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Originally Posted by AssMan
How were the Saints allowed to decline an illegal kick? And why would they? How is an illegal kick even allowed to stand as a play? That makes no sense at all. You aren't allowed to kick a loose ball. If a running back fumbles a ball and then kicks it, does it suddenly become a punt? What a stupid play. The play should have been dead as soon as it got kicked. The ref didn't even say what the consequence would have been if it was accepted. But the stupid ass Saints got the ball at their own 15 or something. What a fucking piece of shit play that was.
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I thought the NFL had the same "free kick" rule that exists in the CFL that says that it it perfectly legal for anyone on the offense to kick the ball any time they want - not that any running back headed toward the end zone would actually DO it.
I also still think that there needs to be a change to how penalties are enforced on kickoffs. NE kicking off from the DET 40 because of 2 penalties basically guarantees that Detroit gets the ball on their 20 after a touchback. Most single 15-yard penalties are enough to do that in today's NFL.
If you really want to penalize the team, back them up on the next play from scrimmage - if the infracting team manages to run back the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown, give the other team an extra X yards forward from their kickoff return. EX: DET gets a 15-yard penalty on a touchdown. NE kicks off from the normal spot. DET returns the kickoff for a touchdown, then kicks off from their normal spot. NE returns that to their own 23. The penalty is finally enforced and NE starts their drive on their 38.