Chop blocks "in the flow of the play" (or some other weird vernacular) are still legal. You can't go low on somebody that's already engaged and you can't do it from outside the box, going in (a wide receiver split out wide coming in to chop block a DL).
Pretty sure you can't dive at legs, especially not from the side no matter how out of position you are. Otherwise the Broncos would still be winning SB's. Speaking of complaining about no calls. Did anyone notice brady getting away with grounding? I saw him throw a ball into the ground as he was falling due to a sack attempt while he was still within the tackle box and the ball did not get to the LOS. Like a few yards short. I thought you had to get out of the tackle box and clear the LOS with the pass, but he did neither. The refs looked at each other, then just kind of went on with no call. Am i misinterpreting the rule?
" Intentional grounding will be called when a passer, facing an imminent loss of yardage due to pressure from the defense, throws a forward pass without a realistic chance of completion. Intentional grounding will not be called when a passer, while out of the pocket and facing an imminent loss of yardage, throws a pass that lands at or beyond the line of scrimmage, even if no offensive player(s) have a realistic chance to catch the ball (including if the ball lands out of bounds over the sideline or end line)."
Yep, I saw that on the highlights (didn't watch the game live) and I couldn't believe it wasn't called. He just threw it straight into the ground as he was going down inside the pocket. Even the commentators didn't say anything, which led me to google the rule to make sure that it was still in and I hadn't missed it being taken out this year. I don't think that I've seen one IG call this year in any game to be honest.
You could see the guy look down at his knee\ankle and then dive at it... looked pretty cheap to me. Legal or not it should be made illegal.
When the quarterback is hit as they throw the ball and the ball kind of goes towards a direction of a wide receiver, they tend to give the quarterback the benefit of the doubt that he is trying to throw it to someone.
at least a trip? he really didn't block him he grabbed his ankle, but unfortunately the refs have diarrhea of the eyes when the pats are on offense.
Happened a lot with Cutler this season. He basically spikes the ball down in the ground in front of a receiver/RB as he is about to be sacked. There is never a realistic chance of a catch, but they never rule it intentional grounding.