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RENTON, Wash. --?Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman fired back at Arizona Cardinals coach Bruce Arians on Wednesday, shooting down Arians contention that leaping over the line to block field goals is bad for football.Its bad for his team, Sherman said. If he means bad for his team is bad for football, then I can see that. But they have a predictable cadence, and itll happen to them again if they keep doing it the same way.In the second quarter of Sunday nights game, Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner leaped over the line of scrimmage and blocked Chandler Catanzaros field goal attempt. Wagner also leaped over the line on Catanzaros attempt in overtime. The game ended in a 6-6 tie.Arians told SiriusXM NFL Radio that long-snappers will now have to raise their heads up and risk getting hit in the face. Sherman was asked if Arians had a point.No, no, that sounds foolhardy, Sherman said. By the time he snaps the ball, theyre over him. If you watch that play, by the time the ball is through his legs and he would have time to look up, Bobbys in the backfield. So that rhetoric is denied.Later Wednesday, Arians said, I dont give a s--- about it anymore. Its in the past.As for the legality of the play, NFL vice president of officiating Dean Blandino explained in an interview with NFL Network why Wagners leap Sunday night wasnt penalized.Theres contact, and then theres incidental contact, Blandino said. He can run up and jump, but he cant land on players. Now if he brushes a player or brushes a teammate with incidental contact, that would be legal.So hes gonna run, jump and clear the line, block the kick. You look at the TV copy replay, and you can see that there is some contact. His foot is going to brush the back of the snapper, but that is not significant contact. Its incidental. He didnt land on players. So thats what made it legal.Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said the call was cut and dry.Its not an illegal play, he said. Its not. We talked to the guys and its not. [Arians] has his opinion on how hed like that to go, but its not an illegal play.Added Sherman, It was a legal play. And every year theres something else theyre trying to get against the defense. Now youre saying we cant jump over your snapper because you made your cadence so predictable, you made your snapper keep his head down, and now you want to change the rule again because you got your kick blocked. Thats unfortunate.On Wednesday afternoon, Arians said hes going to use his vote on the competition committee to vote for making leaping the center illegal.I dont think I need to [push the committee], Arians said. Its already been pushed. Ill definitely vote for it in my vote.Information from ESPN Cardinals reporter Josh Weinfuss was used in this report. Fletcher Cox Eagles Jersey . 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Its a great night to be a Wildcat.Tough is an understatement.The season started with grief when fifth-year senior Zach Hemmila, projected to be the starting center, died in his sleep on Aug. 8. Hemmilas death, later ruled to be caused by a mix of medications, left the Wildcats with a hole on the line and a bigger one in their hearts.Once the season started, Arizonas injury report became a primary point of focus each week as one player after another went down.Quarterback Anu Solomon started the opener against Brigham Young, but injured his knee in practice the following week. Brandon Dawkins took over and he started getting hit with injuries.Arizona ended up having five players throw a pass and was forced to use a third-string tight end at quarterback at one point.The problems stretched to the rest of the offensive backfield.Arizona was already thin at running back with the dismissal of Orlando Bradford because of domestic violence charges. Then starter Nick Wilson went out with injury. Freshman J.J. Taylor was electric in Wilsons place, but broke his ankle against Washington on Sept. 24 and was done foor the season.ddddddddddddThe injuries took a toll on Arizonas quick-hitting offense. Typically one of the nations most prolific teams, the Wildcats finished 66th in the FBS in total yards and 99th in scoring.Defense was what really hurt Arizona.The Wildcats have struggled on that side of the ball since Rodriguez arrived and seemed to take a step back this season.Lacking playmakers or depth, Arizona finished 114th of 128 FBS teams in total defense, allowing 469.3 yards per game, and were 118th in scoring at 38.3 points per game.Weve made some mistakes in recruiting and probably havent recruited like we really needed to. I saw it coming, Rodriguez said. It gets exacerbated when you get a few guys banged up.The deficiencies on both sides of the ball led to one of the ugliest stretches in Arizona history.After winning two of their first three games, the Wildcats lost eight straight, matching the 2003 team for longest in school history. Arizona finished 3-9 and had to beat Arizona State in its final game to avoid the first winless conference season since 1957.But for that one night, the Wildcats looked like the team Rodriguez had envisioned when the season started.Though working from a huddle for the first time -- to prevent Arizona State from stealing signs -- Arizona was at its quick-hitting best again. The Wildcats had three touchdowns of at least 60 yards and racked up a school-record 511 rushing yards to crush their rivals in the seniors final game in an Arizona uniform.We needed this win bad, Dawkins said.Now its on to the offseason to heal up and fill some of those holes on defense.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 ' ' '