Chiefs vs. Raiders: Great play and controversial decision against Chris Jones sparks another NFL rules debate

the from Kansas City vs. Las Vegas it was an amazing game Monday night football. There were many crucial moments that could have changed the outcome. In the end, perhaps the biggest of all was that defensive penalty in Las Vegas that turned an empty Chiefs possession into a touchdown. On the other hand, if the Raiders had won by a punt, the scrutiny would have focused on the roughing the passer penalty (“crushing the passer”) in the first half.

The Chiefs rallied from a down start 17 points below on the board (literally 0-17 to start) and suffered until the end when the Raiders they tried the 2 extra points to regain the lead instead of converting to tie after his last touchdown.

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Monday Night Football clash between Chiefs and Raiders: “roughing the passer” ruling against Chris Jones

Tough weekend for pin roughness

A little more than 24 hours after a controversial violence, the passer ruled in the Buccaneers-Falcons game, an equally egregious call—if not worse—was made on “Monday Night Football.”

Late in the second quarter of Monday night’s game, Chiefs defensive lineman Chris Jones brought down Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, but a pin overflow flag was thrown, apparently because Jones fell on top of Carr with his full weight your body.

This particular application of the “gross response” rule falls under Rule 12, Article 11, Section B of the NFL rulebook, which prohibits “hitting” the quarterback on the ground:

B. A defender who goes to the ground is prohibited from committing acts of intimidation and punishment, such as “bashing” a passer to the ground or unnecessarily grabbing or knocking him down after the passer has thrown the ball, even if the runner makes contact of commencing with the pin within the one step limitation provided in (a) above. When tackling a passer who is in an undefended position (for example, during or immediately after a pass is thrown), a defensive player must not hit the passer unnecessarily or violently or land on him with all or most of his weight defender. Instead, the defensive player should try to fall to the side of the quarterback’s body or break his fall with his hands to avoid landing on the quarterback with all or most of his body weight.

But that’s where the gray area comes in: Jones appears to be breaking his fall with his left hand, which would be the ultimate rule-avoidance criterion in this case.

The Raiders would take the 15-yard penalty and convert it into a field goal to extend the lead to 20-7. No one (except Raiders fans) liked the decision, starting with Troy Aikman and continuing with Tony Dungy and others:

“Disastrous redemption, hard passer needs a lot of work”Sean Payton wrote.

“This isn’t football anymore. I know we have to protect the QB, but Jones is recovering. This has gotten ridiculous.”Tony Dungy said.

Tom Pelissero said: “Jones became the first player in history to catch the pass while in possession of the ball.”

Chris Williamson was eloquent: “It’s the worst charge I’ve ever seen.”

“absurd”, “never seen”, “for the love of the game, do something”and more were the reactions of the NFL world.