NFL Rare & Random Penalties #4

[@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

[@markkostka6897]

The most important thing you should have learned was that group celebrations were a penalty and commonly called for awhile. But that would have meant actual research which apparently you are allergic to.

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

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

[@terpman]

Seriously. Basilar fracture, concussion, injuries to cervical vertebrae, and torn ligaments in the neck are just part of the game, right? 🙄

[@tyvulpintaur2732]

Always fun listening to Ed H "explain" things.

[@jovetj]

Or his son?

[@dododostenfiftyseven4096]

“Giving him the business”

[@twonumber22]

Isn't he a lawyer, too? I thought he was.

[@leifopstad2972]

9:06 interesting note: that guy who committed the penalty (Uche Nwaneri) became an NFL content creator on KZbin (I was a moderator for his channel up until he passed away in December 2022)

[@SweetieFortnite]

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

[@EvanG529]

He was going to say "substitution"

[@CameronReape]

Was it that crazy?

[@needmoregravity]

we love these penalty uploads :D

[@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"

[@jeremycoleman7014]

That shit was sickening to hear

[@brucewelty7684]

But you CAN grab the dreads as it is considered part of the uniform.

[@the-chillian]

Excessive celebration penalties are the stupidest goddamn thing in football.

[@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

[@brucewelty7684]

@@johnstronz4672 wonder why!

[@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.

[@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

[@bendystrawz2832]

It feels like it boils down to "Do you want to be professional or human?" And I'm always on the side of being human, as long as it's not disrespectful (like directed at the opposing team or something) or disruptive, I feel like we can let the players be human.

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

@@jovetj Oh give me a damn break. You're literally asking them to act like robots. Humans have emotions and telling them to suppress them is idiotic.

[@jovetj]

@@randomlyentertaining8287 Learning to suppress emotions at prudent times is what separates children from adults.

[@Mikepun51]

These penalties on celebrations seem very antiquated.

[@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.

[@arnoldhenry]

In my opinion, the penalties for end zone celebrations are ridiculous. Especially when the home team scores and the fans love it. Matter of fact, any penalty for celebrating touchdowns or even a defensive tackle behind the line of scrimmage is stupid.

[@RicksTravelogue]

There was a period in the 2010's where the NFL tried to crack down on "excessive celebrations", which is when several of the celebration penalties in this compilation were from.

[@angelorocksful]

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

[@bigpoppa1234]

"forward lateral". so not lateral.

[@joanfelicianoo]

if that first penalty was an "Illegal group demonstration" so that means there is a "Legal group demonstration"

[@Kylora2112]

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

[@johnstronz4672]

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

[@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.

[@stevenclark5173]

You can now. This was before they changed that rule.

[@CookieBanana]

I saw 2 chop blocks yesterday...

[@randallross420]

Leg whoop that trick

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

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

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

Absolutely, that's just blocking on a return. They're protecting the runner, so it's hardly oppressive to the tacklers.

[@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.

[@terpman]

Continuing to multiply the mass directly contributing to a hit on someone WILL reach a point where serious injury is almost guaranteed. By locking arms, all players' mass in the wedge is contributing to the energy of a hit.

[@GSB_KD]

Most these ain’t even rare just rule changes fr

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

5:04 - 5:10 Literally half of the penalties I've heard. Like taking your helmet off after scoring a touchdown. Yeah, yeah, safety. But let's use some fucking common sense.

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

The rarity is in the conditions or even the offender. Punters aren't known for facemasks.

[@markkostka6897]

Group celebration penalties were common and not random at all for a few years. This compilation must be from someone who started watching the NFL in 2010.

[@myleszimmerman5267]

AHHHHHH Did that man get tackled and fall down --go BOOM AHHHHH get him a Band-aid. Not enough padding?? oh, you warriors.

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

Illegal demonstration? Really?

[@mercdragons]

Roughing the kicker is not rare

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

It's in the rare conditions of the penalty, not the penalty itself

[@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.

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

Likely due to the various sources of the videos.

[@aethergaming7934]

30lth like!!

[@theindooroutdoorsman]

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

[@terracub]

This is stupid I don't even see the penalties I would have to rewind every Replay in order to see what happened

[@ivanavujosevic7135]

Hahahahahahahaa illegal group demonstration hahahahahahaahahhaha. Illegal batting.

[@TheTangoAlfa1]

Pretty soon tackling will not be allowed.

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

10:52 NOT a penalty

[@micaarzur]

yes it is

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

@@micaarzur incorrect.

[@QP154]

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.

[@johnnydropkicks]

Two minutes in, and I’m done.

[@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.

[@chiefguns1980]

Another bullshit headline! 95% of the penalties occur 10 times a game!

[@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

[@geoffreyhooker9005]

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

[@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.