It's a dumb rule; especially given what constitutes a TD when crossing the goal line - that requires only the ball to cross. You can immediately fumble it and it wouldn't matter. That's wildly inconsistent. If a player has possesion *in the end zone* it should be a TD, period. That was a really big call; really, really big. Changed the entire game. A 24-14 lead (and subsequently, 27-14 - the Texans took the second half kick-off and drove for another FG) makes it an entirely different game. Up 6, Kubiak probably kicks the FG (instead of going for it at the SD 17) to stretch it 30-21 and keep it a two-score game. And keep in mind, after the Foster failed 4th down, Jackson intercepted Rivers. Unfortunately, that's the moment Kubiak got really dumb and went pass, run, pass, pass (sack). Up 30-21, that probably would have been run, run, run. Even if you go 3-and-out, you've drained nearly 2 additional minutes off the clock.
Yeah, that touchdown would've turned that 4th and 1 QB sneak failboat into an almost for-sure Rackers FG. Texans win by 1, everyone is happy. Instead... And if you believe Arian was "diving" for the goalline, I don't know what play you're watching, but it's not this one. It's his fault, he admitted it. Just tuck and roll, guys.
No, no - I'm taling about the *first* failed fourth down conversion, when Foster was stuffed. Schaub's fourth down fail was from the SD 34 - it was prime "go for it" territory there. No way he tries a 51-yard FG at the time.
I agree, tuck and roll...Arian made a big mistake there but he wasn't diving, he was extending the ball to make sure it crossed the plane. Once he did that, possession was established and play should have been dead at the goal line. So confusing, not suprised the refs missed it, but dam they need to get a uniformed rule for all those types of catches.
It wouldn't have been a fumble either. Ground can't cause a fumble. And the ball was not coming out of his mitt until he hit it on the ground.
Arian's TD/No TD call not withstanding, where the hell have the down-field shots like the one above been in our offense? Everything this year has been playaction with one option or a designed quick short throw, absolutely no attacking of the defense deep anymore.
That, and the FAIL boot....reverse...whatever they call it where Schaub spins out away from everyone else has not worked this season. Teams have caught on...stop wasting plays.
It's a confusing rule, but the VP of officiating is the arbiter of whether it's the right call or not. If he says it's a bad call, it's a bad call.
Not really. We were in field goal range several times after that "touchdown" but we had to go for it because we were down by more than 3. If we had only been down by 2, we could've booted one. Would Kubes have still gone for it instead of opting for, say, a 50-yard FG? Maybe. He's stupid enough.
That's the one I was referring to, the naked boot with only one receiver the boot side of the field, it's usually good for 6 yds or Schaub will throw it away, the success of that play has greatly diminished probably because it is run too often. I'd like to see more screens, they ran one last week to Foster for sizable gains, it is the first screen I remember in the Kubiak era, could use some more. And mix in a down field shot every now and then.
Most of the screens we try to run end up in throw aways because the pulling linemen don't chip and the nonpulling linemen throw "lookout" blocks. "Lookout Matt!!"
As long as it helps get plays like this legal I'm all for it. As a Buccaneer fan the "Bert Emanuel rule" hurt like hell after it was implemented. But ya know what, how many countless receptions have counted properly since it changed for the better of the league?? As long as we get an Arian Foster or Calvin Johnson rule, the NFL will be a better place. Bert Emanuel play for those not sure what I am talking about: <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tBLBDh6iNxA?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tBLBDh6iNxA?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
