...vindicates him. It's not like there was a defender busting thru.
If it was blocked, guess what, kick it higher......Parkey didn't look to be swinging it all that well on his attempts anyway.............
Yeah, no penetration at all. Have to kick it high enough to clear the line. No great leap or anything either just your basic reaching of hands in the air like every FG attempt ever.
When is the NFL Rules Committee going get some sense and rule out the last-second timeout when opponent is going for a field goal?
Not as simple as it sounds when you try to make one play the exception to rules that otherwise apply.
How do you define "going for a field goal"? Does a team have to notify the officials that they will really kick the FG and not try a fake?
And do the officials then notify the other team that, hey, they said they're going to kick the FG, so you can't call a timeout?
And is the supposedly kicking team then precluded from a pass or run even if, say, the snap is bobbled?
Also, NYG fans should have fond memories of the timeout maneuver. Coughlin loved it and famously used it to great effect in the "JPP-blocked-FG" game in Dallas that propelled Giants to Super Bowl.
When is the NFL Rules Committee going get some sense and rule out the last-second timeout when opponent is going for a field goal?
Not as simple as it sounds when you try to make one play the exception to rules that otherwise apply.
How do you define "going for a field goal"? Does a team have to notify the officials that they will really kick the FG and not try a fake?
And do the officials then notify the other team that, hey, they said they're going to kick the FG, so you can't call a timeout?
And is the supposedly kicking team then precluded from a pass or run even if, say, the snap is bobbled?
Also, NYG fans should have fond memories of the timeout maneuver. Coughlin loved it and famously used it to great effect in the "JPP-blocked-FG" game in Dallas that propelled Giants to Super Bowl.
I agree, but isn't there an exception for 12 men on the field now that states "when the snap is imminent" (I think it was applied yesterday in one of the games actually). The idea being to limit the # of meaningless plays to reduce injuries. You could make the icing the kicker something like that, but I don't see it happening.
so he kicked it left of center. But the announcers said there wasn't any wind. So he kicked it to prevent a wind that wasn't there from blowing it and it hit the upright.
RE: Parkey said he thought the wind was going from left to right,
so he kicked it left of center. But the announcers said there wasn't any wind. So he kicked it to prevent a wind that wasn't there from blowing it and it hit the upright.
He should have judge the wind based on his first kick. First kick started in the middle and drifted left, if he started right-center on the 2nd kick, it would have been good
per ESPN, officially changed to a blocked kick from a miss
I see it just fine on the link above. It was definitely tipped/blocked
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Hit the upright
Bounced off the crossbar
Wow
Saw the pictures of Hester's fingers - bruised pretty badly.
Thanks
Haha. Holy shit, bravo
If it was blocked, guess what, kick it higher......Parkey didn't look to be swinging it all that well on his attempts anyway.............
If it was blocked, guess what, kick it higher......Parkey didn't look to be swinging it all that well on his attempts anyway.............
Yeah, no penetration at all. Have to kick it high enough to clear the line. No great leap or anything either just your basic reaching of hands in the air like every FG attempt ever.
He would have kicked it 63 yards straight down the middle would have been good from 73 yards and than miss an extra point the next game.
Agree. You should have to call the TO before the teams are set, not before the snap.
Not as simple as it sounds when you try to make one play the exception to rules that otherwise apply.
How do you define "going for a field goal"? Does a team have to notify the officials that they will really kick the FG and not try a fake?
And do the officials then notify the other team that, hey, they said they're going to kick the FG, so you can't call a timeout?
And is the supposedly kicking team then precluded from a pass or run even if, say, the snap is bobbled?
Also, NYG fans should have fond memories of the timeout maneuver. Coughlin loved it and famously used it to great effect in the "JPP-blocked-FG" game in Dallas that propelled Giants to Super Bowl.
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When is the NFL Rules Committee going get some sense and rule out the last-second timeout when opponent is going for a field goal?
Not as simple as it sounds when you try to make one play the exception to rules that otherwise apply.
How do you define "going for a field goal"? Does a team have to notify the officials that they will really kick the FG and not try a fake?
And do the officials then notify the other team that, hey, they said they're going to kick the FG, so you can't call a timeout?
And is the supposedly kicking team then precluded from a pass or run even if, say, the snap is bobbled?
Also, NYG fans should have fond memories of the timeout maneuver. Coughlin loved it and famously used it to great effect in the "JPP-blocked-FG" game in Dallas that propelled Giants to Super Bowl.
I agree, but isn't there an exception for 12 men on the field now that states "when the snap is imminent" (I think it was applied yesterday in one of the games actually). The idea being to limit the # of meaningless plays to reduce injuries. You could make the icing the kicker something like that, but I don't see it happening.
He should have judge the wind based on his first kick. First kick started in the middle and drifted left, if he started right-center on the 2nd kick, it would have been good
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