They don't call them the "Packers" for nothing.
Posted on 10/11/2022 12:27:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The Chris Jones sack of Derek Carr takes the lead
As football fans, thought nothing could top the roughing the passer penalty called on Grady Jarrett during his fourth-quarter sack of Tom Brady during Sunday’s game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
We were wrong.
During Monday night’s game between the Las Vegas Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs, defensive tackle Chris Jones accomplished something that in over three decades of watching football I did not think was possible.
Commit a roughing the passer penalty while holding the football:
Jones breaks around the edge and tracks Derek Carr down from behind, ripping the football out of his hands and crashing to the turf with the quarterback.
Instead of the Chiefs taking over possession, with a chance to cut into Las Vegas’ 17-7 lead, the Raiders’ drive continued. Las Vegas finished the drive with a field goal, extending their lead to 20-7.
As was the case with the Brady sack on Sunday, the reaction on social media was quick, and filled with shock.
As with the penalty called on Jarrett in his takedown of Brady, the officials likely looked at a portion of the roughing the passer rules when throwing the flag on this play. According to the rules, the following conduct is considered a penalty:
When tackling a passer who is in a defenseless posture (e.g., during or just after throwing a pass), a defensive player must not unnecessarily or violently throw him down or land on top of him with all or most of the defender’s weight. Instead, the defensive player must strive to wrap up the passer with the defensive player’s arms and not land on the passer with all or most of his body weight.
While Jones’ play here might technically qualify as a penalty, it is hard to believe that what he does here in the strip-sack of Carr is consistent with the spirit and purpose of the rules. He is making a football play, ripping the ball out of the quarterback’s hands, and then crashing to the turf in the process, along with Carr.
Asking a defender in Jones’ position to do something different seems like an impossible ask.
After the game on Sunday, Jerome Boger pointed to this portion of the rulebook as the reason for the flag on Jarrett:
We can only anticipate a similar statement following tonight’s game
I am not a Chiefs fan, but these calls are terrible.
Like studio wresting NFL is studio football. Some people think it is real.
I saw it and thought it was jive. Same with the Brady tackle. But the worst ruffing call of the week was this one:
https://nesn.com/2022/10/patriots-mack-wilson-flagged-insanely-soft-roughing-passer-penalty/
Even that didn’t help Detroit who were shut out, going 0-6 (new record) on fourth down!
Joe “turkey” Jones and Terry Bradshaw....
That was roughing the passer in the 70’s even.
Jack Lambert was right, “Quarterbacks should wear dresses”.
They don't call them the "Packers" for nothing.
Tua Tagovailoa could of used some of that protecting...
That dude was a maniac.
Flag football.. anyone?
it’s tackle football
I saw brady get thrown to the ground and draw a flag.
I saw Pittsburg QB Pickett slide in and then he was hammered.
No flag.
It depends on the Refs
Well at least Pickett did slide that time.
Both those calls were massive overreactions to the Tua situation. Just terrible, terrible refball this weekend.
}:-)4
The NFL is trying to get Flag Football added to the Olympics......................
The “L” is silent?
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