It's one thing for great coaches to know how and when to exploit loopholes. It's another when a player knows like the Randall Cobb play. That stuff is always so cool to see
As a Cowboys fan, always hated Cobb. Then, he became a Cowboy, and there are few players that are more of a delight to cheer for. Just plays right. Now, he's a Packer again, so I hate him again, which sucks.
@@fernofinity8997 I think it'd be illegal kick out of bounds, there's a point in it to where if the returner has to step out while in process or prior to maintaining possession of the ball then the kick is deemed "uncatchable" and out of bounds but in this case the ball is still in bounds and shows no sign of going out its a perspective thing on the refs and the rules I assume
One instance was a “means nothing” regular season game in a blowout win against the Jets. The other was in the playoffs… He’s got a right to me mad about it. NFL should fix the rule if they haven’t already.
@@craigallenfravel-cafcompos3131 He has no room to be mad. Playoff or not. If 1 coach does it then its fair play. And yes they fixed it this year. Im glad he got a taste of his own medicine
@@packerzfan85 He wasn't mad they did it... he was screaming about the unsportsmanlike conduct which is supposed to get called if you get too many delay of games
@@schmuckytheraiderbear5043 who thought Eric Cartman would be the most successful of the 4? Everyone, because, he takes what he wants and raises hell when he doesn't get it.
If I had a nickel for every time a Green Bay packers player intentionally caught a kickoff out of bounds to force a penalty, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
lol the announcer starting to sound so perplexed like why did he down it at the 4 and the guy quickly jumping in to not make him sound like a dumbass is perfect
It's like being cut off by the guy you just cut off 5 minutes ago. Makes me laugh as a Patriots fan because he knows the refs are right and there's nothing anyone can do about them. He complains to the league in offseasons abour loopholes and when they don't listen to him he uses that tactic to piss people off.
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@@npvuvuzela Vrabel did it to prove a point, too. To prove that ol' Bill plays in shitty ways for results and that maybe it's a lousy way to play football. Bill didn't learn that lesson, though.
I hate to defend B******k, but i must. He did it against NY up 33 to 1) expose the loophole so it can be fixed 2) fuck with the Jets. Vrabel pulled the stunt in a playoff game. Kinda shitty, but it fucks with B*******k, so i love it
@@ganrice2984 I kinda think he didn’t do it JUST for people to see the loophole- I think the only reason he did was just to fuck with people. Though I agree using it in a playoff game is kinda shitty.
Not a Bellichick fan, but it's two different scenarios. The Patriots were destroying the Jets and they just wanted 5 yards to have more room for the Punt. The Titans has a slim lead and were, in my opinion an unsportsmanlike fashion, getting to run out more clock than they should have been able to.
@@nunyabizness9400 Except for the fact that it doesn't matter if you by 1 or 33, a win is a win and it's the first thing that matters that determines playoff spots. He wasn't "testing" the rules. He KNEW the rules!
props to Vrabel for making Belichick act like a brat on the sidelines!!! always props for that!! Belichick looked like he needed a nap, little guy was tired and cranky.
Actually the fact that Belichick had to act like that shows the refs didn't know the rulebook as well as Belichick did. He had to literally tell the refs when to start the clock. He literally knew the rule bend and how to counter it as best as possible, and you count that as bratty? Belichick had the best counter to his own counter. That's genius.
@@TehGamesaver You are delusional. The refs absolutely knew the rule book. Belicheck was crying because he was going to get the ball back with 5 minutes, instead of 6 because they used the exact same "loophole" he had used.
@@brianm6117 no belichick wasn’t running out the clock, he was trying to get a 5 yard penalty. There is a difference. Vrabel was just running out the clock you shouldn’t be able to run out the clock on one play in a playoff game. Totally different situations
@@ironmike5812 there isn't any special rules if you are down by one or up by 33 or if it's a regular season game or a playoff game. If you can do it in a regular season game up by 33 then you can do it up by 1 in the playoffs. It doesn't matter what the coach's reasoning is a rule is a rule
@@braydencantu5735 except the reason the clock kept going up 33 is the jets coach kept declining the penalty. If the coach accepts the penalty the clock should stop.
It’s a holdover rule from both rugby codes. Doing the same thing in rugby union gets you a scrum at halfway; in rugby league it gets you a penalty kick from halfway. Great way to get a lot of territory.
I didn't think it was possible to decline a false start penalty. In any event, all these loopholes have since been closed (except you can still stand out of bounds to pick up a kickoff close to the sideline). But like Ender says in Ender's game, such tricks can only work once anyway. Like Kenny Pickett's fake slide during the 2021 ACC Championship game.
@@ximbabwe0228 but it still makes sense given the out of bounds rules on all other plays. For instance, if a receiver catches a pass with one foot out of bounds, the ball is out as well even if the ball itself is clearly over the field and not the line. It's also bizarre that in every other sport but football, anything on the line is in bounds.
Belicheck is making sure the rules, that he himself has sent reports to the NFL about requesting they be changed, get applied equally. Makes sense to me.
@@cyclopsvision6370 nope so long as the receiver declared himself ineligible and remained behind the line, it was a fair play. Harbaugh blew a gasket but it was legal. The NFL quickly changed the rules that offseason but not before Bill could apply his knowledge of the rulebook in the game!
@@nepatrul6075 is that like the reverse of a coach adding an extra lineman with an ineligible number as an extra tight end and eligible receiver on short yardage and goal line plays?
