Not a face mask in the NFL?

[Kevin Greene]

Seeing Cam's helmet was starting to raise up the defender immediatley took the opportunity to grasp the helmet and remove it from his head.

Got it.

[mc52beast]

If you're helmet's still strapped on,its 15 yards.

[CRA]

Mike Pereira explained that once his helmet starts to become dislodged, defenders are allowed to grab the face mask. And since he is the former head of officiating, he should know the rules.

Yep....adding to that Cam is viewed as a RB in that situation. RBs don't get bs calls like that

[Kevin Greene]

Point was and is if it was Brady you'd have flags come in from 3 directions. That's all I want. :D

[Herbert The Love Bug]

The guy obviously grabbed his helmet intentionally, and threw it. That should be a 15 penalty no matter what. Regardless if the helmet was dislodged or whatever you know-it-alls were saying. It is unnecessary roughness and unsportsmanlike conduct. Personal foul 15 yards. It was a penalty and to say it wasn't is stupid.

[CRA]

Looked like the defender was going for his head to me, which is the issue I find, not the fact that the helmet became dislodged or the facemask was touched.

Cam isn't a QB at that point. Defenders can hit and grab a RB's head.

[rainwater]

The guy obviously grabbed his helmet intentionally, and threw it. That should be a 15 penalty no matter what. Regardless if the helmet was dislodged or whatever you know-it-alls were saying. It is unnecessary roughness and unsportsmanlike conduct. Personal foul 15 yards. It was a penalty and to say it wasn't is stupid.

Yeah, the former head of officiating even says it's not penalty. Forget rules, they should throw a flag and make up their own rules.

[Wither]

Cam isn't a QB at that point. Defenders can hit and grab a RB's head.

I know; it just seemed unnecessary. Even more unnecessary than the late hit by Anderon which wasn't even a big deal.

[setzer2030]

Point was and is if it was Brady you'd have flags come in from 3 directions. That's all I want. :D

I hate Tom Brady, but I'm not sure if this is true. He doesn't scramble too often and that has to be taken into account. When running is part of your game (Newton, Vick, The Golden Calf of Bristol) you're not gonna get as many of those calls.

[bleys]

they gave us an apology with that non PI call Godfrey did

which wasn't enough considering Smitty never really pushed off on his PI call..

[rainwater]

which wasn't enough considering Smitty never really pushed off on his PI call..

He definitely pushed off. It is just a matter of whether or not it was enough to warrant a penalty.

[jtnc]

Payback?

[Panthers128]

It's a facemask on Gross.

[bleys]

He definitely pushed off. It is just a matter of whether or not it was enough to warrant a penalty.

it wasn't warranted.. hence, he didn't really push off..