After the Packers beat the Bears by blocking a field goal on the final play of the game, Bears coach Matt Eberflus claimed that The packing houses should have been marked because “they were obviously on our long snapper.”
The NFL disagrees.
The Bears sent the game to the league for clarification and league management notified the Bears The Packers played a clean gameaccording to Chicago Sun-Times.
NFL rules prohibit standing directly across from or touching a long snapper while his head is still down immediately after the snap. Packers defensive lineman TJ Slaton was lined up legally but made contact with Bears long puck Scott Daly on a blocked field goal. But the league ruled that Slaton’s contact was legal. Contact can be made with long snappers unless it occurs when the long snapper’s head is down immediately after the snap.
Had the officials ruled that Slaton illegally contacted Daly while his head was still down, it would have been an unnecessary 15-yard roughing penalty and the Bears would have had another chance at a field goal. However, the officials did not throw the flag and the Packers won. And the league office says it was the right call.