@@randyk_18 yeah, lots of QBs get to fumble a ball that costs his team the AFC championship only to have refs decide it isn’t a fumble He constantly gets roughing calls and PI calls in big spots when the penalty is tenuous at best.
Or you're deaf and don't listen to the commentary telling everyone at home that he's making sure not a single second extra gets taken off that's not mandated by the rules. He knew the best counter to his own counter, and that's being salty? You're so caught in something that's not true that you ignore the facts given to you by the commentators!! Who's the salty one now?
@@adrianpena800 I fail to see your point? Belicheck takes every advantage of the rules that he can, whether its regular season or playoffs. He got a taste of his own medicine and cried like a little girl.
When I was watching Vrabel do that against the Patriots I didn't understand it at the time and thought that would be the reason they would lose. Now I understand how it's genius.
@@NoBody-ro3xj Vrabel is trying to run as much time off the clock as he can do legally, so that the Pats have less time to march down the field and try to score when they get the ball again. Every play potentially takes 40+ seconds off the clock. By deliberately letting the 40 second play clock expire, they have traded a 5 yard penalty for those 40 seconds. By rule, you can't do this twice in the same play sequence or there's an additional 15 yard penalty, so after the delay of game, they lined up, and near when the play clock was going to expire, they deliberately went offsides, thus killing another 40 seconds off the clock. That kept the ball out of the Patriots' hands for 80+ clock seconds longer than if they had just punted.
@@jacobstrutner8232 that would be true if he tried to take the ball and advance it. He didn’t. By standing partially out of bounds, he essentially was an extension of the out of bounds area. So when he picked up the ball? The ball also was out of bounds
I like how Cobb almost lifts his leg out from out-of-bounds and then it would have been a reverse penalty due to being out of bounds and then proceeding to touch the football first.
Or you're deaf and don't listen to the commentary telling everyone at home that he's making sure not a single second extra gets taken off that's not mandated by the rules. He knew the best counter to his own counter, and that's being salty? You're so caught in something that's not true that you ignore the facts given to you by the commentators!! Who's the salty one now?
This video shows how not all of football is about the players. It’s about the coaches too and they play such a huge roll in making the teams what they are. Good or bad
@@darkhorseash4337 and so did the patriots , hey they cheated time to time, but they won thats all that matters to the respect of the game right. keep your casual thoughts to yourself id bet the world once the ravens start their decline, whenever that is, youll be outtie
My all-time favorite “knowing the rules“ moment was done by Buddy Ryan back in the late 80s when he coached the Eagles. It was called the “Polish punt team“. Follow me on this.. -There was about 30 seconds left in the game. -The Eagles had the ball on 4th down. -They were up by 4 points. -They lined up to punt. Buddy sent out 22 guys on the punt coverage team. Back then, they wouldn’t disallow a play to start if there were too many men on the field(They have since changed that rule so in that scenario, the refs would throw the flag and not even allow the play to happen). So basically Buddy figured that by sending 22 guys out there, the opposing team wouldn’t have a chance to have any sort of return. But they also didn’t want to accept the penalty because time would runoff the clock since they don’t put time back on a clock due to a penalty like that. One of the most brilliant things I’ve ever seen in any sport.
For real? It literally had a repeat!! The repeat was in this video!! It didn't prevent a repeat. It will prevent it from ever happening again though, but it didn't stop a repeat.
Imagine how frustrating it would be if the entire offense didn’t care about holding penalties. Just seeing how hard the defense was working for the offense to just bear hug them was so funny to me
When belichic did it to the jets being up 33 to zip he was being a str8 asshole. When the titans did it to him being up 1 they were being strategic. Facts
I absolutely love that my patriots are in like the whole video! I remember every single one of those games. The hiking the ball out the back of the end zone was genius and it worked like a charm! We had a monster defense that year and we knew they would get the stop! They did it all game. Brady was in the beginning stages of being the two minute champion that he became. Pats gave up two points and bet on the defense and Brady’s offense for the walkoff win and we got it! The other video is belichek and one of his favorite linebackers playing games with each other! I thought it was hilarious!
The foot out of bounds was actually an incorrect call, because a player can't go out of bounds and be the first one to touch it on a punt or kickoff. So, by the REAL rule, that would have been illegal touching on the receiving team, half distance to the goal where he downloaded the ball. Or re kick.
wait, let me get this straight, Belichick, known for playing with the rule book (I don't mean any of the scandals they have been involved with) is upset that another coach is doing just that?
@@nateschultz8973 that stunt shouldn't even apply. The ball was kicked in bounds. He "recovered" it out of bounds on his own. The Packers also did it once where the dude laid completely flat toes on the sideline and arm out to touch it. It violates the spirit of the rule and takes away a great play where the special teams can pin them deep
Bill Belicheck: Don't act like I didn't make Mike Vrabel. HE STOLE MY WHOLE FLOW! WORD FOR WORD, BAR FOR BAR! Nahh but fr, if the Jets could decline penalties why couldn't the Pats?
Now he’s a bum…. Or something. Been really doing things backwards this season with his team that’s for sure. Then again, they were 8-8 when they won the SB so what do I know lol
Story was that Belichick hated that loophole and had argued to close it but NFL declined. So he demonstrated it in a game where it had no effect because they were up 33-0, hoping that people would complain and NFL would close the loophole. Later that season the Titans used that loophole against the Patriots in a close game where it DID matter. Of course it continued to bother Belichick.
Bill laughing that way is me in pain for 2 minutes because I am sore from laughing. That was beautiful. Gase the only good thing he has done as a head coach.
