01-22-2016, 07:40 AM
(01-21-2016, 07:54 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Except for the fact that Gilberry was fined for actions against Porter, who was illegally on the field, so therefore no penalty should have been thrown against Gilberry because you can't flag someone for acting against someone who was on the field illegally.
That's common sense.
That's your idea of common sense?
Someone else's penalty does not give you carte blanche* to commit your own. You might have a case if Porter was in Gilberry's face or physically confronting him, but he was nowhere near him and was not inciting him personally. Gilberry approached him from behind and from several yards away. Should've been a penalty, no question. You can absolutely flag that.
The Peko example above is a good one. Had one of the Steelers shoved or physically retaliated in any way, it would have offset Peko's penalty. His actions did not give them permission to do anything they wanted to him.
*If you don't know the term you can look it up here
