Hussain Abdullah penalty for post-TD prayer

[Spider-Dan]

He's talking about the other high-stepping dance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNGQ8v4o9W0&t=2m38s

[Sunstroke]

Fuck Deion Sanders and the Dilfer he rode in on...

[Brian Fein]

He's talking about the other high-stepping dance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNGQ8v4o9W0&t=2m38s

That's the one...

I just find that the NFL makes "allowances" for superstar players like Marshall and Sanders (and Manning and Brady for that matter), but enforces rules to the letter for everyone else.  It should be consistent across the board.

[Phishfan]

The NFL have come out and said it was a mistake. No flag should have been thrown:

"Abdullah should not have been penalized. Officiating mechanic is not to flag player who goes to ground for religious reasons."

https://twitter.com/NFLfootballinfo/status/516942894318383104

This is for the public. For what I suspect is usually a private thing the NFL graded this as a correct call in the official's review.

http://www.thescore.com/nfl/news/594172

The union representing NFL on-field officials criticized the league Thursday for inconsistencies in grading calls, including two high-profile penalties from recent games.

In a release, the NFL Referees Association says the NFL has ''caused confusion for NFL officials as to what the league does and doesn't want called.''

The union referred to penalties on Washington's Chris Baker for a hit on Eagles quarterback Nick Foles on Sept. 21, and to Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah last Monday night for going to his knees to celebrate an interception return for a touchdown. Abdullah actually had gone to his knees to pray - an act exempted from celebration penalties.

The union says both calls were graded as correct even after NFL executives announced that they were incorrect. Baker got a 15-yard penalty and was ejected from the game at Philadelphia. Abdullah also received a 15-yard penalty.