Quote Originally Posted by El Bandito View Post
No, Tom Coughlin had no right to yell at Mathias Kiwianuka at all. You already have the answer on why he was so afraid of roughing the passer. It was 4TH AND 10! If Vince indeed had thrown the ball and he took Vince down afterwards, that (under these bs protect the QB rules) would've definitely been roughing the passer. You know what that gives? An automatic 1st down! If that's what had happened, then Tom Coughlin has the right to yell at Mathias. If LT had done it, then he would've looked like a fool too. Letting him go was the correct decision and the lesser of two evils in his circumstance. It's the refs fault for calling so many stupid roughing the passer calls and getting D-lineman scared to hurt their team, especially on 3rd and 4th downs.
Personally, I think he thought Young had already thrown the ball, because as soon as he let go, what did he do, celebrate? No, he turned around to see where the play had gone. This whole "scared of roughing the passer" thing is just an excuse for him making a stupid mistake.
Do I think Coughlin should have yelled at him? No, because Kiwanuka knew exactly what he had done (potentially lost them the game). But this whole scared of getting called for roughing the passer charade, I think is just an excuse for Kiwanuka thinking VY had already let go of the ball.