NFL Loopholes in the Rules

Yeah paybacks a bitch.

Sore loser 😤

@@donk026 called being competitive dude. What’s he got to be sore about? Man’s one of the biggest winners in sports history

@@noahreardon6470 not even a Patriots fan but I would follow a coach that says, “60 minutes every game”.

He use to be Pat's OC lol it's even funnier

Well he ain't lying

or every philly fan.

Yes that's how it works when you're the coach of that team

Hate to say but thats most of us fans

Yea, double standard.

100% agreed

As a Cowboys fan, always hated Cobb. Then, he became a Cowboy, and there are few players that are more of a delight to cheer for. Just plays right. Now, he's a Packer again, so I hate him again, which sucks.

That play now though would be called illegal touching since he went out first then touched the football, and that'd screw his team over

@@darthrevan5609 what rule was put into play that changes this? Haven’t heard of it changing so just curious?

@@fernofinity8997 I think it'd be illegal kick out of bounds, there's a point in it to where if the returner has to step out while in process or prior to maintaining possession of the ball then the kick is deemed "uncatchable" and out of bounds but in this case the ball is still in bounds and shows no sign of going out its a perspective thing on the refs and the rules I assume

Lmao this One got me 😂😂

One instance was a “means nothing” regular season game in a blowout win against the Jets. The other was in the playoffs… He’s got a right to me mad about it. NFL should fix the rule if they haven’t already.

@@craigallenfravel-cafcompos3131 He has no room to be mad. Playoff or not. If 1 coach does it then its fair play. And yes they fixed it this year. Im glad he got a taste of his own medicine

@@packerzfan85 He wasn't mad they did it... he was screaming about the unsportsmanlike conduct which is supposed to get called if you get too many delay of games

@@jacobj3491 they only had 3. Which is same amount patriots did. Also why Vrabel said he was gonna punt cause he knew that was as much as he could do

Cartman

@@schmuckytheraiderbear5043 who thought Eric Cartman would be the most successful of the 4? Everyone, because, he takes what he wants and raises hell when he doesn't get it.

@@schmuckytheraiderbear5043 you don’t break the rules I break the rules , but you broke the rules to catch me breaking the rulez

All of you saying these things are missing the point SO badly. Context matter. Don't comment if you're choosing to completely ignore it.

So he is a gqper.

Yea they were at -37.5 to hit what a shame

@@YeehawCowboy the spread was 20 Back up threw a pick 6 and special teams returner fumbled the ball.

@@jeffreyjosephcomedyfun no that wasn’t the game, that game ended 30-14

Jets were getting 34

Who gives a shit if they won?

I understood that reference.

lol the announcer starting to sound so perplexed like why did he down it at the 4 and the guy quickly jumping in to not make him sound like a dumbass is perfect

🤣 love this comment!

A man of culture with the Phineas and Ferb reference, I see

Didnt they do that against the steelers this year? I was so pissed i thought it was a perfect kick

Or special teams coach pounded the rule into their heads

@@Alfakennyone More than likely the coach but still great thinking.

Refs got the call wrong. You can't intentionally go out of bounds

@@jacobstrutner8232 that rule doesn't apply to kick offs

He was the first person to touch the ball after going out of bounds. Should’ve been a penalty, right?

Not even fucking close. After Vrabel wins 5 Super Bowls maybe he can start being included in the same conversation as Belichick.

@@Rodgerwilco91 I bet Belichick won't win another without TB12

@@cloudstrife6911 he wont. Pat's fan here.

@@cloudstrife6911 I mean he already won 2 others with the giants

@@cloudstrife6911 no Mac daddy Jones will be come the goat

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HE DID IT TO PROVE A POINT... THERE'S ALWAYS A REASON WITH HIM FFS. NOW LET ME GET BACK TO MY BURRITO

@@npvuvuzela Vrabel did it to prove a point, too. To prove that ol' Bill plays in shitty ways for results and that maybe it's a lousy way to play football. Bill didn't learn that lesson, though.

@@KingSandvich1 Fair enough. I was just being grumpy because I was hungry

that game was such a chess match, every yard felt like a battle, 2 really evenly matched teams

No it isn't.

@@gimelnus it is

@@gimelnus yes it is

It's clever when he does it, it's cheap when they do it...

You don't even understand what you're watching.

There's the difference. A shutout Is one thing. In a close game it's a whole different matter.

I hate to defend B******k, but i must. He did it against NY up 33 to 1) expose the loophole so it can be fixed 2) fuck with the Jets. Vrabel pulled the stunt in a playoff game. Kinda shitty, but it fucks with B*******k, so i love it

@@ganrice2984 I kinda think he didn’t do it JUST for people to see the loophole- I think the only reason he did was just to fuck with people. Though I agree using it in a playoff game is kinda shitty.

Bill had all 3 TOs, he could’ve used one

Nothing wrong with what Belichick did.

