Patriots Notes: How Goal-Line Defense Helped Turn Tide In AFC Title Game

Patriots Notes: How Goal-Line Defense Helped Turn Tide In AFC Title Game

by Zack Cox on Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 2:11AM 2,003 FOXBORO, Mass. — Tom Brady and Chris Hogan both had fantastically productive performances in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game. But two of the most important sequences in the New England Patriots’ rout of the Pittsburgh Steelers came on the defensive side of the ball. The Patriots’ defense mounted two successful goal-line stands, keeping the Steelers out of the end zone on seven plays from inside the 5-yard line. Pittsburgh managed just thre... NESN.com

Goal-line technology for UEFA EURO 2016

006 - Use of goal-line technology approved for UEFA EURO and UEFA Champions LeagueThe UEFA Executive Committee yesterday held its first meeting of the year at the House of European Football in Nyon and unanimously decided to back the candidature of Gianni Infantino in the FIFA presidential elections (see media release 005).The UEFA Executive Committee decided there will be no UEFA presidential election scheduled until the sports justice appeal bodies, including potentially the Court of Arbitration for Sport, have taken a decision regarding Michel Platini’s suspension (see media release 004).The use of goal-line technology was approved for the final tournament of UEF...

Steelers O-Lineman: ‘Kudos’ To Patriots For Thinking Of Goal-Line Shift

The New England Patriots are known for their clever way of essentially finding loopholes in the NFL rule book. Just ask the Baltimore Ravens. But their latest victims were the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers were called for a false start on 3rd-and-goal on the Patriots’ 1-yard line during the fourth quarter of New England’s 28-21 win Thursday night. Left tackle Kelvin Beachum and left guard Ramon Foster moved when New England’s defensive line shifted during Ben Roethlisberger’s snap count. And the Pittsburgh quarterback wasn’t happy. “I thought that there was a rule against that,” Roethlisberger said, per USA TODAY Sports. ...