[NFL] The timeout before the field goal

LOL @ people defending a kicker whose sole job is to connect his foot with an oblong pigskin through a big "H." :grin:

 

b-b-b-b-but we have to be considerate about their delicate mental toughness

 

I voted yes.

Because there could also be a situation where the kicker misses the first as the timeout is called and then subsequently nails the second one. Kubiak would have been tarred/feathered in that case.

Don't let the result dictate the rules. Rules are rules. They aren't situational.

 

I wonder how the vote would have turned out if the Redskins missed their first...and made their second? Hmm.

 

Or you can do the fake TO, ala Jeff Fisher. Apparently during last year's Tennessee-Houston game, Fisher acted like he was going to call TO to ice Kris Brown but never did. So Brown was thrown off and missed the FG.

In my opinion it's all part of a larger coaching chess match.

 

What if there is a legitimate reason to call a timeout before a kick?

 

What is the difference between calling a timeout right before a hail mary vs. calling a timeout right before a kick?

 

I personally think icing the kicker is stupid. Sure, my team just benefited from it, but I think the tactic is r****ded.

Although, to be fair, if it was any other team playing the Redskins yesterday, I'd still be fine with it for ONE reason...


Shanahan is the ****tard that started the recent trend of icing the kicker, which hadn't been a real issue in the league for a long time before that.

Shanahan got Shanahan'd by his student. Student became the teacher.

 

I hate it...it's stupid. A kicker should not have to kick a field goal twice.

Unfortunately, as others have said, it is pretty much impossible to implement a rule that eliminates this without sounding extremely contrived.

 

just because they line up to kick a field goal...doesn't mean they're gonna actually kick a field goal. you can't change the rule based on formation.

what a great fake it would be...if your rule were in place to keep defenses from calling TO...to line up for a FG...and when the clock hits 5, slide someone over to take a direct snap. no way to call a TO to deal with it under a rule change.

 

How is this even a debate? This is no different than calling a timeout at any other time in the game. "Icing" a kicker hardly works and it could backfire against you. Implementing a rule where you couldn't call a timeout after a certain point would create more problems and controversy than this.

 

He shouldn't. That's why he's supposed to wait for the whistle and not kick it the first time.

 

Joking? A kicker won't even be hear the whistle (which comes from the sidelines) before he takes the kick.

 

the whole discussion is odd . . . kickers need to man up.

 

Haha. I think it's the coaches who should do the "manning up." I can't quite think of anything more cheap and chicken-**** in professional sports than this practice of calling timeout two seconds before a kick. Sure it cheapens the game and all, but hey it's a loophole in the rules that can't be closed...may as well take advantage of it. At least it's a legal way of forcing do-overs, unlike the "three seconds from gold" basketball game in '72.

 

Uh, sour grapes? I'm a Texans fan.

 

there is no way to limit this...its fair game...didn't shannahan do this liberally throughout his tenure in Denver...