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re: Why can’t Offensive Linemen block past the line of scrimmage?
Posted on 1/18/20 at 5:40 pm to Genestealer55
Posted on 1/18/20 at 5:40 pm to Genestealer55
Geez man. Relax.
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Posted on 1/18/20 at 5:42 pm to Undertow
In all honesty though man, you asked kind of a dumb question. You should expect responses like this when you ask why linemen can't block downfiekd or release downfield to distract the defense or engage with linebackers or dbs in pass coverage. That's just dumb man. That's too much of an advantage for the offense to have. If you allowed that, teams wouldnscore damn near everytime they had the ball if they could pass at all. It's common sense man.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 5:43 pm to DaBike
I’m not upset about the rule. I realized there was probably a good reason for the rule. I just didn’t know what it was. You people are ruthless.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 5:46 pm to Undertow
Hey, why cant defenders knock the shite out of a wide reciever, knock their dicks in the dirt, and interfere with them past 5 yards downfield? You see? It's kind of self explanatory isnt it?
This post was edited on 1/18/20 at 5:47 pm
Posted on 1/18/20 at 5:48 pm to ImayGoLesMiles
Sure. I’m a dumbass, I guess. Sorry I asked.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 5:52 pm to Undertow
quote:
I’m not upset about the rule. I realized there was probably a good reason for the rule. I just didn’t know what it was. You people are ruthless.
Why would you think it’s ok for lineman to run downfield and confuse defenders as to who they should defend? You realize o-linemen are ineligible to receive passes right? You might as well ask why Olinemen are not allowed to catch passes..it would be the same thing.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 5:52 pm to Undertow
quote:
Sure. I’m a dumbass, I guess. Sorry I asked.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 5:54 pm to Undertow
No downfield on pass play because it is the rule ! Why ? Because it is the rule.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 5:58 pm to rsbd
Any blocking downfield before the pass is thrown in offensive PI
Posted on 1/18/20 at 6:03 pm to Undertow
It’s a fairness rule. Defensive back have to defend eligible receivers. If you want to overload the defensive backs, you would send a few ineligible players out on pass routes to draw defenders. Going downfield on a pass play is an act that only eligible receivers can do.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 6:04 pm to I20goon
quote:
If they go 5 yds downfield and lay down and look at the clouds it's still a penalty
That made me lol, also valid points
Posted on 1/18/20 at 6:05 pm to Undertow
It is probably just to simplify the job for the refs (which already have a difficult time with). There isn’t much of a reason for a lineman to be downfield other than something that would be illegal. Blocking before a pass, catch a pass, etc. Thats the only logical explanation I have.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 6:08 pm to Genestealer55
quote:No, not at all.
The way you ask it makes it seem you’re the only one who has asked it in 100 years.
The way he asked seemed like an honest question to understand the why behind the rule.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 6:09 pm to Undertow
Because it's offensive pi
Posted on 1/18/20 at 6:09 pm to ImayGoLesMiles
quote:You guys have some serious struggles with simple reading comprehension.
Really? It's because it's the fricking rule dude. That's why.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 6:11 pm to ImayGoLesMiles
quote:Common sense tells me if you release a couple of offensive linemen on the snap, you'll have 1-2 defensive dudes coming in untouched, so I'm interested to hear how a team would score every time with defensive players getting free runs at the QB.
If you allowed that, teams wouldnscore damn near everytime they had the ball if they could pass at all. It's common sense man.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 6:12 pm to ImayGoLesMiles
quote:You're the guy who called the OP upset, and you're melting the hardest in this thread.
Hey, why cant defenders knock the shite out of a wide reciever, knock their dicks in the dirt, and interfere with them past 5 yards downfield? You see? It's kind of self explanatory isnt it?
Your overreaction here is pretty wild, man.
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Posted on 1/18/20 at 6:13 pm to tigernnola
quote:
No downfield on pass play because it is the rule ! Why ? Because it is the rule.
What a bunch of pompous dickheads! Someone asks a serious question about the reasoning behind a rule, and the best most of you can come up with is “because it is the rule”.
Good thing message boards were not around when Sir Isaac Newton wondered why an apple fell and hit him in the head. He would have been ridiculed with this response: “Because it just does”.
May had God blesses your children whenever they asked why the sky was blue or why does it rain....just because.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 6:44 pm to ImayGoLesMiles
quote:
Really? It's because it's the fricking rule dude. That's why.
No, you didn’t answer why. I don’t know why are getting so pissy about this question. Yes we all know it’s a rule that’s been around forever. WHY was the rule first enacted? What scenario is the rule intended to prevent?
What was football like before the rule?
If you can’t answer this simple question then STFU. There’s no reason to get offended by it like a twat.
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