HOF dan Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 Just watching the Sunday night game and saw what I've seen a lot of this year....a pick play - where one receiver sets a pick for another (generally in a crossing route). Educate me - I thought these were illegal plays in football. I recall the Bengals being burnt by this quite a few times this year. Am I nuts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 4 minutes ago, HOF dan said: Just watching the Sunday night game and saw what I've seen a lot of this year....a pick play - where one receiver sets a pick for another (generally in a crossing route). Educate me - I thought these were illegal plays in football. I recall the Bengals being burnt by this quite a few times this year. Am I nuts? Hines Ward made a career out of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron~Popeil Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 Only illegal if your zip code isn't 02035, 15212, or 54304. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omgdrdoom Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 It's kind of like holding where there's a fine, subjective line between what's a penalty and what isn't. Also like holding in that your average viewer doesn't know the difference between the truly illegal blocks and what is allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostInDaJungle Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 12 hours ago, HOF dan said: Just watching the Sunday night game and saw what I've seen a lot of this year....a pick play - where one receiver sets a pick for another (generally in a crossing route). Educate me - I thought these were illegal plays in football. I recall the Bengals being burnt by this quite a few times this year. Am I nuts? If I stand still and you run into me, it's not a pick. If I'm in the normal course of my route, it's not a pick. The only time "pick" plays will be called is when the offending player is judged to have moved into the path of the defender for the express purposes of setting a pick. Same as basketball's "moving pick" rule with the acknowledgement that WR's are always going to be moving when the pick happens. If you're running a shallow route, see the LB and turn upfield to obstruct his path, it's a pick. If the LB moves downfield and makes contact with you, it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlantNGo Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 Yeah the Patriots really exploited the crap out of the rule so it's been enforced a bit more in past years, but teams are now using it more too. One trick is for the receiver to see the defender's path then not actually try to cut him off but encourage him to go over the top of you (thus leaving the shallow crossing route open) by turning back to the QB and pretending like you're settling in a zone. I think this is one of the reasons why the Bengals switched from a primarily man coverage scheme to primarily zone. Part of it might also be Zimmer's preferences compared to Guenther. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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