Goro Majima
Kitty Genovese Member
Joking aside, it does seem like a valid strategy to turn a blown play into a wash though. The difficult part is getting the ref to make the roughness call, but I'm sure certain quarterbacks wouldn't have a hard time selling that.
A blown Patriots play resulting in a 1yd slide by Brady vs. another take on the down? I'm sure it's not beyond them.
There's even a specific reference to a similar play under the supplemental notes section - it's the last example of 8 given:
swap facemask with any other roughness call and you have yesterday's call
I'd rather our QB not turn into a future Alzheimer's patient by risking something like that.