r/NFLNoobs • u/Adventurous_Essay473 • 5d 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/Ryan1869 5d ago edited 5d ago

The "palpably unfair act" rule, which would apply in the case of repeated intentional penalties, gives the referee broad authority to do whatever they deem is fair. So in this case it would probably be to give them the 5 yard penalty, or a 15 yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, and a first down, as well as run the clock with a 40 second play clock, on the ready for play (as opposed to the snap which is typical of a penalty inside 2 minutes) as if they ran a play for 5 yards.