WTF happened on the illegal double punt?

[HE WITH HORNS]

How in the hell was that not our ball, 10 yards back from where he kicked it, or at least at the spot of the illegal kick?

NFL has some splainin' to do.

 

[hotanez]

Refs fucked up

 

[Tano]

And I want to know how in hell there wasn't at least an illegal man downfield.

Probably half the Seahawk team must have been downfield on that kick.

Or have they changed the rule?

 

[Mackeyser]

They missed the call. Because the refs weren't paying attention to the spot of the 2nd kick, they gave it to Seattle that the kick was behind the LOS and unlike a pass, you CAN double kick it... but the ball cannot go past the LOS. Because of the block, the ball didn't... until the kicker carried it past the LOS to do the double kick.

So yeah, they messed up, but man... whoda thunk THAT would have happened???

If it had been one of those crazy windy days like in Soldier Field and the punter kicked it and after going forward X yards, the wind blew it back, then the kicker would NOT be allowed to kick it again.

At least, that's the explanation we got.

Expect THAT to be a rule change come next year...

 

[HE WITH HORNS]

Like if you try to pass the ball, and it gets batted down, you can't throw the ball again, especially beyond the line of scrimmage. Total failure by the refs. We would have easily gotten a FG there at the very least.

 

[Psycho_X]

To put it simply, The refs fucked up.

 

[Karate61]

This ref would of made the right call!

 

[XXXIVwin]

Double punt?! Seahawks' Michael Dickson pulls it off against Rams

Dickson's initial punt was blocked, and what he did next had a lot of people scratching their heads.

www.espn.com

 

[Memento]

I was irate. Whorebert's crew was fucking awful the whole game, but this was particularly bad.

 

[FrantikRam]

It actually wasn't across the LOS, so I guess it was legal

 

[XXXIVwin]

Not sure the refs fucked up.

Rulebook apparently allows a second punt from behind the LOS if the first was blocked.

LOS was the 21. Second punt occurred almost exactly on the 21 yard line. Was extremely close as to whether 2nd punt was behind LOS or not.

 

[FaulkSF]

They missed the call. Because the refs weren't paying attention to the spot of the 2nd kick, they gave it to Seattle that the kick was behind the LOS and unlike a pass, you CAN double kick it... but the ball cannot go past the LOS. Because of the block, the ball didn't... until the kicker carried it past the LOS to do the double kick.

So yeah, they messed up, but man... whoda thunk THAT would have happened???

If it had been one of those crazy windy days like in Soldier Field and the punter kicked it and after going forward X yards, the wind blew it back, then the kicker would NOT be allowed to kick it again.

At least, that's the explanation we got.

Expect THAT to be a rule change come next year...

Agreed. Would have called it illegal man downfield. That rule should have applied. But... Refs are humans, they make errors. I hope they learn and review film.

We got the W tho. Enjoy it!!

 

[SteezyEndo]

Rugby rules in effect…That was interesting.

 

[HE WITH HORNS]

Something has to be reviewed about this rule, because I'm pretty sure it shouldn't happen like that.

 

[BriansRams]

This ref would of made the right call!
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I'd for sure be ejected for touching the ref.

 

[XXXIVwin]

Mike Perreira on Twitter clarifies that refs got it RIGHT on that play tonight.

Only illegal on second punt if: both ball and punter's entire body are beyond the LOS. Clearly, punter's entire body was NOT beyond the LOS (the 21-yard line).

Hey, for those who want the rule changed, that's understandable. But don't blame the refs on this particular play, because they adhered to the current rules to the letter.

https://mobile.twitter.com/MikePereira?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

 

[rdlkgliders]

 

[BriansRams]

What would have been amazing, hilarious, and possible never happen again in history ... is if it were blocked twice!!!!
Look how close Funk is.

 

[Mackeyser]

Double punt?! Seahawks' Michael Dickson pulls it off against Rams

Dickson's initial punt was blocked, and what he did next had a lot of people scratching their heads.

www.espn.com

ESPN is wrong. The LOS was the 20 and he punted it the second time from the 22.

 

[Mackeyser]

How about big ups for Jamir Jones! Great block!