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Pittsburgh Steelers 13 Tennessee Titans 10: The Penalties

Penalty_medium

The Titans committed 6 penalties in this game for 60 yards.  It was not David Stewart's best game as he committed 3 of the 6 penalties.

  1. The first penalty of the game came with 4:27 left in the first quarter and was Stewart's first illegal formation penalty of the game.  It wiped out a 12-yard first down pass to Justin Gage.  This seemed like a ticky tack call to me.  When they showed the replay he appeared to be pretty much right in line with right guard Jake Scott.  
  2. The second penalty of the game was another illegal formation call, this time against Nate Washington, with 5:19 left in the first half.  The bad thing about this penalty was that it wiped out a pass interference call against Troy Polamalu (which was a bad call).
  3. The third penalty was Stewart's second illegal formation violation.  This one wiped out an 11 yard pass to Craig Stevens that would have converted at 3rd down.  The Titans ended up punting on the drive.
  4. The fourth penalty of the night was when Kyle Vanden Bosch jumped offsides.  It was the only defensive penalty of the night.  The Titans tend to get a few of these because of how aggresively the defensive line gets after it.
  5. The fifth penalty might have been the most costly of the night.  It was a holding call on Gerald McRath during a kickoff return.  It wiped out Javon Ringer's 19 yard return and made the Titans start their drive at their own 18.  It also gave the Steelers even more momentum coming off the field goal that tied the game.
  6. The sixth and final penalty of the night was a false start against Stewart.  It came on the drive where the Titans were just trying to run the clock out to get to overtime, so it didn't really hurt anything.
Six penalties is a pretty good number, but at least 4 of the penalties came at crucial times.  I don't expect to see Stewart have another game this bad ever again.

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Illegal Formation

If they league is attempting to enforce the tackle being closer to the line, so be it. However, if it doesn’t get called the rest of the season, and only called on opening night, I’ll be a little disappointed.

by T Coleman on Sep 12, 2009 7:38 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Re: Stewart right in line with Jake Scott

Remember, the line of scrimmage is all based on the snapper. Even though he might be almost right next to Scott, the officials are still looking through to the waist line of the snapper, not necessarily the lineman to the left or right.

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by gramsey712 on Sep 12, 2009 10:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I understand that

but if he is in line with Scott, then either they are both on or both off, right?

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by Jimmy on Sep 13, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

If they are perfectly in line, then yes

And the official will probably just report the closest number to him when reporting the foul, instead of multiple numbers. So Big Country just being outside does him in as far as the penalty report goes.

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by gramsey712 on Sep 13, 2009 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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