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  • RaychelSnr
    Executive Editor
    • Jan 2007
    • 4845

    #1

    Sound Off: Unwritten Rules Good or Bad for the Game?



    Unwritten rules.

    You'll find them in most every sport. They crop up and make appearances often, and controversy ensues about how audacious someone was for breaking them or how they were just playing the game how it should be played. Cue up this past weekend and Greg Schiano's order to have his players rush Eli Manning on a kneel down. On the surface, the play was simply playing football how it should be played: to win until the very final whistle. On the other, the game was for all intents and purposes lost and you only risked injury for everyone involved in a seemingly fruitless play.

    So OS, what do you think? Are unwritten rules such as not going full speed on a kneel down important? Or, like Napoleon, should they become a part of history? Could they ever?

    Sound off!
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  • wat3
    Rookie
    • Nov 2011
    • 89

    #2
    There's no such thing as "unwritten rules". It's either a rule or it's not. I see nothing wrong with a team playing till the very end. Teams don't get "bonus plays" just because it's the end of the game and you're ahead. As soon as that ball is snapped its a live play, you're either ready or you arn't. Don't like that the other team is going to play it out, then don't kneel the ball. Nothing is expected from the opposing team when it comes to a kneel down so if your team is not ready, then that's on your team. For some a coach to get angry for the other team playing to the end says a lot about that coach. He expected the Bucs to lay down but in that game, that was not the case. So prepare your team better Coughlin.

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    • tril
      MVP
      • Nov 2004
      • 2914

      #3
      disagree with WAT3 said.
      unwritten rules are technically rules that govern good sportsmanship. In the situation this past weekend, the game was lost. The only thing that could have happened was a player may have gotten injured.
      A precedent was set this weekend, and it may change the sportsmanship philosophy in NFL football.

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      • TreyIM2
        MVP
        • Apr 2009
        • 1424

        #4
        I get unwritten rules and sportsmanship but I also understand that the game is technically not over. Like it's already been said by at least one former NFLer, Mike Golic, usually, the team kneeling says something to the other and their is usually an agreement...but if the other team doesn't agree AND hunkers down low and tight like the Bucs did, the Giants shoulda seen it coming been prepared.to protect the ball and QB.
        Just cuz you pour syrup on ish....

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        • Cardot
          I'm not on InstantFace.
          • Feb 2003
          • 6164

          #5
          Then they might as well make a rule that if a winning team has the ability to run out the clock based upon downs and timeouts left for the losing team, then just end the game right there. Why go through the motions?

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          • PatriotJames
            Banned
            • Nov 2009
            • 1204

            #6
            I see NO problem with what the Buccs did. Nobody would be saying this was bad if Eli would have fumbled the ball and the Buccs recovered. They would be saying what a brilliant call it was. Maybe the lineman should be more prepared and the QB. Also, if the Buccs were down by more than 1 possession, yes this would be in bad taste.

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            • thbends
              Pro
              • Jan 2008
              • 675

              #7
              I say... Hit Eli so hard his lazy eye straightens out. Game ain't over till its over.
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              • btemp
                Rookie
                • Mar 2010
                • 160

                #8
                I can't seriously believe that people are suggesting this a "cheap" play. It boggles the mind and demonstrates what's wrong with the NFL today. How can you seriously call a 100% legal opportunity to win the game, even if a long shot, cheap?

                Ludicrous.

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                • keator
                  Rookie
                  • Aug 2012
                  • 117

                  #9
                  this is that college RA RA crap that doesnt fly in the NFL. Bucs had all 2nd half to stop eli and they couldnt and their new coach forgot this aint the BIG EAST any more. STOP the giants in the fourth and you dont have to act like a fake tough guy coach during the Victory Formation.

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                  • goh
                    Banned
                    • Aug 2003
                    • 20755

                    #10
                    Re: Sound Off: Unwritten Rules Good or Bad for the Game?

                    If Eli did drop the ball,the Bucs recovered and scored then won in overtime Schiano's a genius and everyone is doing this in 1 score games from now on.

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                    • keator
                      Rookie
                      • Aug 2012
                      • 117

                      #11
                      Re: Sound Off: Unwritten Rules Good or Bad for the Game?

                      Originally posted by wat3
                      There's no such thing as "unwritten rules". It's either a rule or it's not. I see nothing wrong with a team playing till the very end. Teams don't get "bonus plays" just because it's the end of the game and you're ahead. As soon as that ball is snapped its a live play, you're either ready or you arn't. Don't like that the other team is going to play it out, then don't kneel the ball. Nothing is expected from the opposing team when it comes to a kneel down so if your team is not ready, then that's on your team. For some a coach to get angry for the other team playing to the end says a lot about that coach. He expected the Bucs to lay down but in that game, that was not the case. So prepare your team better Coughlin.
                      The bucs laid down the whole second half, so they finally decided to play with 10 seconds to go. This is just another example of a college coach trying to bring that college crap to the NFL.

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                      • btemp
                        Rookie
                        • Mar 2010
                        • 160

                        #12
                        Re: Sound Off: Unwritten Rules Good or Bad for the Game?

                        Originally posted by keator
                        this is that college RA RA crap that doesnt fly in the NFL. Bucs had all 2nd half to stop eli and they couldnt and their new coach forgot this aint the BIG EAST any more. STOP the giants in the fourth and you dont have to act like a fake tough guy coach during the Victory Formation.
                        You, sir, are a fool. The Bucs had a chance to win the game by forcing a fumble. Why then call a play at all? Why not call the game with 1:20 on the clock? THAT would look GREAT for the NFL.

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                        • Hooe
                          Hall Of Fame
                          • Aug 2002
                          • 21555

                          #13
                          In a one-score situation, I have no problem with what Schiano did, and I'm surprised more NFL coaches don't do it. Could force a team interested in protecting its quarterback into calling a handoff instead. This is exactly what happened in the Miracle In The Meadowlands and the Eagles came from behind to beat the Giants despite the Giants' apparent ability to knee the clock out.

                          In a one-score game, why wouldn't you try to get the ball back by any means necessary?

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                          • jersez
                            MVP
                            • Jul 2008
                            • 1892

                            #14
                            If Eli was injured on that play then he's a scumbag(Schiano), if this were your favorite team's Quarterback then you would feel how all of us giants fans feel, when seeing that play.
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                            • Cryolemon
                              MVP
                              • Aug 2008
                              • 1669

                              #15
                              Originally posted by btemp
                              I can't seriously believe that people are suggesting this a "cheap" play. It boggles the mind and demonstrates what's wrong with the NFL today. How can you seriously call a 100% legal opportunity to win the game, even if a long shot, cheap?

                              Ludicrous.
                              Exactly. It's like in soccer where the teams give the ball back to the other team after an injury. Fine if you're ahead or it's level, but if you're behind, no way would I do it.

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