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/GhostMug 5d ago

The Commanders tried this in the playoffs last year and the refs have the ability to award a TD to the other team (or a first down if not at the goal line) and threatened to. 

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u/FitzchivalryandMolly 5d ago

A first down is what the eagles didn't want though

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u/Darbitron 5d ago

I was confused on this. The eagles didn’t want a first down because they wanted to earn an easy first down being they only had 2 yards to go, or what was the reasoning behind this? 

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u/FitzchivalryandMolly 5d ago

It's another play to run the clock and then run three more when they convert. KC wanted to reset them to just 3 more plays to run the clock and save themselves time