DJ Moore should not have been penalized for helmet removal

[KSpan]

7 minutes ago, JawnyBlaze said:

I’ve never ever seen a player flagged for taking their helmet off to celebrate out of bounds. I’ve seen it a few times in the end zone or on the regular field. Aka in the field of play. 

Please... DJ was not thinking about the field or wording of a rule when the helmet came off. This argument is ludicrous. Helmet stays on, flag doesn't get thrown. It's that simple and the team will learn from it. Hell, might make DJ even more fiery.

Edited October 31, 2022 by KSpan

[DeAngelo Beason]

NFL officiating continues to be, without question, the worst in all of sports.

[Purrnicious]

Did Cam get flagged last year when he took his helmet off against Arizona? I can't remember. 

[Mr. Scot]

6 minutes ago, KSpan said:

Please... DJ was not thinking about the field or wording of a rule when the helmet came off. This argument is ludicrous. Helmet stays on, flag doesn't get thrown. It's that simple and the team will learn from it. Hell, might make DJ even more fiery.

Possible, but what he was thinking doesn't really matter.

What he did should not have been penalized.

Edited October 31, 2022 by Mr. Scot

[The Lobo]

1 minute ago, Purrnicious said:

Did Cam get flagged last year when he took his helmet off against Arizona? I can't remember. 

He did, but I believe it was bc he was in the endzone when he took it off. 

[NAS]

1 minute ago, Purrnicious said:

Did Cam get flagged last year when he took his helmet off against Arizona? I can't remember. 

I don't think so

[The Lobo]

5 minutes ago, KSpan said:

Please... DJ was not thinking about the field or wording of a rule when the helmet came off. This argument is ludicrous. Helmet stays on, flag doesn't get thrown. It's that simple and the team will learn from it. Hell, might make DJ even more fiery.

True, but it doesn’t matter what he was thinking, it happened out of bounds therefore it should not have been a penalty. 

[Floppin]

2 minutes ago, Purrnicious said:

Did Cam get flagged last year when he took his helmet off against Arizona? I can't remember. 

yeah

[The Lobo]

Just now, NAS said:

I don't think so

Oh, I thought he did bc Rhule said something about it and cam said “say less”. Or something along those lines. 

[TheCasillas]

I just wish there was some mechanism in place to hold these refs accountable. It is insane how much they can control the game. 

[JawnyBlaze]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Possible, but what he was thinking doesn't really matter.

What he did should not have been penalized.

Exactly

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, The Lobo said:

Oh, I thought he did bc Rhule said something about it and cam said “say less”. Or something along those lines. 

I was thinking that he was also but I couldn't remember for sure.

[Zaximus]

The refs were doing all they could to slow down the Panthers and make the game more even.  I wasn't surprised at all when they finally find some bogus call to make because these rules are put in place for them to make judgement calls like this..... for reasons.  Nothing will ever come of this so don't expect that.

[Harbingers]

33 minutes ago, JawnyBlaze said:

I’ve never ever seen a player flagged for taking their helmet off to celebrate out of bounds. I’ve seen it a few times in the end zone or on the regular field. Aka in the field of play. 

Cam last year was clearly out of bounds but he was flagged. 
 

Im wondering if DJ came back into the end zone and that’s why they flagged it because it took a long time for that flag to show up I was sure it was an unsportsmanlike conduction celebration penalty not a removal of helmet. 
 

Either way the refs were looking for anything to throw a flag on. 

Edited October 31, 2022 by Harbingers