PITTSBURGH STEELERS SHOULD BE IN THE PLAYOFFS.
Posted January 1, 2014
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In the Kansas City Chiefs-San Diego Chargers game last Sunday, with only four seconds remaining on the clock, the Chiefs’ Ryan Succop trotted onto the field and then missed a 41-yard field goal. But wait. The Chargers had lined up with an illegal formation and had the refs seen it, the play would have been run again, but this time closer to the uprights. Sorry, said the refs, illegal formations are not reviewable. Excuse me? I had always thought the purpose of a rule was to make sure that justice was served and that no team be allowed to win if they committed a rules violation. Not so, said the NFL. But had this rule not been in effect, Succop would have had a second chance, even closer to the uprights, and had he hit it, the Pittsburgh Pirates would have been in the playoffs. If I were attending the post-season owners’ meeting, that’s one rule I would definitely recommend be changed.
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