SB Nation’s Addicted To Quack ponders the one way opponents have managed to consistently slow down Chip Kelly’s offense this season: fake injuries!
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This is actually a pretty clever strategy, one that gives you a chance to give your tired players a blow, get that substitution in, etc. There is nothing against it in the rulebook. The only consequence is spelled out pretty clearly in the rulebook, that the “injured” player must sit out one play. Maybe it goes against the spirit of the rules, but, in reality, there’s nothing that can be done, at least this season. Nobody has tried to do what Kelly does, and this hasn’t been an issue that the rules committee has had to address.
If we’re stuck with it this season, then what about the future? The problem with that is then you have referees deciding who is injured or not, and that opens up a whole other can of worms.
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