It's like being cut off by the guy you just cut off 5 minutes ago. Makes me laugh as a Patriots fan because he knows the refs are right and there's nothing anyone can do about them. He complains to the league in offseasons abour loopholes and when they don't listen to him he uses that tactic to piss people off.

He was waiting for the clock to expire and take an intentional safety to end the game.

Refs got it wrong. Can't go out of bounds intentionally

@@jacobstrutner8232 damn you really gonna be wrong 5 times on different comments

@@jacobstrutner8232 yeah like the other guy said the ref had it right thats why cobb did that hes not stupid

And ever since that karma, Belichick never did it again

@@JSaints87 I believe the NFL changed that rule after all this happened. Not 100% sure tho.

the fact that Vrabel is a former player under Belichick too just makes it that much better!

@@travisdonaldstanley6420 Yes, it was Brady’s last game ever as a Patriot

Not a Bellichick fan, but it's two different scenarios. The Patriots were destroying the Jets and they just wanted 5 yards to have more room for the Punt. The Titans has a slim lead and were, in my opinion an unsportsmanlike fashion, getting to run out more clock than they should have been able to.

There would have been no point; the intentional penalties were about burning play time in that case and had nothing to do with field position.

One of the smartest plays of all time. That's a complete football player right there. A true heads up move

It’s a holdover rule from both rugby codes. Doing the same thing in rugby union gets you a scrum at halfway; in rugby league it gets you a penalty kick from halfway. Great way to get a lot of territory.

Super smart play I loved it. But when I first saw it I thought it would be illegal touching because he stepped out first

4:08 was a galaxy brain move, guarantee almost every player on the field learned something that day.

Refs got it wrong. He's down where the ball ended up. Can't go out intentionally and be the first player to touch the ball.

Like a big little baby.

It's just one of those things you love, but hate when people do it to you

I agree...but lets be honest.. theres a difference when you're up 33-0 testing the rules versus down by 1 in a playoff game

@@nunyabizness9400 Except for the fact that it doesn't matter if you by 1 or 33, a win is a win and it's the first thing that matters that determines playoff spots. He wasn't "testing" the rules. He KNEW the rules!

@@TehGamesaver probably testing to see if the refs knew something he didn't

Actually the fact that Belichick had to act like that shows the refs didn't know the rulebook as well as Belichick did. He had to literally tell the refs when to start the clock. He literally knew the rule bend and how to counter it as best as possible, and you count that as bratty? Belichick had the best counter to his own counter. That's genius.

@@TehGamesaver You are delusional. The refs absolutely knew the rule book. Belicheck was crying because he was going to get the ball back with 5 minutes, instead of 6 because they used the exact same "loophole" he had used.

@@brianm6117 no belichick wasn’t running out the clock, he was trying to get a 5 yard penalty. There is a difference. Vrabel was just running out the clock you shouldn’t be able to run out the clock on one play in a playoff game. Totally different situations

@@ironmike5812 there isn't any special rules if you are down by one or up by 33 or if it's a regular season game or a playoff game. If you can do it in a regular season game up by 33 then you can do it up by 1 in the playoffs. It doesn't matter what the coach's reasoning is a rule is a rule

@@braydencantu5735 except the reason the clock kept going up 33 is the jets coach kept declining the penalty. If the coach accepts the penalty the clock should stop.

Only personal fouls cannot be declined

@@jeffnaslund Not quite true. If two of them happen on the same play, you must decline one of them.

Michael vick used to fake slide

That's bizarre that playing the ball from out of bounds gives the other team a penalty

@@ximbabwe0228 but it still makes sense given the out of bounds rules on all other plays. For instance, if a receiver catches a pass with one foot out of bounds, the ball is out as well even if the ball itself is clearly over the field and not the line. It's also bizarre that in every other sport but football, anything on the line is in bounds.

Or you're deaf and don't listen to the commentary telling everyone at home that he's making sure not a single second extra gets taken off that's not mandated by the rules. He knew the best counter to his own counter, and that's being salty? You're so caught in something that's not true that you ignore the facts given to you by the commentators!! Who's the salty one now?

@@TehGamesaver Just watch Belicheck's body language and you can tell he is being a big baby and it is exactly that he can dish it, but not take it.

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@@brianm6117 they are different situations, playoff versus blowout reg season

@@adrianpena800 I fail to see your point? Belicheck takes every advantage of the rules that he can, whether its regular season or playoffs. He got a taste of his own medicine and cried like a little girl.

Time stamp?

@@etwa8206 1:50 and 3:02

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@@warrenduree9417 underappreciated comment

Yeah he was. Haha. But he was crying like a biatch when it was done back to him! Talk about someone who could dish it out and not take it...

Or you're deaf and don't listen to the commentary telling everyone at home that he's making sure not a single second extra gets taken off that's not mandated by the rules. He knew the best counter to his own counter, and that's being salty? You're so caught in something that's not true that you ignore the facts given to you by the commentators!! Who's the salty one now?

He had the right to be mad, it was a close playoff game, the one against the jets was more trolling than strategy

@@adrianpena800 You’re up 33-0, no need to troll the opponent. That’s just arrogance on Belichick’s part.

