Joe Nash rolled around in agony. Fake agony. The kind of fake agony a 9-year old boy displays when forced to wear that nerdy winter hat with the ear flaps he hates almost as much as his sister. In his defense, the Seattle Seahawks lineman was simply doing what coach Chuck Knox had asked of him—slow down the Cincinnati Bengals no-huddle offense any way he could. A week later, Buffalo Bills head coach Marv Levy would threaten to do the same.
Imagine Rob Manfred announcing—on the eve of the ALCS no less—a rule change forbidding the Tampa Bay Rays from using the shift against the New York Yankees.