They say we were making noise like the QB calling for the snap in order to get the offense to false start. It's not legal. Of course, we weren't doing that.
He. Didn't. Slide. The optics looked bad but per the rule he was good to go for the hit. You don't have to like it or agree with it. The receiver was less than a step away when the knee went down. That's why the flag was picked up. I don't care if the defender intercepted it and just stood there in the end zone for 20 seconds. The play isn't over until the knee goes down. Go knock his head off until it is. If it was that egregious they would have had some national officiating guy weighing in. They didn't. The only one who thought it was a penalty was the color guy who was ass anyway.
A QB is treated differently than any other player, and he wasn't sliding. We've often seen an INT near the end of the game where the defender falls down to protect the possession. Lots of those guys get hit right after their knee hits the ground but it's not called because they do it just before the hit. Not enough to time to pull up. Doesn't matter that he was in the end zone. He stayed up until before the hit. It's a live ball.
He was STARTING to give himself up. Replay showed the knee didn't touch ground until a split second before the hit. If the receiver pulls up and the interceptor decided to run it out? Whistle wasn't blown. Play was still live. If he gets hit before the knee goes down and the ball pops out and goes out of bounds then it's a touch back. Play to the whistle. But yeah, I'd be pissed if it was picked up against us, but I'd understand the reasoning whether I agreed or not.