Falcons use wedge on kickoff TD· Page 3

yooperfan
Veteran Member

14 years ago

Kicking teams usually try to hold their lanes, not bunch up.
I'm trying to figure out why a kicking team would form a wedge as the rule Greg put up has been made illegal..

gbguy20
Veteran Member

14 years ago

#22

Okay, I just watched it again. I think it was legal. They had two guys together in the middle and one guy on each side of them, but it looked like each of the outside guys were two yards away from the ones in the middle, which is the minimum legal distance. With the camera angle, it initially looked like they were bunched up more, but on closer inspection, I don't think they were. So I will shut up about this now.

"Porforis" wrote:

Zero pointed it out already but I'll try again. The rule YOU quoted talks about the KICKING team... the KICKING team forming the wedge. There is no mention of the return team. How could this rule specifically and exclusively mentioning the KICKING team be used to penalize the RECEIVING team?

"Greg C." wrote:

He quoted the wrong rule yes (or the source he got it from had it backwards as i don't see why this rule would ever be needed for the kicking team...), but it is the same for the receiving team. The wedge cannot include more than 2 guys and the rest need to be 2 yards away. That's the rule and it is obviously close, but it's easy to see why it wasn't called.

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Zero2Cool
Elite Member

14 years ago

#23

The need for the rule on the kicking team is to avoid injury. When you have two wedges going full speed into one another, it increases opportunity for injuries.

And for the receiving team they were disallowed interlocking their arms, also a safety precaution.

I don't remember the specific rules, I just remember hearing it, and perhaps am mis-remembering.

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