3:32 Vrabel (or whoever does a false start to move them back 5 yards) What if Bill is cussing out the ref after that to get a penalty to push them back where they started?
I always wondered. Technically speaking couldn’t you call a “unsportsmanlike conduct” on any of these plays that are manipulation of rules to affect the clock and force a loss of downs?
The quick fix for the Cobb kickoff out of bounds is to call him for illegal touching after leaving the field of play. He was brilliant, but that's the needed change to prevent that in the future. Offset the kickoff out of bounds with illegal touching and rekick.
But that only applies to players leaving the field of play and reentering the field of play. If a player goes out of bounds, but does not come back inbounds, then it's not illegal touching. It's a rule that needs changing, but the given solution doesn't work, because that penalty is not what happened.
I've never understood the reasoning or the purpose behind the rule that if the returner puts a foot out of bounds when he fields the kick off it makes the kick out of bounds. How is that the kicking team's fault?
I feel like that last one should be illegal touching and down the ball at the spot of recovery. Not the rules I know but I think it would be better that way.
I was thinking the same thing. If a player goes out of bounds (intentional or not) he cannot be the first one to touch the ball. Happens all the time on passing plays. Are the kickoffs held to different rules?🤔. I would think some kick returners would do this all the time on a decent kickoff that would pin the offense back deep.
It is a rule for kickoffs (not punts) to prevent the kicking team from pinning the recieving team near, or behind, the 5 yard line on every single kickoff. 🙂 just sayin'
The stepping out of bounds to receive the kickoff rule should be changed. I've seen players do that multiple times. It should be down where the player steps out of bounds.
@@MegaBrokenstar But that's the point. The kick is in the field of play not OB. If it is in play, the receiving team should have to field it not take advantage of a really stupid loophole.
@@nikolatesla5553 again, it’s super easy for kickers to just not put it within a body’s length of the sideline. If they want to keep trying to land it in the extreme corner to the benefit of their coverage guys, then the possibility of this should remain as a drawback. It’s not a stupid loophole. It’s literally just the rules that apply everywhere else in the game applying here too. Any player touching the ball while out of bounds on any play ever in football always makes the ball out of bounds. That’s true on fumbles, kicks, pass attempts, punts, etc. why should it not be true here? Because it’s not to the kicker’s benefit? Besides that, players *should* be able to gain an advantage for a superior understanding of the rules. Contrary to what some seem to think, football isn’t just gladiator combat, big men hit eachother hard. It’s a deeply strategic and cerebral game. Smarter players do, and should, have an advantage.
@@MegaBrokenstar I disagree. The ball is in the field of play. The kicker didn't cause the ball to go OB, the returner did. This is assessing a penalty not against the team that caused the infraction, but the team that didn't. I see that as a STUPID LOOPHOLE.
Everything that causes Bill Belicheck pain sooths my soul. And watching that SOB lose his mind as Tennessee eats clock on him, despite the fact that he did the same thing to the Jets prior to that, in the exact same way, lowers my blood pressure the same way relaxing in front of a fireplace with a good book and a dog in my lap would.
I feel like everyone is missing the obvious difference in the two Belichick double penalty situations. The Jets declined the Patriots' intentional delay of game, which is not what teams usually do in that situation. So Belichick was like okay if you want to be petty while we're already up 33-0, I'll do another intentional penalty and waste some time. That's why he's laughing, the Jets coach just looked like a dumbass for declining. In the Titans game, the Patriots ACCEPTED the intentional delay of game penalty, letting the Titans move back for their punter to have room to kick, which is the "sportsmanlike" thing to do. They could have been petty like the Jets and declined it. So for Vrabel to then do a second intentional penalty to purposefully run down the clock is him abusing the loophole far more than Belichick did against the Jets, in my opinion.
Field position was involved in the first case, which is why the penalty was declined. Does anyone believe for a second that Belichick would be above using the rule to run out the clock with the game on the line? Tantrums always make the HC look bad.
The editing from belicheck laughing while up 33 - 0 then immediately to him screaming at refs while down 1 in the wild card was just beautiful.
Yeah paybacks a bitch.
Sore loser 😤
@@donk026 called being competitive dude. What’s he got to be sore about? Man’s one of the biggest winners in sports history
@@noahreardon6470 not even a Patriots fan but I would follow a coach that says, “60 minutes every game”.
He use to be Pat's OC lol it's even funnier
Bill belicheck is like your dad who says every call against his favorite team is terrible and every call for his team is a great call
Well he ain't lying
or every philly fan.
Yes that's how it works when you're the coach of that team
Hate to say but thats most of us fans
Yea, double standard.
It's one thing for great coaches to know how and when to exploit loopholes. It's another when a player knows like the Randall Cobb play. That stuff is always so cool to see
100% agreed
As a Cowboys fan, always hated Cobb. Then, he became a Cowboy, and there are few players that are more of a delight to cheer for. Just plays right. Now, he's a Packer again, so I hate him again, which sucks.
That play now though would be called illegal touching since he went out first then touched the football, and that'd screw his team over
@@darthrevan5609 what rule was put into play that changes this? Haven’t heard of it changing so just curious?
@@fernofinity8997 I think it'd be illegal kick out of bounds, there's a point in it to where if the returner has to step out while in process or prior to maintaining possession of the ball then the kick is deemed "uncatchable" and out of bounds but in this case the ball is still in bounds and shows no sign of going out its a perspective thing on the refs and the rules I assume
Bill Bellicheck is like "He can't copy me!!! He can't copy me! do something about it!"
