Archer: Why Smith's penalty didn't have to happen

[Cotton]

It's situational football. In that instance the RB has to know not to fumble the ball, and everyone else needs to know not to get a penalty. That's all there is to it.

This is correct. You can't tell a RB not to bounce outside to try to get more yards. That's insane.

 

[superpunk]

It's situational football. In that instance the RB has to know not to fumble the ball, and everyone else needs to know not to get a penalty. That's all there is to it.

Thanks captain obvious. But when the RB does bounce rather than follow the play design, you see this all.the.time.

 

[Clay_Allison]

Tyron Smith admits his holding penalty can’t happen again

Posted by Michael David Smith on October 31, 2013, 6:44 AM EDT

Tyron SmithAP
Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford’s game-winning touchdown with 12 seconds remaining might not have happened if not for a little help from Cowboys offensive tackle Tyron Smith.

On the Cowboys’ last play of the possession immediately before the Lions’ game-winning drive, Smith was called for holding. That penalty stopped the clock and gave the Lions an extra 40 seconds. Smith didn’t think his hold was blatant — he called it “a tug” — but he acknowledged that it was a mistake he shouldn’t have made.

“It’s a technique issue, but I have to clean up that mistake and make sure it doesn’t happen again,” Smith said, via ESPNDallas.com.

If it hadn’t happened this time, the Cowboys probably would have beaten the Lions.
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Hopefully this will suffice for Iamtdg.

It won't. He will still have hurt feelings over it.