[vincesanity82]

Ravens coach Brian Billick is accusing the Jets of using an illegal ploy to draw false start penalties on the Ravens' offensive linemen during Sunday's game.According to Billick, the Jets' defense shouted out signals to throw off the Baltimore offense, and the result was three illegal procedure penalties against the Ravens.

"They did an outstanding job. I credit the New York Jets. Their defensive line and linebackers did a very, very effective job of illegally simulating the snap count," Billick said. "They did it the whole game long. It needs to be caught."

Billick also seemed to indicate that he believed the officials called too many penalties on his team and not enough on the Jets. The Ravens had 11 penalties for 100 yards and the Jets had two for 20 in the Ravens' 20-13 victory.

"You have to look at the nature of the penalties. First off, the fact that we had 11 penalties and they only had two and we dominated the game," Billick said. "I have a hard time understanding that the team that was playing so well and dominating had so many penalties and the other team had only two."Billick's complaint against the Jets could represent the coaching fraternity's first piece of retribution against Jets coach Eric Mangini for the role the Jets played in turning in the Patriots for illegally taping the Jets' defensive signals. Billick may want to spread the word that in his view, Mangini isn't exactly a model coaching citizen, either.

ProFootballTalk.com -- The Best Pro Football Scoop on the Internet

[Lefty Noob]

Well, as long as Belichick isn't being bitter about the whole videotaping thing.

But, yeah, it's illegal for the defense to do that.

Problem is, at this point the only ones who'd be punished for it would be the refs for missing the penalty calls.

[cwstech]

It's very illegal. But who cares?

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Well, as long as Belichick isn't being bitter about the whole videotaping thing.

Whoops, my bad. This is Billick, not Belichick. Still, the rest of the message applies - only the refs could be punished at this point.