[massgopguy]

You can’t block before a Reception. That’s A) Offensive Interference or B) A Pick.

[dmz]

You can’t block before a Reception. That’s A) Offensive Interference or B) A Pick.

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Looked simultaneous to me. And for the record, I dislike Manning more than I dislike Brady. Weird, eh?

Manning had the misfortune, by accident of birth, to becom famous as a quarterback on a team with a horseshoe on the helmet while not playing in Baltimore.

[alancarp]

Looks to me like both receivers were in the area and Welker could have easily caught the ball had his teammate not been there.

As for the incident: if you’re gonna “take out” another player with intent, then certainly you’d prepare for the hit. It’s pretty obvious in the video that Welker was looking toward the ball and not the Patriot defender... and was not braced for a hit.

If anything is now despicable about this play, it’s Belichick’s characterization of this video. THAT should be fined by the league.

(P.S. - I have no rooting interest in this either way)

[ScottfromNJ]

“You can’t block before a Reception. That’s A) Offensive Interference or B) A Pick.”

Well the Pats have been using those borderline illegal picks for years under Belichick. Didn’t they pretty much invent those plays?

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

You can’t block before a Reception. That’s A) Offensive Interference or B) A Pick.

You're one of the few here familiar with the rules.