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Message: [QUOTE="Orangeman, post: 1261052, member: 972"] As I understand it, yes The ineligible Tackle can receive a lateral and run with it. I assume a handoff is the same thing as a lateral but have never see that spelled out. That's why Vereen ran backwards a few yards and acted like he was getting a lateral. It makes no sense why the official would say "don't cover #34"...as far as I'm aware he's only supposed to announce who's eligible or ineligible if they're wearing the wrong number for the spot they're going to be on. I believe (although this is a point of contention) that the referee said that because he realized he was alerting the Ravens defense to close to the snap of the ball...the patriots were breaking the huddle as Vereen reported, he didn't bother to join them because it was too late, etc. no other explanation for why the red would say "don't cover #34", it makes no sense. But the NFL has ruled that the Ravens had 7-10 secs so all is well. Btw, the more I think about it, that ruling is garbage...the pint of this formation was to create a mismatch. In this case the referee barely mentioned the ineligible player and the Patriots were all fanned across the LoS in their spots...so the Ravens would not have had time to adjust their personnel because the Pats could have quick-snapped and throw to the temporarily uncovered receiver if, for example, the Ravens had tried to switch guys covering #34 and #47. To be fair, we only have evidence of tis on one of the three plays, the third time this happened, when CBs shows the whole scenario playing out. But that was pretty different than report-huddle/inform-break-lineup-snap that the rules were meant to provide for the defense. I had argued that 1) that Vereen failed to report effectively on at least one play... And 2) the sub pattern and reporting of #47 and #34 were illegal based on the two plays in a row they ran the formation and switched eligibility (based on media reports and what I "saw" in a review of the tape of the drive). The Boston paper says both player left the field after each play so if that's true I'm wrong on that front...but the other part is still a 5-yard penalty on the Patriots. Whatever...Rex just said he's going to win the division next year so let the fun begin [/QUOTE]

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