NFL Rare & Random Penalties #4

There are penalties that are called several times in every game, such as a false start, a holding penalty, or offsides. This video highlights some of the more uncommon and rare penalties in the sport of football.
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All of the penalties in order:
Carl Cheffers - Illegal Group Demonstration
Shawn Hochuli - Illegal Batting
John Hussey - Double-Team Block
Bill Vinovich - Personal Foul: Chop Block
John Parry - Illegal Wedge
Mike Carey - Illegal Forward Handoff
Ed Hochuli - Tackling by the Back of the Helmet
Ed Hochuli - Player Out of Bounds on the Punt
Richard Hantak - Leaving the Wrong End of the Field
Jeff Triplette - Invalid Fair Catch Signal
Jeff Triplette - Blocking After Giving a Signal
Ed Hochuli - Clipping
Gene Steratore - Blocking Out of Bounds
Jeff Triplette - Piling on the Pile
Carl Cheffers - Illegal Demonstration
Clete Blakeman - Roughing the Kicker
Ron Winter - Personal Foul: Leg Whip
Gene Steratore - Personal Foul: Chop Block
Carl Cheffers - Excessive Celebration
Walt Anderson - Illegal Forward Batting
Thanks everyone for watching. Carl Cheffers does not enjoy touchdown celebrations!

[@SidedraftingProductions]

The most important thing I learned doing research for this video: Carl Cheffers doesn't like when players celebrate touchdowns.

[@davidlocke3477]

I don't know if you can find it, but I remember a play where the ref explained that they picked up a flag for a foul against the QB because it happened after the pass was intercepted. (IIRC, there was another foul by the defense that negated the INT.)

[@thebnsftracker1317]

@@davidlocke3477 In the 4th quarter of the 2000 AFC Divisional Round playoff game between the Ravens and Titans, QB Steve McNair was called for a false start after he forgot the snap count and moved away from the center. That's one you could add for the next video about rare penalties.

[@michaelfalkner1186]

I think it was more, when it was a rule, that multiple players could not take part in those celebrations -- like the first one in this video.

[@ivanavujosevic7135]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahajahahahahahhahahahahahhaahhaahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahaha

[@tyvulpintaur2732]

Always fun listening to Ed H "explain" things.

[@jovetj]

Or his son?

[@dododostenfiftyseven4096]

“Giving him the business”

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

5:06 the announcer's defending pulling on the back of the helmet? WOW

[@stevekoenig3684]

He probably played defense in the NFL and did it himself.

[@Wildcat2017]

5:00: I can tell you what they want players to do. Not grab other players by the helmet. Pretty simple. Football 101.

[@Doormanswift]

Yeah. I total face palm.

[@callmeshaggy5166]

Right? My inner response was "probably stop people from getting tackled by the head"

[@needmoregravity2397]

we love these penalty uploads :D

[@ThreePointOneFou]

Several of these penalties are from the "No Fun League" era. Thank God the rules committee finally lightened up.

[@jovetj]

One the one hand, these are professionals... and they really should act like they have "been there" before. Celebration, in general, is tacky. Except perhaps for Newton's, which was literally the first one he ever scored on the NFL... so he hadn't been there before. He didn't do anything ridiculous. I don't believe minor celebrations should be against the rules. But celebration should be discouraged by the coaches/etc. Staying cool and composed after a big play has way more BDE anyways.

[@mcul1144]

@@jovetjidk man emoting after a sick play is cool. as long as it's concise or fun it shouldn't matter. this league barely takes itself seriously anymore

[@ROWDYBatrulha]

Im waiting for "False start everyone but the quarterback"

[@therealthreadkilla]

Seems odd to now show the actual penalty replay.

[@johnstronz4672]

They don't always show them on the broadcast

[@HelpMeFindMyDad]

5:00 Maybe actually tackle instead of grabbing their helmet and trying to break their neck?

[@bobdole4916]

So glad all those celebration penalties went away. It was the dumbest crap to not let players celebrate.

[@Doormanswift]

Unfortunately, its gotten way out of hand though.

[@Lifeof3dogs]

2:44 “Illegal substances- sorry, i mean Unsportsmanlike conduct.”

[@angelorocksful]

12:47 "I'm baaaack I'm baaaaack"

[@pjabrony8280]

I guess at some point they added loss of down to the Illegal Bat penalty.

[@diamonddog13]

It should definitely be loss of down if the penalty is being assessed from the end of the play.

