Who called the 2nd timeout?

[memphisskin]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

The rule was amended following the 2005 season to include an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for calling consecutive timeouts to try to "ice" the kicker.

So you spend some 20+ years as a coach in the NFL and all you get is a slap on the wrist, in the past year and a half the rule changes but you have a mental lapse and blow it. It is what it is.

Oops, my bad. Thanks for the correction.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by memphisskin

Oops, my bad. Thanks for the correction.

All good. It's also not a penalty if the kicker isn't on the field. And not unsportsmanlike if you can prove the reason a time-out was called was for any reason other than trying to "ice" the kicker.

The ramifications of the rule are kind of vague. I would venture to say that a lot of people who are saying they knew the rule and all that it encompassed are just saying that.