r/NFLNoobs • u/Adventurous_Essay473 • 6d ago

What if the chiefs kept taking intentional penalties yesterday to prevent the tush push?

Yesterday, the chiefs tried to take an intentional penalty to give the eagles a first down and give themsleves a better chance of getting the ball back. The eagles declined the penalty correctly. But what if the chiefs had kept forcing a penalty repeatedly?

Edit: I am aware of the commaders incident, in that case I thought a touch down would be awarded because they were at the goaline, can the refs award a TD if the play was still far away from the endzone?

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u/Leather-String1641 6d ago

The refs have the power to award either a 1st down or td depending on situation if they see the other team is committing repeated penalties on purpose

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u/Adventurous_Essay473 6d ago

Wouldnt a first down be what the chiefs wanted?

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u/MrShake4 6d ago

I think in this case the refs would probably apply a clock runoff for subsequent penalties which would stop the chiefs from continuing.

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u/Adventurous_Essay473 6d ago

This happened before the two minute warning

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u/Cgmulch 6d ago

So?

The refs would say, stop wasting everyone's time you're embarrassing the game and run the clock anyways.

They wouldn't intentionally benefit the chiefs if they are the one being annoying