Week 6 other games thread

[pbmax]

Is there a difference between being pushed into the ball versus pushed into the returner trying to catch the ball?

Nope, but there is a difference between passive and blocking from PFT:

NFL Rule 9, Article 2, Section 4 says that “a player is not considered to have touched the ball if he is blocked into it by an opponent, provided he is in a passive position and not blocking. A player who is engaged with and blocking his opponent when he contacts the ball is deemed to have touched the ball.” So what it comes down to is a judgment call by the officials: Was the Dallas player engaged and blocking? Or was he in a passive position?

[denverYooper]

Nope, but there is a difference between passive and blocking from PFT:

NFL Rule 9, Article 2, Section 4 says that “a player is not considered to have touched the ball if he is blocked into it by an opponent, provided he is in a passive position and not blocking. A player who is engaged with and blocking his opponent when he contacts the ball is deemed to have touched the ball.” So what it comes down to is a judgment call by the officials: Was the Dallas player engaged and blocking? Or was he in a passive position?

Looked like he was blocking to me.

Shanny went from red to purple on that one.

[denverYooper]

@mikefreemanNFL if only the rest of the league was allowed to block like the Patriots on their GW drive pic.twitter.com/nTyI0pBrSa

[hoosier]

Let's take a moment to savor one of the beautiful images from the first half of the season: