Link: Patriots' Trick Play That Got John Harbaugh Mad That's Similar To Bama's Trick Play

B1GTide said:

Harbaugh has a point - if you tell the ref, the ref has to tell the defense and they also generally allow the defense time to locate the player on the field before allowing the offense to snap the ball. Harbaugh was not upset that the Pats did this - he was upset that the refs did not handle it properly. The refs let the Pats rush to the LOS and snap the ball immediately after declaring the player ineligible.

The refs deserve criticism for this, but the only reason that it came up in post game interviews is because someone asked him about the penalty that he incurred when trying to get the refs to do the right thing.

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B1GTide said:

Harbaugh has a point - if you tell the ref, the ref has to tell the defense and they also generally allow the defense time to locate the player on the field before allowing the offense to snap the ball. Harbaugh was not upset that the Pats did this - he was upset that the refs did not handle it properly. The refs let the Pats rush to the LOS and snap the ball immediately after declaring the player ineligible.

The refs deserve criticism for this, but the only reason that it came up in post game interviews is because someone asked him about the penalty that he incurred when trying to get the refs to do the right thing.

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TideMan09 said:

I saw this article about John Harbaugh was having a fit over this trick play & actually learned that when a team..

"Sends out only four offensive linemen, with six players normally considered eligible receivers, one of whom reports as ineligible.. This ineligible player tells the ref, and the ref has to tell the defensive captain."..

I had no idea that the ineligible player has to tell the Ref he's ineligible & the Ref has to tell the defensive captain that player is ineligible..Isn't that the defenses problem to figure out who's ineligible & which players they should be covering by adjusting as the offense lines up in a certain formation..I didn't know Refs are supposed to tell the defensive captain which player is ineligible during a play..That's why they practice for an offense & watch game films to prepare for any situation or trick plays..

This is the play that Harbaugh was whining about & ran onto the field protesting it..It's pretty similar to our "Fat Guy" trick play(as it's called..LOL), we used to help beat The Swamp Kittens, I thought it was interesting cause Bama ran a similar play The Patriots' scored a TD with & Bama had a big play with a similar formation as well..After the game Tom Brady said "Maybe those guys gotta study the rule book and figure it out,"

I actually learned something new bout an ineligible player, the ineligible player has to tell the Ref that he's ineligible, then the Refs are supposed to relay that to the defensive captain before the play(if I understand the article right)..Is this just in the NFL or does this happen on the college level as well??..Was this a legal or an illegal play???..I hope one of you smart football rules book minds will chime in & explain if Harbaugh is right or is Brady right & this is a legal play..

Here's The Link To Bama's "Fat Guy" Trick Play..CLICK ME

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CrimsonPride said:

This was discussed in detail on the NFL Network after the game. The player told the ref that he was ineligible and the ref then told the defense that this guy is ineligible. What more is the ref supposed to do?

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gamersfuel said:

the play was perfectly legal. was Gronk the TE on that catch? if so, they should have had an eye on him whereas on our play nobody probably thought about our offensive lineman/TE

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230kv_barehand said:

Did the refs even tell the defense? I remember him reporting ineligible when it was live but it happened so fast I can't remember what the ref done immediately after.

Like someone else mentioned about the crews that I agree with, let the crews work together and quit using these "all star" crews that are not used to working together.

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AlexanderFan said:

Also what helped was that a player with an eligible receiver number reported ineligible and split out wide. Now he was covered up by another player, making him ineligible anyway, so Baltimore should've recognized that.

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RTR91 said:

I'm not sure the Ravens had time to recognize it as fast as the Patriots snapped the ball.


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