Hapless Bills Fan Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 9 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said: Paging the x and o mavens. Pats fans are claiming that play was an illegal formation. I am NOT up on the esoterica of offensive formations and what constitutes illegal formation. Looked at from the angle in that tweet, it appears the Eagles player at the bottom of the screen is quite forward, not ahead of the ball but not lined up where the other OL is. Anyone? Assessment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: Paging the x and o mavens. Pats fans are claiming that play was an illegal formation. I am NOT up on the esoterica of offensive formations and what constitutes illegal formation. Looked at from the angle in that tweet, it appears the Eagles player at the bottom of the screen is quite forward, not ahead of the ball but not lined up where the other OL is. Anyone? Assessment? The announcers mentioned one play and they said it was a legal formation I can only assume its the same play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Just now, ShadyBillsFan said: The announcers mentioned one play and they said it was a legal formation I can only assume its the same play. They said something to the effect that play is only legal from the shotgun (which the Eagles were in). This is a question about where the team is lined up relative to the LOS/ball and the neutral zone, which you really can't see without the camara angle used in that tweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phypon Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 12 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said: IIRC Tom Brady used that trick play first. Did they steal his HS playbook? I thought the same. May be there was some nuance but to me it seemed to be the same play. Maybe the pats got it from spying on the Eagles practices.... ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 8 hours ago, FearLess Price said: That was such a good play call. Pats* were stunned. Pederson kept them on their heels all game. Its the year of the QB. From the amount of Rookies in the draft, to the available FA QBs, to the servicable back ups stashed on other teams depth chart like Foles, McCarron, Landry Jones, etc... Too often, when teams play NE, you have the feeling Belichick is playing chess, and everyone else is playing checkers. This was chess vs checke......WHOOPS FOOLED YOU! Playing chess too! Did anyone else catch that play down on the goalline where NE shifted to an unusual formation and the announcers were all NE, NE, NE, blah blah...then 2 seconds later Philly shifted, set and snapped before NE could react? As I recall that play didn't work, but it was just one of a number of things that had me saying hmmmm, chess vs chess here. 5 hours ago, reddogblitz said: Maybe out was both? Probably was both - might have been a play stashed in Reich's playbook that he wasn't confident of with Wentz, with Foles at QB he's like "yeah, he ran that in HS, he can absolutely do it!" We learned Foles WR chops >> Brady WR chops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Bills Blue Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 40 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: They said something to the effect that play is only legal from the shotgun (which the Eagles were in). This is a question about where the team is lined up relative to the LOS/ball and the neutral zone, which you really can't see without the camara angle used in that tweet Eh - it looked like he was a good 2 yards off the LOS - thus 7 not on the line. There's a guy standing there who's job it is to make sure of that on every play. Ref's swallowed their flags for once - it was kind of refreshing TBH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloHokie13 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 9 hours ago, Livinginthepast said: Could TT have caught it? Yes to your question, not sure on mine! Did you forget the nice 1 handed grab Tyrod had in the Tennessee game in 2015? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemma Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Peter King covered the 7 men on the line Q in his column: "Except Jeffery claimed he got the okay from the official on the right sideline. The way formation rules work, players can look over at a side judge or other official nearby to see if he’s in the permissible spot." https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/02/05/super-bowl-52-eagles-patriots-peter-king-mmqb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 26 minutes ago, hemma said: Peter King covered the 7 men on the line Q in his column: "Except Jeffery claimed he got the okay from the official on the right sideline. The way formation rules work, players can look over at a side judge or other official nearby to see if he’s in the permissible spot." https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/02/05/super-bowl-52-eagles-patriots-peter-king-mmqb Great article and nice find. Ha! So if Jeffrey checked and got the OK, the Zebras couldn't toss a flag without Big Egg on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemma Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 1 minute ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: Great article and nice find. Ha! So if Jeffrey checked and got the OK, the Zebras couldn't toss a flag without Big Egg on them. Yeah, I didn't even know there was such a thing that could happen down on the field. Might explain some of the ref 'huddles' we see every once in awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 freeD: Eagles run wild trick play on 4th down to Nick Foles for the TD | Super Bowl (0:21) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Over 29 years of fanhood Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 12 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said: Could Nick O'Leary execute an on target throw? Id call it the new Webb package instead of going O’Leary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 1 minute ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said: Id call it the new Webb package instead of going O’Leary You have find a way to ask the now departed Duncekirk Don if this is in the cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 12 hours ago, Livinginthepast said: I have been screaming for the Bills to do plays like this for years even before TT, EJ and all the other recent dreck at QB. The Marchibroda offenses did stuff like this all the time. All I have ever heard from the purists on here is "oh that's a gadget play, not real football" or "Our QB's aren't good enough to run it" etc. Well an almost career backup just executed it perfectly. Glad you touched on Marchibroda. I remember back then they said they had a weekly handful of plays for red zone situations, and would only practice them at the last minute the week of the game. No film on them, and no chance for spies at practice. When the time was right, they would call it, or give JK the option to call it. Smart situational football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, BuffaloHokie13 said: Did you forget the nice 1 handed grab Tyrod had in the Tennessee game in 2015? Here it is: http://m.buffalobills.com/video/videos/HIGHLIGHT-Chris-Hogan-pass-to-Tyrod-Taylor/3b6963a9-8827-49f3-acad-0e892478c933 Tommy alligator armed his. Edited February 5, 2018 by reddogblitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 25 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said: You have find a way to ask the now departed Duncekirk Don if this is in the cards. I already have a call into Cheektowaga Chester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 2 hours ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said: I already have a call into Cheektowaga Chester thats Cheektowaga Charlie ftr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) Edited February 6, 2018 by 26CornerBlitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest K-GunJimKelly12 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 On 2/5/2018 at 12:04 AM, 26CornerBlitz said: Burton played QB in HS. How are you so sure that O'Leary can make an accurate throw? Doesn't every NFL player play QB in high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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