A thought on football rules

Brucie:

Here's something that I can't remember having considered previously but which might need a review by the NFL rules committee in light of a sequence in last week's Colts-Steelers game. With ball on the Steelers 1, the Colts were whistled for a false start, moving the ball back to the 6. On the very next play, the Steelers were called offside, but this was marked off as a half-the-distance penalty. So the ball was on the 3.

It just doesn't seem right that these aren't "off-setting penalties", given the nature of the infractions and the sequence on consecutive plays. Maybe you can lobby for the Quad Squad Rule: "When penalties of similar yardage are called on consecutive plays in the red zone, first on the offense and then on the defense, then the net result of these penalties will be to place the ball at the line of scrimmage of the play preceding the first penalty". We could be famous!