Love that route combo.. We ran the crap out of it in HS this year and was very successful. Ohio State runs this very well, but it helps when you have 4 NFL WRs running it.We love to run this route combinations. From several different formations. And it's usually effective.
Linemen with initial position completely inside the tackle box may legally block below the waist inside the tackle box until the ball leaves the tackle box. All other Team A players are allowed to block below the waist only if the force of the initial contact is directed from the front. “Directed from the front” is defined as within the clock face region between “10 o’clock and 2 o’clock” forward of the area of concentration of the player being blocked.
Exceptions:
-Team A players may not block below the waist when the block occurs five yards or more beyond the neutral zone.
-Players outside the tackle box at the snap ,or any time after the snap, or in motion at the snap may not block below the waist toward the original position of the ball at the snap.
-Once the ball has left the tackle box, a player may not block below the waist toward his own end line.
From the article:
Exceptions:
-Team A players may not block below the waist when the block occurs five yards or more beyond the neutral zone.
-Players outside the tackle box at the snap ,or any time after the snap, or in motion at the snap may not block below the waist toward the original position of the ball at the snap.
-Once the ball has left the tackle box, a player may not block below the waist toward his own end line.
So they had to rule that Allen's block was outside the 10 o'clock window. It's definitely close but it looks to me like it was probably inside that window.
Oh, but that only applies blocking back toward the ball. So yeah, must've rules that it was from the side - which I thought was clipping anyway, different penalty? Whatever the case may be, I've seen much worse go uncalled.