Burns Fined

http://www.steelersdepot.com/2017/12/steelers-cb-artie-burns-fined-removing-helmet-ravens/

Anyone think the ref that made the PI call got fined?

 

Just a simple case of a young player letting his frustrations get the best of him....... he really played a very good game, but the refs insinuated themselves in the process and had no business there

 

I don't understand the helmet rule. Are players more dangerous with their helmet off?

I understand it's a rule and he shouldn't have done it. Is there a context where it's okay versus not okay? But the fact that it's even a rule is baffling. If memory serves me correctly, the rule came to be back in the 90's. I remember Brett Favre taking his off and quick putting it back on so he wouldn't get a penalty.

 

Just goes to show you how stupid some players are. Everybody knows that's a penalty. Your right the call was ticky tacky, but common how stupid it was to take your helmet off on the field. He should of had another penalty tacked on for that stupid move.

 

if the helmet is knocked off during the course of play it's okay, but you can't take off on the field of play or it's a penalty. I believe the reason for it is they don't want players to take it off every-time they get angry with opposing players or dislike a call.

 

Sorry Blast you were faster on the response.

 

Emmitt Smith Rule
In 1997, the NFL enacted Player Conduct Rule 12, Section 3, Article 1, which prohibits a player from removing his helmet while on the field. The rule was informally named after Smith, the Hall of Fame running back who had a habit of removing his helmet to celebrate touchdowns—including after the TD he scored on his first carry of the 1995 season. “I had just come off a serious injury, and all I read about was how I supposedly had lost a step, that I was on the down side of my career,” Smith told the Dallas Morning News. “I went 60 yards on my first carry and my hamstring didn’t pull. I was excited.”

 

I think it also had to do with sportsmanship/taunting, trying to take the 'me' out of a team sport.

 

I thought he played well too. That was one of the worst calls I've ever seen. Incidental contact and an uncatchable ball twenty yards overthrown and they still called PI.

 

Remember when a Browns player took off his helmet and cost his team the win?