Quote Originally Posted by paulwoods13 View Post
I'd also love to know why some penalties get declined and others get applied. There was a call in the game when two major penalties offset each other, but there had also been a defensive offside call that was apparently declined by the Argos even tho it would have given them a first down had the other two penalties not been applied. Do major penalties somehow over-ride basic penalties of execution?
The answer to this was that the Argos were penalized a 15 yard no yards penalty. The 15 yards is equal to the 5 yard offside and the 10 yard illegal block penalty on the play. If the Argos had accepted the offside, they would have had 3rd and 4.5 yards to go again which would have meant replay the punt. The way Waters was punting yesterday, they made the right decision to let the play stand.

Personally, I would think an offside would wipe out any post possession fouls (except for any major foul calls), giving the Argos a first down, but apparently not.