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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

This was the annual seahawks game where they showed they're just not a sound football team. Might make wild card weekend, might not.

The blocked field goal was a clear missed penalty where a guy jumped the snapper while another D lineman held him down with both hands which is... not allowed. But the Seahawks got the benefit of what appeared to be a bad call on their 1st half touchdown so meh. Refball gonna refball.

It was legal because Simmons did not have a running start and did not use any of the defenders for leverage. He was also lined up in the gap between Stoll and Tomlinson, not directly over the long snapper, rules expert Gene Steratore explained on the CBS broadcast.

NFL officiating rules analyst Walt Anderson confirmed to a pool reporter through an NFL spokesperson that the Giants' blocked field goal was legal.

On Simmons jumping over the line, Anderson confirmed via the spokesperson that Steratore's explanation on the broadcast was correct, saying there was no foul because Simmons was on the line of scrimmage and did not use anyone as leverage.

On the matter of Nunez-Roches pushing down on Stoll, Anderson said via the spokesperson that "pushing down alone is not a foul and there was no forcible contact to the head and neck."

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...efeat-seahawks