I love your picture. Rodney Harrison (best DB on the Pats in 04) has man-on-man coverage on Steelers TE Jerame Tuman. Tuman was the lleast threat to manage a catch but Patriots had there best man coveing him in perfect position in front of Tuman. When playing man-on-man you are supposed to stay...
Defense can be called for delay of game if they purposely slow down an offensive player when the offense is in hurry up. Throwing the ball at the back of the refs is also a penalty. Steelers should have been aleast 5 yards closer and the clock stopped. Instead we just barely get the snap off.
Steelers D shut down LT, Giants run game (they had most rushing yards a game at the time!), and then the very next week they shut down Portis (who had the most rushing yards for any player at the time). ********* is a cheater but not dumb enough to think Morris could torch the Steelers D.
He didn't believe it was a cheap shot. He wasn't sorry for the hit (thats his job) but he is sorry Welker was injured. The league said the hit was clean and that there should have been no fine.
We play physical and Pats play like pussies. Of course they will get injured. Lets not forget the single player with the most unsportsmanlikes called agaisnt them last year was Rodney Harrison. Lets not forget the player with the second most was also a Pat. In a head coaches poll Rodney Harrison...
One technique of preventing a receiver from catching a pass his to knock him down. This would normally be flagged as pass interference but is allowed if the pass has been tipped by any of the 22 players on the field.