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Originally Posted by Chief Pagan
The studio ref analyst agreed the rule was clear and the call was correct.
It is a bright line rule. Although I agree you could write the rule so it was like roughing the passer where it didn't matter whether the ball had sailed by or hit the ground.
Teams aren't throwing on fourth down all that much.
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That’s the natural comparison, isn’t it? QB fires a ball on a swing or something, short/quick pass that goes straight into the dirt. Then the DL smokes him after the ball hits.
Are we really going to argue that should be a dead ball foul?
It’s just an odd application of that rule and one that I think they should fix/clarify. I hate targeting but that’s EXACTLY the kind of thing it exists to prevent and the Rams really didn’t suffer for it.