point was that he was churnin the feet hard on every carry and wasn't easy to bring down with the yards after contact. Wasn't much after the big run but he was still keepin those feet going so you gotta wrap a dude like that up. So in that way I understand why Quinn slammed him there.

 

[Soul Surfer]

Quinn placed him on the ground VERY gently. I saw a body slam without the slam...

I hope Quinn doesn't do anything to me "very gently".
I would be in a body cast.

 

[DaveFan'51]

View: https://twitter.com/LateRoundQB/status/919656073270910977

I don't think I have ever seen anything like this^ in a football game before!!:rolllaugh:Hilarious!!

 

[LesBaker]

It has nothing to do with breaking tackles you guys, he threw a player down after forward progress was stopped. If I know the rule how does he not know? I'm sure he does now.

This is one of those stupid penalties that's totally avoidable and at the wrong time can hurt a team.

It's not a BS call at all, it was a dumb mistake on Quinn's part.

 

[sjm1582002]

It has nothing to do with breaking tackles you guys, he threw a player down after forward progress was stopped. If I know the rule how does he not know? I'm sure he does now.

This is one of those stupid penalties that's totally avoidable and at the wrong time can hurt a team.

It's not a BS call at all, it was a dumb mistake on Quinn's part.

I agree.

Also looked like Quinn repeatedly lined up in the neutral zone, but was only flagged once.

I'm ready to see more of Longacre and the rookies.

 

[-X-]

he threw a player down after forward progress was stopped. If I know the rule how does he not know? I'm sure he does now.

If there's no whistle, there's no reason to stop. As I recall, that whistle came late - as he was starting to ragdoll that punkass Jags RB to the ground. I could be wrong about the timing of that whistle, so I'll post that play later on when I get home. The key will be when that whistle was actually blown though.

 

[LesBaker]

If there's no whistle, there's no reason to stop. As I recall, that whistle came late - as he was starting to ragdoll that punkass Jags RB to the ground. I could be wrong about the timing of that whistle, so I'll post that play later on when I get home. The key will be when that whistle was actually blown though.

It's not just an after the whistle penalty though that's the thing. If forward progress is stopped or the player is being pushed backwards you can't toss him, if you do the refs can flag it. That's why you don't see this happen very often, everyone seems to know it's a penalty except Quinn. Unless it was out of frustration, which could happen.

And lets face it, refs are flag happy so it pays to err on the side of caution.

 

[-X-]

If forward progress is stopped or the player is being pushed backwards you can't toss him, if you do the refs can flag it.

Only if the play is whistled dead. Players aren't required to figure out when progress is stopped. That's the ref's job to tell them. We've all seen players get out of a grasp, break free, and pick up a bunch of extra yards. If Quinn lets Fournette go, and there's no whistle, then he can take off running.

Like I said though, we'll reexamine it later. Every week gives us the opportunity to microanalyse a play that had no bearing on the outcome. Lol.

 

[Ellard80]

I've seen sooooo many times that the player gets blasted even after the whistle is blowing... they never ever ever call it...

I couldn't believe they called that on Quinn.

 

[LesBaker]

Only if the play is whistled dead. Players aren't required to figure out when progress is stopped. That's the ref's job to tell them. We've all seen players get out of a grasp, break free, and pick up a bunch of extra yards. If Quinn lets Bortles go, and there's no whistle, then he can take off running.

Like I said though, we'll reexamine it later. Every week gives us the opportunity to microanalyse a play that had no bearing on the outcome. Lol.

I'm repeating what one of the experts said last year (IIRC) when a similar played occurred and a flag was thrown. Also I don't think it's the players responsibility to know that either but if that;s what happens it can be flagged. That's my recollection of the explanation.

@Ellard80 it's ticky tacky, like calling an illegal formation because a guy is a few inches off the line. But that's what we have.

I've never understood illegal formations, teams should be able to line up guys anywhere they want IMO.

 

[LesBaker]

I'm ready to see more of Longacre and the rookies.

I've seen all I need to see from Longacre. Put him in.

After all he's from that football factory Northwest Missouri State, how can he not be great. Haha.

What position did he play in college?