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Matt Rhule: Browns should have been penalized on spike before winning field goal

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ARTICLE about our scrub coach:


Panthers coach Matt Rhule says the Browns got away with a penalty on the play before their game-winning field goal today.

With the clock running and seconds ticking off, Browns quarterback Jacoby Brissett spiked the ball to stop the clock. But Brissett appeared to be briefly considering a fake spike, and he briefly looked up to see if he had a receiver open before stepping back and spiking the ball. By rule, spikes to stop the clock have to be immediate, or else they’re intentional grounding, and an official threw a flag for that. But the official who threw the flag was overruled for reasons Rhule said after the game that he didn’t understand.

“I started screaming, ‘Intentional grounding, 10-second runoff, game’s about to be over.’ They obviously called it and then changed it, and it was told to me that — I’m going to get in trouble here, but — it was told to me he just pump-faked it,” Rhule said.

Referee Brad Rogers explained after the game, “After discussion, we determined that stepping back does not disqualify the quarterback from spiking the ball and we allowed him to do that by rule.”

Browns kicker Cade York nailed a 58-yard field goal after the spike. If the intentional grounding had been called, it would have moved the Browns far enough back that they probably would have tried a Hail Mary instead of a field goal. It was a costly non-call for the Panthers.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/11/matt-rhule-browns-should-have-been-penalized-on-spike-before-winning-field-goal/

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2 minutes ago, Jaxel said:

The refs know they got it wrong, but they don't get punished. Is what is is you have to move on.

It’s amazing that the players and coaches have to be held to impeccable  standards yet the idiot officials who literally represent the shield can do whatever they please with no consequences. They’re just old men who hate being told that their wrong.

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yes. they should have. and the roughing the passer personal foul was nonsense. 

but you remember your first year here when we would lose every game by poor clock management? that our offense would be moving the ball effectively in a 2 min. drill situation and we would inexplicably attempt to settle for a field goal after driving the length of the field? 

THAT is the real problem. your players are on the field executing. they're focused and they're moving the chains and then the play call is 3 straight dives and dumping in a field goal. there's no trust from the coach to the players. he cut them off at the knees. we could have buried them for good with one more first down. we left them way too much time for only choosing to secure 3 points. he lost games like this all through his first two years. 

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