I made it clear I limited my comments to this season, because the original article focused on this season’s stats because it focused on THIS YEAR’S Super Bowl teams. The “roughing the kicker” penalty the Herald incorrectly referred to was a “running into the kicker penalty,” a lesser penalty. I saw the game and it was not a vicious hit, but a slight bump caused by the defender being off-balance as he lunged to block the kick.

I made it clear I limited my comments to THIS season, because the original article focused on THIS season’s stats because it focused on THIS YEAR’S Super Bowl teams

OKay, I'm going to reserve my right to comment further to you, but based upon your past two posts my way, you are tempting me to simply cut the convo after this post.

Why?

Because FIRST -- two posts ago -- you cited a "recount" of roughing 2014 penalties even tho I clearly mentioned in posts #1 & #44 that roughing stats referenced in this thread were three-season totals.

Now, you somehow claim that the "original article" itself "focused on THIS YEAR'S Super Bowl teams."

'Fess up, Steve_Seattle, are you reader-challenged -- or what?

Go back to said "original article" and jump down to paragraph 4...WHAT does it say?

"Over THE PAST THREE YEARS

the Seahawks have done something no one in the white-socks-and-black-shoes, stuck-in-the-1950s NFL ever dreamed possible, or legal.

SINCE 2012

Seattle has been at the top of the NFL in wins (tied with 36), Super Bowl appearances

and ...PENALTIES.

Now onto paragraph 5, right after the above:

"The best team in the league has been penalized so many times (416)

IN THE LAST THREE SEASONS

that I'm pretty sure the fluorescent yellow trim on the Seahawks uniforms is actually just residue from all the penalty flags."

Did you REALLY just waste minutes of my life having to capitalize, underline, italicize, and large-font obvious phrases THRICE referencing THREE seasons and "since 2012"???

I think (not a forecast, tho) we're done. Your basic "intake" level is apparently zero -- even AFTER the last post when I gave you an op to correct yourself. If you have to be thusly "hand-held" in this forum, then you need some remedial education before you bounce back in here.

Either that, or the reality may be that there are some fans so blinded by their fan identity that they eyes won't accept basic plain facts right in front of their noses.

Certainly, if you humble yourself and apologize, who would I be to ignore that, given that I've done the same thing too often to God, Himself???

“...but a slight bump caused by the defender being off-balance as he lunged to block the kick.”

And if the GB kicker hadn’t shanked the ball (smart move on his part), Chancellor would have touched the ball first and then bumped into the kicker - no penalty.

Hmm. Could a kicker shank the ball to someone to catch and make a touchdown/ first down? I would guess so - except the kick would happen too fast for anyone to get into position to catch it.