Late in the Seattle Seahawks victory over the Minnesota Vikings, Bobby Wagner got away with a penalty that could have changed the outcome of the game, although Wagner wasn't too concerned that a penalty wasn't called.

With the Seahawks up 6-0 in the fourth quarter, the Vikings attempted a field goal to get within three. Wagner leaped over the line to block the field goal which would have been legal, but he used leverage from two of his players to jump over the line.

According to the NFL rulebook via Pro Football Talk:

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“Placing a hand or hands on a teammate or opponent to gain additional height to block or attempt to block an opponent’s kick or apparent kick, or in an attempt to jump through a gap to block an opponent’s kick or apparent kick.”

Wagner seemed to know after the game that what he did was illegal, but instead placed the blame on the refs for not calling it.

“That’s really up for them (the officials) to decide. It’s not really on me,” he said. “Even last time when I jumped over last time they said it was legal. But I think not a lot of people are aware of the rules and aware of the changes. So there’s a loop-hole in there where if you start on the line you can jump over. I’m not stressing about that. I made the play. They called what they called. There’s times in games where things happen all the time so I’m not stressing on it. It was a big block. We’re going to definitely take it and it was amazing.”