Can anyone tell me why the personal foul penalty yardage at the end of the play where Wilson was sacked for a huge loss (towards the late stages of the 4th quarter) wasn’t tacked on to the end of the play? The Seahawks would have been looking at a 2nd and 43 yards to go for a first (they ended up making a first down on the subsequent 2nd and 28 or so play).
I always thought they did that when the foul was committed at the end of a play.
Maybe Pete Carroll reverted to his old USC cheating days.....
:-)
I’m not sure why it wasn’t treated as a seperate penalty. But - on the next play Matthews had an illegal use of the hands and it would have been first down regardless:
From the web:
“Packers LB Clay Matthews with a sack of Seahawks QB Russell Wilson in the third quarter!
A personal foul on the Seahawks was declined — with a loss of 15 on the sack.
On third-and-19, Russell Wilson completed a 29-yard pass down the field to WR Doug Baldwin. An “illegal use of hands” penalty was called on Clay Matthews — and it was first-and-10 for the Seahawks.”