Lmao this One got me 😂😂
One instance was a “means nothing” regular season game in a blowout win against the Jets.
The other was in the playoffs…
He’s got a right to me mad about it. NFL should fix the rule if they haven’t already.
@@craigallenfravel-cafcompos3131 He has no room to be mad. Playoff or not. If 1 coach does it then its fair play. And yes they fixed it this year. Im glad he got a taste of his own medicine
@@packerzfan85 He wasn't mad they did it... he was screaming about the unsportsmanlike conduct which is supposed to get called if you get too many delay of games
@@jacobj3491 they only had 3. Which is same amount patriots did. Also why Vrabel said he was gonna punt cause he knew that was as much as he could do
Belicheck is like that kid that teases other kids, but when the other kids tease him, he gets mad and throws a tantrum.
Cartman
@@schmuckytheraiderbear5043 who thought Eric Cartman would be the most successful of the 4? Everyone, because, he takes what he wants and raises hell when he doesn't get it.
@@schmuckytheraiderbear5043 you don’t break the rules I break the rules , but you broke the rules to catch me breaking the rulez
All of you saying these things are missing the point SO badly. Context matter. Don't comment if you're choosing to completely ignore it.
So he is a gqper.
Randall Cobb really studied the rules and that shows dedication
Or special teams coach pounded the rule into their heads
@@Alfakennyone More than likely the coach but still great thinking.
Refs got the call wrong. You can't intentionally go out of bounds
@@jacobstrutner8232 that rule doesn't apply to kick offs
He was the first person to touch the ball after going out of bounds. Should’ve been a penalty, right?
Patriots didn't cover the spread on the 33-0 game unfortunately.
Yea they were at -37.5 to hit what a shame
@@YeehawCowboy the spread was 20 Back up threw a pick 6 and special teams returner fumbled the ball.
@@jeffreyjosephcomedyfun no that wasn’t the game, that game ended 30-14
Jets were getting 34
Who gives a shit if they won?
If I had a nickel for every time a Green Bay packers player intentionally caught a kickoff out of bounds to force a penalty, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
I understood that reference.
lol the announcer starting to sound so perplexed like why did he down it at the 4 and the guy quickly jumping in to not make him sound like a dumbass is perfect
🤣 love this comment!
A man of culture with the Phineas and Ferb reference, I see
Lol 😂
That first play is so funny. Watching the entire line holding for their lives while the punter sits in this endzone😂
He was waiting for the clock to expire and take an intentional safety to end the game.
Vrabel was the student who became the master against his former Head Coach.
Not even fucking close. After Vrabel wins 5 Super Bowls maybe he can start being included in the same conversation as Belichick.
@@Rodgerwilco91 I bet Belichick won't win another without TB12
@@cloudstrife6911 he wont. Pat's fan here.
@@cloudstrife6911 I mean he already won 2 others with the giants
@@cloudstrife6911 no Mac daddy Jones will be come the goat
Belichick whining about someone using his own strategy against him is HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!
It's like being cut off by the guy you just cut off 5 minutes ago. Makes me laugh as a Patriots fan because he knows the refs are right and there's nothing anyone can do about them. He complains to the league in offseasons abour loopholes and when they don't listen to him he uses that tactic to piss people off.
The poetic justice for bellicheck, when he did it for no reason but spite in the season and then it’s used against him to lose the playoffs.
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YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified/Pierced for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
From the Ancient Semitic:
"Yad He Vav He" is what Moshe (Moses) wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
Yad - "Behold The Hand"
He - "Behold the Breath"
Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
HE DID IT TO PROVE A POINT... THERE'S ALWAYS A REASON WITH HIM FFS. NOW LET ME GET BACK TO MY BURRITO
@@npvuvuzela Vrabel did it to prove a point, too. To prove that ol' Bill plays in shitty ways for results and that maybe it's a lousy way to play football. Bill didn't learn that lesson, though.
@@KingSandvich1 Fair enough. I was just being grumpy because I was hungry
that game was such a chess match, every yard felt like a battle, 2 really evenly matched teams
Love how Bellicheck waists time in a shutout game and giggles, but when its used against him in a close game, hes all upset..... 😂
There's the difference. A shutout Is one thing. In a close game it's a whole different matter.
I hate to defend B******k, but i must.
He did it against NY up 33 to
1) expose the loophole so it can be fixed
2) fuck with the Jets.
Vrabel pulled the stunt in a playoff game. Kinda shitty, but it fucks with B*******k, so i love it
@@ganrice2984
I kinda think he didn’t do it JUST for people to see the loophole- I think the only reason he did was just to fuck with people. Though I agree using it in a playoff game is kinda shitty.
Bill had all 3 TOs, he could’ve used one
@Mark Johnson
Okay there’s nothing wrong when HE did it but then when it’s used against him it ain’t okay?
Belichick complaining about other teams exposing loopholes in the rules is the definition of irony.
No it isn't.
@@gimelnus it is
@@gimelnus yes it is
It's clever when he does it, it's cheap when they do it...
You don't even understand what you're watching.
I'm not a Packers fan, but even I have to admit the play by Randall Cobb at the end: VERY clever. :-)
Refs got it wrong. Can't go out of bounds intentionally
@@jacobstrutner8232 damn you really gonna be wrong 5 times on different comments
@@jacobstrutner8232 yeah like the other guy said the ref had it right thats why cobb did that hes not stupid
Just doing a Belicheck back at him was pure classic!! 👌 I salute Titans head coach
And ever since that karma, Belichick never did it again
@@JSaints87 I believe the NFL changed that rule after all this happened. Not 100% sure tho.
the fact that Vrabel is a former player under Belichick too just makes it that much better!