[@JustAnotherPsyco]

Why is the audio all over the place? It goes from a dull whisper to blowing my speakers out when I have to turn it up to hear the quite clips.

[@Kylora2112]

Carl Cheffers just threw a flag for celebrating killing a boss in WoW.

[@randallross420]

Leg whoop that trick

[@Mikepun51]

These penalties on celebrations seem very antiquated.

[@the-chillian]

Excessive celebration penalties are the stupidest goddamn thing in football.

[@aethergaming7934]

30lth like!!

[@geoffreyhooker9005]

Don't hit me don't hit me ... but I'll hit you 7:02

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

I don't agree with the rules against wedge blocks.

[@johnstronz4672]

You can always count on the refs to bail Rodgers out of interceptions

[@GSB_KD]

Most these ain’t even rare just rule changes fr

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

You can't have group celebrations?

[@Inigo_The_Son]

@ARandomInternetUser08 It may seem silly, but the rules are whatever the league collectively decides. A true "professional" would learn the rules and behave accordingly. When the NFL celebration rules were in effect, it was obvious that the end zone routines were carefully choreographed; it is not like they were spontaneously overcome by the thrill of the moment. There are tons of yewtoob videos of "professional" athletes losing games because they do not know (or will not abide by) the rules of their industry. There are also a handful of videos of athletes making brilliant moves because they actually do understand the rules, and they use it to their team's advantage. Personally, I stopped following football decades ago, so I do not even know the current rules. However, if somebody were paying me $10 million a year because I can run really fast or jump really high, I would make a point of learning the rules. Unfortunately, the NFL is comprised primarily of young baby daddies with 2-digit IQs, so you should not expect them to behave like mature adults.

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

@@Inigo_The_Son celebrating isn't acting like a kid, dude. Some people just forget. You expect them to remember everything? The NFL has gotten soft and there's too many rules to be able to remember them all.

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

Illegal demonstration? Really?

[@mercdragons]

Roughing the kicker is not rare

[@ivanavujosevic7135]

Hahahahahahahaa illegal group demonstration hahahahahahaahahhaha. Illegal batting.

[@VincentK.McMahon]

Why is the 3-man wedge even a rule…. What’s so bad about doing that?

[@johnny__topside]

The league’s research showed that most injuries on kickoffs were as a result of wedge blocks. This was the start of the league trying to eliminate the kickoff and making it a “safer” play

[@Inigo_The_Son]

@@johnny__topside For that same reason, they should simply eliminate the kick-off, and just let the other team start at the 20-30-40, whatever.

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

10:52 NOT a penalty

[@flechettispaghetti2240]

Gotta let the replay show, otherwise I’m rewinding the entire video

[@SidedraftingProductions]

I'm not even trying to sound disrespectful... but like 95% of these have replays right after the penalty is announced. Ones that don't have replay don't have ones available.

[@wnytrashtrucks]

Most of the time, there is no replay on penalties. Unless it was a bad call or they have the time to show it.

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

Dropping to the ground to celebrate is a penalty? Holy shit they were so soft back then. Is it still this way now?

[@Inigo_The_Son]

The rules change every year. Whatever rules the league decides, a "professional" athlete would learn the rules and behave accordingly. It is unfortunate that a team may lose a game or an entire season because some ignorant asshat did not (or could not) read the rules of their industry.

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

@@Inigo_The_Son what the hell is your problem? Stop attacking the players like that when you haven't even followed football. The league has gotten soft and no amount of attacking the players will change that. They can't be expected to 100% remember the bullshit amount of rules there are.

[@theindooroutdoorsman]

Flags like this are why people say the refs are on Vegas's payroll.

[@johnnydropkicks]

Two minutes in, and I’m done.

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

Redskins will remain the Redskins. Change my mind.

[@jasonr6643]

Will announcers please stop saying “lateral”. There is no such thing in football. There are only two types of passes. A forward and a backward pass, respectively.

[@PlayzieBum]

Except it’s a commonly used word in football, which means there is such a thing in football. I knew what he was saying as did you. Epic FAIL.

[@jovetj]

I wish announcers would stop calling a _try_ anything but a try. It's like calling a home plate _the dish..._ it's childish and unprofessional.

[@HelpMeFindMyDad]

The funniest thing is when they say forward lateral without thinking what a lateral is

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

5:06 the announcer's defending pulling on the back of the helmet? WOW