I believe there is often retribution for bad actions. Sometimes coached, sometimes when a player takes it upon themselves. If the defense thinks the slide might be a fake, I believe some will take a chance on getting a penalty.
But a juke doesn't cause the defender to pull-up on their pursuit. Both Wake defenders (#6 and #45) who were in a position to make the tackle let-up on the play when Pickett started his slide.
Yes for sure but generally they are taught at an early age to ease up when a QB begin to slide. From little to the pro's its well known to stay off the QB's. Some defenders are knuckleheads and cant decelerate their aggression in time but these guys see QB's slide in practice all the time. Wake's defenders were discipline. They did what they were taught to do.
Exactly. I loved this play
To be known as the Pickett rule.
Still one of the more impressively dramatic plays I’ve ever seen.
A QB could also blow out a knee. And it would have been, "Pickett's Last Charge". As soon as he did it, I figured it would be regulated.
Nardouchy's quote is spot on - those are Pitt core values. It's exactly who they are.
Yes listened to the idiot Pitt coach saying you play through the whistle. Then a player gets tossed from the game for unnecessary roughness or targeting.
Pickett was pissed at Lawson for drilling him. No flag (ruled a legal hit) until a Steelers o lineman took exception. In the NFL don't run the ball unless you're willing to get your azz handed to you.