@@travisdonaldstanley6420 Yes, it was Brady’s last game ever as a Patriot
Not a Bellichick fan, but it's two different scenarios. The Patriots were destroying the Jets and they just wanted 5 yards to have more room for the Punt. The Titans has a slim lead and were, in my opinion an unsportsmanlike fashion, getting to run out more clock than they should have been able to.
Bill Belichick is the only person who can smile and frown at the same time.
Love that Bill didn't decline the penalties when his own tricks are used against him.
There would have been no point; the intentional penalties were about burning play time in that case and had nothing to do with field position.
48 on the Ravens had buddy in a literal head lock!! I CAN'T BREATHE!!! 🤣🤣🤣
I do find it funny that some people, in this case Belicheck can dish it out, but get so wound up when they have to take it.
Like a big little baby.
It's just one of those things you love, but hate when people do it to you
I agree...but lets be honest.. theres a difference when you're up 33-0 testing the rules versus down by 1 in a playoff game
@@nunyabizness9400 Except for the fact that it doesn't matter if you by 1 or 33, a win is a win and it's the first thing that matters that determines playoff spots. He wasn't "testing" the rules. He KNEW the rules!
@@TehGamesaver probably testing to see if the refs knew something he didn't
It's just SO funny how mad Belichick gets after Mike Vrabel used his tactic against him.
props to Vrabel for making Belichick act like a brat on the sidelines!!! always props for that!! Belichick looked like he needed a nap, little guy was tired and cranky.
Actually the fact that Belichick had to act like that shows the refs didn't know the rulebook as well as Belichick did. He had to literally tell the refs when to start the clock. He literally knew the rule bend and how to counter it as best as possible, and you count that as bratty? Belichick had the best counter to his own counter. That's genius.
@@TehGamesaver You are delusional. The refs absolutely knew the rule book. Belicheck was crying because he was going to get the ball back with 5 minutes, instead of 6 because they used the exact same "loophole" he had used.
@@brianm6117 no belichick wasn’t running out the clock, he was trying to get a 5 yard penalty. There is a difference. Vrabel was just running out the clock you shouldn’t be able to run out the clock on one play in a playoff game. Totally different situations
@@ironmike5812 there isn't any special rules if you are down by one or up by 33 or if it's a regular season game or a playoff game. If you can do it in a regular season game up by 33 then you can do it up by 1 in the playoffs. It doesn't matter what the coach's reasoning is a rule is a rule
@@braydencantu5735 except the reason the clock kept going up 33 is the jets coach kept declining the penalty. If the coach accepts the penalty the clock should stop.
Wow high IQ play by Cobb on last one
One of the smartest plays of all time. That's a complete football player right there. A true heads up move
It’s a holdover rule from both rugby codes. Doing the same thing in rugby union gets you a scrum at halfway; in rugby league it gets you a penalty kick from halfway. Great way to get a lot of territory.
Super smart play I loved it. But when I first saw it I thought it would be illegal touching because he stepped out first
4:08 was a galaxy brain move, guarantee almost every player on the field learned something that day.
Refs got it wrong. He's down where the ball ended up. Can't go out intentionally and be the first player to touch the ball.
Norm Macdonald’s voice lives on in that ref holy shit rip
Time stamp?
@@etwa8206 1:50 and 3:02
"False start, offense, offending player?, Yep, you guessed it....Frank Stallone."
"Or so the Germans would have us believe....."
@@warrenduree9417 underappreciated comment
I didn't think it was possible to decline a false start penalty. In any event, all these loopholes have since been closed (except you can still stand out of bounds to pick up a kickoff close to the sideline). But like Ender says in Ender's game, such tricks can only work once anyway. Like Kenny Pickett's fake slide during the 2021 ACC Championship game.
Only personal fouls cannot be declined
@@jeffnaslund Not quite true. If two of them happen on the same play, you must decline one of them.
Michael vick used to fake slide
That's bizarre that playing the ball from out of bounds gives the other team a penalty
@@ximbabwe0228 but it still makes sense given the out of bounds rules on all other plays. For instance, if a receiver catches a pass with one foot out of bounds, the ball is out as well even if the ball itself is clearly over the field and not the line. It's also bizarre that in every other sport but football, anything on the line is in bounds.
Belicheck is making sure the rules, that he himself has sent reports to the NFL about requesting they be changed, get applied equally. Makes sense to me.
Missing Belichick using only 4 offensive linemen and pissing off the Ravens
As a Ravens fan I remember that game and had to laugh
isn't there a requirement for 7 players on the line of scrimmage?
@@cyclopsvision6370 nope so long as the receiver declared himself ineligible and remained behind the line, it was a fair play. Harbaugh blew a gasket but it was legal. The NFL quickly changed the rules that offseason but not before Bill could apply his knowledge of the rulebook in the game!
@@nepatrul6075 is that like the reverse of a coach adding an extra lineman with an ineligible number as an extra tight end and eligible receiver on short yardage and goal line plays?
@@cyclopsvision6370 pretty much
The most OP loophole to the rulebook is that if you have Brady as your QB, nearly every key late call will go your way
Cool story bro.
@@gdubsterz1238 oh my god!! Thank you so much for approving of something I said. I can rest now.
