The NFL has its share of rather silly rules. The Cleveland Browns were nearly hit with another of them on Thursday night.
Per the rulebook, a player on injured reserve cannot be doing anything on the field within 60 minutes of kickoff. Quarterback Robert Griffin III is on injured reserve and was throwing a few passes on the field before the game, prompting the NFL to launch an investigation to see if the Browns broke a rule.
#Browns Hue Jackson said they don't believe they broke rule w/ Griffin throwing pre-game, but will wait for #NFL investigation to conclude.
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) November 11, 2016
#Browns RG3 threw between about 7:00 and 7:15, which was more than 60 minutes before the game started. Therefore, no #NFL rule broken
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) November 11, 2016
By 7:15, #Browns RG3 was done throwing and shaking hands and posing for photos with servicemen
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) November 11, 2016
Here is the photo I took of #Browns RG3 with servicemen at 7:14 when he was done throwing pic.twitter.com/VH56JnqTSv
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) November 11, 2016
One wonders what the punishment for this would be had Griffin actually broken a rule. Given some of the shoddy rules interpretations in the past week, it’s probably best that they didn’t and couldn’t pursue this one.
H/T Yahoo Sports
