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Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic

OMFG. The people commenting on that Tweet are dumb AF. The official informed the defense that 72 was an eligible receiver.

The people commenting think the officials didn't tell the Ravens that an ineligible player had reported as eligible, and we scored only because the official failed to do his job, therefore cheating the Ravens by creating an unfair advantage for our offense.

If John Harbaugh thought we scored a TD with a pass to an offensive linemen, because the official failed to inform the defense he reported as eligible, he would have had a stroke or aneurysm on National television.

Also, near the goal line, or on 3rd or 4th down with a yard or two to go, teams will often have an extra offensive lineman report as eligible to allow them to be on or near the LOS, depending the formation and personnel. They have to technically report because they are wearing an ineligible number.

This is a very common occurrence, and defenses sometimes assume the extra lineman is there just as an extra blocker or big body to help with the push on a running play that is attempting to pick up the 1st down, or attempting to score. Sometimes, offensive coordinators will have an ineligible player report just to give the defense something extra to think about.

The idiots making comments on the tweet are just clueless. Some even act like BB and the Patriots started doing this to cheat or exploit a loophole in the rule book, and that it's obviously cheating if the Patriots did it too.

JTFC.

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People would rather believe a conspiracy than believe their team (who has been touted to be the best in the league) got fooled that badly.