Or any call really....
Such bullshit narrative
@@randyk_18 yeah, lots of QBs get to fumble a ball that costs his team the AFC championship only to have refs decide it isn’t a fumble
He constantly gets roughing calls and PI calls in big spots when the penalty is tenuous at best.
Lol Belichick can give it out but he can't take it 🤣 😂 😅
Or you're deaf and don't listen to the commentary telling everyone at home that he's making sure not a single second extra gets taken off that's not mandated by the rules. He knew the best counter to his own counter, and that's being salty? You're so caught in something that's not true that you ignore the facts given to you by the commentators!! Who's the salty one now?
@@TehGamesaver Just watch Belicheck's body language and you can tell he is being a big baby and it is exactly that he can dish it, but not take it.
how does belicheck's chocolate starfish taste? 🤭
@@brianm6117 they are different situations, playoff versus blowout reg season
@@adrianpena800 I fail to see your point? Belicheck takes every advantage of the rules that he can, whether its regular season or playoffs. He got a taste of his own medicine and cried like a little girl.
Belichek tried his hardest not to smile vs the Jets!😂😂
Yeah he was. Haha. But he was crying like a biatch when it was done back to him! Talk about someone who could dish it out and not take it...
On the first one the announcer said there will probably be holding called. PROBABLY lmao
Make nfl coaches getting heated moments
why don’t you say please
Belicheck is fighting the urge to laugh, I didn't see him actually laughing lol
When I was watching Vrabel do that against the Patriots I didn't understand it at the time and thought that would be the reason they would lose. Now I understand how it's genius.
I'm still clueless about what is happening
@@NoBody-ro3xj Vrabel is trying to run as much time off the clock as he can do legally, so that the Pats have less time to march down the field and try to score when they get the ball again. Every play potentially takes 40+ seconds off the clock. By deliberately letting the 40 second play clock expire, they have traded a 5 yard penalty for those 40 seconds. By rule, you can't do this twice in the same play sequence or there's an additional 15 yard penalty, so after the delay of game, they lined up, and near when the play clock was going to expire, they deliberately went offsides, thus killing another 40 seconds off the clock. That kept the ball out of the Patriots' hands for 80+ clock seconds longer than if they had just punted.
@@notthatyouasked6656 I appreciate the explanation... That's a genius play though. I could see why it would annoy people but smart
Cobb with the 200 IQ play. Well done
Refs got it wrong. Can't go out intentionally and be first to touch ball.
@@jacobstrutner8232 that would be true if he tried to take the ball and advance it. He didn’t. By standing partially out of bounds, he essentially was an extension of the out of bounds area. So when he picked up the ball? The ball also was out of bounds
I like how Cobb almost lifts his leg out from out-of-bounds and then it would have been a reverse penalty due to being out of bounds and then proceeding to touch the football first.
That Ravens play makes me a forever hater of that franchise
i just hate them cuz its afc north
I love how Belicheck was in like 50% of these clips
Gotta know the rules in order to bend them.
Belichick can dish it out, but he can’t take it. He doesn’t think it’ll ever happen to him. He’s a great coach, but he’s arrogant.
Or you're deaf and don't listen to the commentary telling everyone at home that he's making sure not a single second extra gets taken off that's not mandated by the rules. He knew the best counter to his own counter, and that's being salty? You're so caught in something that's not true that you ignore the facts given to you by the commentators!! Who's the salty one now?
He had the right to be mad, it was a close playoff game, the one against the jets was more trolling than strategy
@@adrianpena800 You’re up 33-0, no need to troll the opponent. That’s just arrogance on Belichick’s part.
@@adrianpena800So "trolling" is what this gay generation calls "bad sportsmanship"?
This video shows how not all of football is about the players. It’s about the coaches too and they play such a huge roll in making the teams what they are. Good or bad
Roll 🤣🤣🤣
@@whocares9033 I feel like nfl coaches have more influence on the game than any other pro sport coach
I loved watching Mike Vrabel doing a Belichik trick and Belichik threw a huge tantrum.
The ravens play is always my favorite
It can’t be repeated again since the rules were changed in response to that.
Honestly think it counts as "palpably unfair act" - it's a disgrace to the game
cowardly way to win a game literally run while every player holds, ruins a game coulda had a crazy ending
It didn't need a crazy ending. They won. That was all they needed to do.
@@darkhorseash4337 and so did the patriots , hey they cheated time to time, but they won thats all that matters to the respect of the game right. keep your casual thoughts to yourself id bet the world once the ravens start their decline, whenever that is, youll be outtie
Never get tired of that Randall Cobb move. Great play. Will make an amazing coach or football writer someday. Such affinity for the rulebook.
My all-time favorite “knowing the rules“ moment was done by Buddy Ryan back in the late 80s when he coached the Eagles. It was called the “Polish punt team“. Follow me on this..
-There was about 30 seconds left in the game.
-The Eagles had the ball on 4th down.
-They were up by 4 points.
-They lined up to punt.
Buddy sent out 22 guys on the punt coverage team. Back then, they wouldn’t disallow a play to start if there were too many men on the field(They have since changed that rule so in that scenario, the refs would throw the flag and not even allow the play to happen).
So basically Buddy figured that by sending 22 guys out there, the opposing team wouldn’t have a chance to have any sort of return. But they also didn’t want to accept the penalty because time would runoff the clock since they don’t put time back on a clock due to a penalty like that.
One of the most brilliant things I’ve ever seen in any sport.
