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Originally Posted by ThaVirus
“Yeah, he lines up illegally, but so do other tackles.” does nothing. We’ve known this so you are crying about it. I wouldn’t say Pat and Andy are, though. They did exactly as they should. They ran an experiment and gathered evidence that they will no doubt send to the league for review.
I’ll give Taylor some credit. He did seem to get a handle on all the pre-snap movements and quick starts, but he is clearly still having issues with alignment.
The hilarious thing is that he stopped with the rocking back and forth and near-false starts and didn’t even look any worse for it. He’s clearly a serviceable tackle at the very least. Dude just needs to line up a bit closer to the LoS and we’ll be good to go.
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The problem is that the officials are now using guilty until proven innocent with him.
I don't think it's clear at all that he WAS lined up illegally yesterday. Not even with the 'blind eye' treatment. I think the officials couldn't quite tell because he was covered by a WR so they called it because he looked like he might be.
The holds against Jacksonville were egregious, especially the 2nd one. Those were plays where the officials just decided he must have held even though there's just no basis for the call.
They're deciding he's committing a penalty unless they can convince themselves he isn't. That shit's backwards.
It's not even about how he's treated relative to other OTs (though yes, that's absolutely horseshit). It's about how the rulebook is applied to him
period.
And you're happy to let them do it. "Who cares if he's technically within the letter of the rules - be MORE legal..."
That's asinine.