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Originally Posted by dash_pinched
I don't like that rule, the Stamps should have the option to decline that penalty and it should be a turnover on downs.
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Can’t decline a penalty when no play was run. It would still be 3rd down.
Only way it’s a turnover on downs is if they changed the rule that a time count on 3rd down is a loss of down. Or within the last 3 minutes is a loss of down. But no teams would support such a rule change and the league has no reason to change it.
It also is only important because he missed. If he’d made it from closer and then missed from further, no one would care.