I loved when Tenn gave NE taste of their own medicine. That was awesome.
Funny how most of these involved New England
Love how Belicheck looks so smug while doing the delay of game and false start, and so frustrated when the exact same thing gets done against him.
The first play was so brilliant that the rules were changed to prevent a repeat.
For real? It literally had a repeat!! The repeat was in this video!! It didn't prevent a repeat. It will prevent it from ever happening again though, but it didn't stop a repeat.
Brandon Ripley Congrats on being an asshole for no reason
@@TehGamesaver Those to clips happened in the same year. The rules were changed after the fact.
Imagine how frustrating it would be if the entire offense didn’t care about holding penalties. Just seeing how hard the defense was working for the offense to just bear hug them was so funny to me
That last one by Cobb was a 1000 I.Q play. Really smart way to get out of the horrible field position they would have had.
When belichic did it to the jets being up 33 to zip he was being a str8 asshole. When the titans did it to him being up 1 they were being strategic. Facts
First play was a thing of beauty 😂
I absolutely love that my patriots are in like the whole video! I remember every single one of those games. The hiking the ball out the back of the end zone was genius and it worked like a charm! We had a monster defense that year and we knew they would get the stop! They did it all game. Brady was in the beginning stages of being the two minute champion that he became. Pats gave up two points and bet on the defense and Brady’s offense for the walkoff win and we got it! The other video is belichek and one of his favorite linebackers playing games with each other! I thought it was hilarious!
Many became Titans fans during this game. The trolling/reverse Uno card was hall of Fame worthy! 👌(chef's kiss)
The foot out of bounds was actually an incorrect call, because a player can't go out of bounds and be the first one to touch it on a punt or kickoff. So, by the REAL rule, that would have been illegal touching on the receiving team, half distance to the goal where he downloaded the ball. Or re kick.
That’s what I’m thinking too but the browns did it again not to long ago
Refs got it wrong. You are correct
@@jacobstrutner8232 They got it right. It was and still is a correct call.
It was and still is a correct call. Free kick out of bounds.
LMAO Bill getting pissed for them wasting the clock but has done the same thing himself lol
Exact same voice as Norm McDonald @1:52
I absolutely love how smug bill was when he was doing it but wanted to cry foul when it’s done to him, I got some screenshots I’m gonna make it a meme
Imagine if you needed the Ravens to win by 7 and that safety cost you the bet lol
The announcers on first play were clueless. They couldn’t figure out why there was no pressure on punter. Everyone was being held.
wait, let me get this straight, Belichick, known for playing with the rule book (I don't mean any of the scandals they have been involved with) is upset that another coach is doing just that?
The Cobb one makes me mad cause that was such a great kickoff and now the kicker gets punished for executing perfectly
Perfect would be kicking it too far in bounds to pull that stunt.
@@nateschultz8973 that stunt shouldn't even apply. The ball was kicked in bounds. He "recovered" it out of bounds on his own. The Packers also did it once where the dude laid completely flat toes on the sideline and arm out to touch it. It violates the spirit of the rule and takes away a great play where the special teams can pin them deep
Bill Belicheck: Don't act like I didn't make Mike Vrabel. HE STOLE MY WHOLE FLOW! WORD FOR WORD, BAR FOR BAR!
Nahh but fr, if the Jets could decline penalties why couldn't the Pats?
As a Titans fan, I knew exactly what the thumbnail was from 😂
I remember when us Ravens fans had some fun special teams moments. Probably because John Harbaugh was a great special teams coach.
Now he’s a bum…. Or something. Been really doing things backwards this season with his team that’s for sure.
Then again, they were 8-8 when they won the SB so what do I know lol
Keyword: was, now he just gets blown out by franchises and looses 6 games in a row
Belichick mad when it’s done against him but happy when he does it to others lmao
The one missing here is NE against the Ravens and the Ravens going nuts during the playoffs!
The ineligible reciever
The ineligible receiver one was a funny loophole 😂😂.
Man, that first clip was just absolutely ridiculous 😂
Interesting that most of the dodgy calls involve the Pats.
Belichick doing some trolling is just hilarious
Story was that Belichick hated that loophole and had argued to close it but NFL declined. So he demonstrated it in a game where it had no effect because they were up 33-0, hoping that people would complain and NFL would close the loophole. Later that season the Titans used that loophole against the Patriots in a close game where it DID matter. Of course it continued to bother Belichick.
The Belicheck clips 😂....
When somebody plays a reverse card on you in UNO and you have to draw cards...
Vrabel learned from the master...
Wstching a angry belichick makes my day
Bill laughing that way is me in pain for 2 minutes because I am sore from laughing. That was beautiful. Gase the only good thing he has done as a head coach.
The funniest thing is Vrabel was coached by Belicheck XD
I love the anguish Bellicheat goes through. It's.. beautiful.
The holding on the first play was the most blatant hold I’ve ever seen, he just bear hugged the guy lol
And thanks to Vrabel doing that. The chiefs didn’t have to play the Pats. And had an easy stroll to SB54
We played the Pats that year. How many times do they have to lose to figure out they aren't winning.
Its hilarious to watch Belichek getting pissed off at Vrabel for doing some shit he probably learned from him.
Love that Vrable learned that from Belichik, then used it against him to beat him at his on game while Belichik was having a tantrum
Bill laughing is like someone laughing at a funeral
Lmfao 🤣 PATRIOTS you can't keep doing that men.....JETS hey men you did it to us..... PATRIOTS :😳😩
The funny part is Bill did the same thing a week or two earlier with a smile on his face. He's not smiling now hahaha but I am lol
3:32
Vrabel (or whoever does a false start to move them back 5 yards)
What if Bill is cussing out the ref after that to get a penalty to push them back where they started?
