Flacco to Teammates: "tackle Ginn if starts to break one"

[Ravens2006]

Oh for the love of all things purple, he was kidding!

Remember the MNF game between PIT and JAX (I think) when Cowher actually flinched a bit and went through the motion of starting to hit an opponent as he was running by him down the sideline?

[cprenegade]

The rule:

According to the NFL Rule Book's Rule 12, Section 3, Article 3:

"Palpably Unfair Act. A player or substitute shall not interfere with play by any act which is palpably unfair. Penalty: For a palpably unfair act: Offender may be disqualified. The Referee, after consulting his crew, enforces any such distance penalty as they consider equitable and irrespective of any other specified code penalty. The Referee may award a score."

That's what would have happened. The refs would have consulted and the uproar over such a play would have forced them to award a TD giving SF the game. Flacco would have been blackballed in the league, probably would have been given an indefinite suspension. The Ravens as an organization would have been shamed. And I seriously don't believe Flacco didn't know the rule or would ever have really considered such a thing.

[Saticon3]

There used to be a highlight shown from a very old college game where that scenario really happened, except it was a coach in street clothes who ran from the sideline and tackled the player. Wish I could recall what game it was.