As a Ravens fan I remember that game and had to laugh

isn't there a requirement for 7 players on the line of scrimmage?

@@cyclopsvision6370 nope so long as the receiver declared himself ineligible and remained behind the line, it was a fair play. Harbaugh blew a gasket but it was legal. The NFL quickly changed the rules that offseason but not before Bill could apply his knowledge of the rulebook in the game!

@@nepatrul6075 is that like the reverse of a coach adding an extra lineman with an ineligible number as an extra tight end and eligible receiver on short yardage and goal line plays?

@@cyclopsvision6370 pretty much

Refs got it wrong. Can't go out intentionally and be first to touch ball.

@@jacobstrutner8232 that would be true if he tried to take the ball and advance it. He didn’t. By standing partially out of bounds, he essentially was an extension of the out of bounds area. So when he picked up the ball? The ball also was out of bounds

It can’t be repeated again since the rules were changed in response to that.

Honestly think it counts as "palpably unfair act" - it's a disgrace to the game

cowardly way to win a game literally run while every player holds, ruins a game coulda had a crazy ending

It didn't need a crazy ending. They won. That was all they needed to do.

@@darkhorseash4337 and so did the patriots , hey they cheated time to time, but they won thats all that matters to the respect of the game right. keep your casual thoughts to yourself id bet the world once the ravens start their decline, whenever that is, youll be outtie

Cool story bro.

@@gdubsterz1238 oh my god!! Thank you so much for approving of something I said. I can rest now.

Or any call really....

Such bullshit narrative

@@randyk_18 yeah, lots of QBs get to fumble a ball that costs his team the AFC championship only to have refs decide it isn’t a fumble He constantly gets roughing calls and PI calls in big spots when the penalty is tenuous at best.

I'm still clueless about what is happening

@@NoBody-ro3xj Vrabel is trying to run as much time off the clock as he can do legally, so that the Pats have less time to march down the field and try to score when they get the ball again. Every play potentially takes 40+ seconds off the clock. By deliberately letting the 40 second play clock expire, they have traded a 5 yard penalty for those 40 seconds. By rule, you can't do this twice in the same play sequence or there's an additional 15 yard penalty, so after the delay of game, they lined up, and near when the play clock was going to expire, they deliberately went offsides, thus killing another 40 seconds off the clock. That kept the ball out of the Patriots' hands for 80+ clock seconds longer than if they had just punted.

@@notthatyouasked6656 I appreciate the explanation... That's a genius play though. I could see why it would annoy people but smart

why don’t you say please

That’s what I’m thinking too but the browns did it again not to long ago

Refs got it wrong. You are correct

@@jacobstrutner8232 They got it right. It was and still is a correct call.

It was and still is a correct call. Free kick out of bounds.

Roll 🤣🤣🤣

@@whocares9033 I feel like nfl coaches have more influence on the game than any other pro sport coach

For real? It literally had a repeat!! The repeat was in this video!! It didn't prevent a repeat. It will prevent it from ever happening again though, but it didn't stop a repeat.

Brandon Ripley Congrats on being an asshole for no reason

@@TehGamesaver Those to clips happened in the same year. The rules were changed after the fact.

Imagine how frustrating it would be if the entire offense didn’t care about holding penalties. Just seeing how hard the defense was working for the offense to just bear hug them was so funny to me

The ineligible reciever

The ineligible receiver one was a funny loophole 😂😂.

Now he’s a bum…. Or something. Been really doing things backwards this season with his team that’s for sure. Then again, they were 8-8 when they won the SB so what do I know lol

Keyword: was, now he just gets blown out by franchises and looses 6 games in a row

We played the Pats that year. How many times do they have to lose to figure out they aren't winning.

There are very many stupid rules in the NFL, it's best not to question it.

They explained this in the video

They did change that rule. If you do that now, it's out at that spot with no penalty for kick out of bounds.

@@Pitchblackplays it turns out that they did NOT change that rule.

Apparently not, since my Browns did it today.

But that only applies to players leaving the field of play and reentering the field of play. If a player goes out of bounds, but does not come back inbounds, then it's not illegal touching. It's a rule that needs changing, but the given solution doesn't work, because that penalty is not what happened.

Refs got it wrong.

I was thinking the same thing. If a player goes out of bounds (intentional or not) he cannot be the first one to touch the ball. Happens all the time on passing plays. Are the kickoffs held to different rules?🤔. I would think some kick returners would do this all the time on a decent kickoff that would pin the offense back deep.

@@brunoskorniak9722 - It is different for kickoffs as this is considered out of bounds.

It is a rule for kickoffs (not punts) to prevent the kicking team from pinning the recieving team near, or behind, the 5 yard line on every single kickoff. 🙂 just sayin'

Refs got it wrong. Balls down where he touched it

@@joefein4503 he went out of bounds so can't be the first player to touch the ball or penalty on him. Refs got it wrong.