I hate Harbaugh with a passion. He’s complained more than once about opponents’ gamesmanship, but he’s the fucking king of it.
I always wondered. Technically speaking couldn’t you call a “unsportsmanlike conduct” on any of these plays that are manipulation of rules to affect the clock and force a loss of downs?
They explained this in the video
If Bill didn't do that in the Jets game, they might have won against the Titans
The quick fix for the Cobb kickoff out of bounds is to call him for illegal touching after leaving the field of play.
He was brilliant, but that's the needed change to prevent that in the future. Offset the kickoff out of bounds with illegal touching and rekick.
They did change that rule. If you do that now, it's out at that spot with no penalty for kick out of bounds.
@@Pitchblackplays it turns out that they did NOT change that rule.
Apparently not, since my Browns did it today.
But that only applies to players leaving the field of play and reentering the field of play. If a player goes out of bounds, but does not come back inbounds, then it's not illegal touching. It's a rule that needs changing, but the given solution doesn't work, because that penalty is not what happened.
Refs got it wrong.
I've never understood the reasoning or the purpose behind the rule that if the returner puts a foot out of bounds when he fields the kick off it makes the kick out of bounds. How is that the kicking team's fault?
There are very many stupid rules in the NFL, it's best not to question it.
I feel like that last one should be illegal touching and down the ball at the spot of recovery. Not the rules I know but I think it would be better that way.
I was thinking the same thing. If a player goes out of bounds (intentional or not) he cannot be the first one to touch the ball. Happens all the time on passing plays. Are the kickoffs held to different rules?🤔. I would think some kick returners would do this all the time on a decent kickoff that would pin the offense back deep.
@@brunoskorniak9722 - It is different for kickoffs as this is considered out of bounds.
It is a rule for kickoffs (not punts) to prevent the kicking team from pinning the recieving team near, or behind, the 5 yard line on every single kickoff. 🙂 just sayin'
Refs got it wrong. Balls down where he touched it
@@joefein4503 he went out of bounds so can't be the first player to touch the ball or penalty on him. Refs got it wrong.
Only Cobb knew what he was doing until after then everyone was like damn 200 iq mr.Cobb 🤣🤣
The stepping out of bounds to receive the kickoff rule should be changed. I've seen players do that multiple times. It should be down where the player steps out of bounds.
yes
If kickers don’t like it, they don’t have to kick to the corner.
@@MegaBrokenstar But that's the point. The kick is in the field of play not OB. If it is in play, the receiving team should have to field it not take advantage of a really stupid loophole.
@@nikolatesla5553 again, it’s super easy for kickers to just not put it within a body’s length of the sideline. If they want to keep trying to land it in the extreme corner to the benefit of their coverage guys, then the possibility of this should remain as a drawback. It’s not a stupid loophole. It’s literally just the rules that apply everywhere else in the game applying here too. Any player touching the ball while out of bounds on any play ever in football always makes the ball out of bounds. That’s true on fumbles, kicks, pass attempts, punts, etc. why should it not be true here? Because it’s not to the kicker’s benefit?
Besides that, players *should* be able to gain an advantage for a superior understanding of the rules. Contrary to what some seem to think, football isn’t just gladiator combat, big men hit eachother hard. It’s a deeply strategic and cerebral game. Smarter players do, and should, have an advantage.
@@MegaBrokenstar I disagree. The ball is in the field of play. The kicker didn't cause the ball to go OB, the returner did. This is assessing a penalty not against the team that caused the infraction, but the team that didn't. I see that as a STUPID LOOPHOLE.
Belicheck acting like someone else is cheating is the height of irony!! Lol.
Gotta love Bb cheat... Only I can do stuff like that how dare anybody do that against me.
Belichick is the LAST person who should be telling ANYONE what they can and cannot do!!!
Everything that causes Bill Belicheck pain sooths my soul. And watching that SOB lose his mind as Tennessee eats clock on him, despite the fact that he did the same thing to the Jets prior to that, in the exact same way, lowers my blood pressure the same way relaxing in front of a fireplace with a good book and a dog in my lap would.
The Green Bay one is absolutely ridiculous. Hopefully they amended that.
Apparently not as the browns did it about a month ago, against the ravens.
I feel like everyone is missing the obvious difference in the two Belichick double penalty situations. The Jets declined the Patriots' intentional delay of game, which is not what teams usually do in that situation. So Belichick was like okay if you want to be petty while we're already up 33-0, I'll do another intentional penalty and waste some time. That's why he's laughing, the Jets coach just looked like a dumbass for declining. In the Titans game, the Patriots ACCEPTED the intentional delay of game penalty, letting the Titans move back for their punter to have room to kick, which is the "sportsmanlike" thing to do. They could have been petty like the Jets and declined it. So for Vrabel to then do a second intentional penalty to purposefully run down the clock is him abusing the loophole far more than Belichick did against the Jets, in my opinion.
no, we all got the point. just that everyone on the planet except pats fans hates his guts so we're happy that it blew up in his face 😂
Field position was involved in the first case, which is why the penalty was declined.
Does anyone believe for a second that Belichick would be above using the rule to run out the clock with the game on the line? Tantrums always make the HC look bad.
Belicheck when trolling a team:😏
Belicheck when getting trolled: 🤬