You're right. You didn't say anything about context, I did. That's how the "we're outraged" thing works. Focus on a number someone says you should be outraged about and then keep up the outrage for them even if asked about why something should be an outrage at all. So when you scoffed, I asked if you had answers to my questions or not. You gave a long-winded "no." Okay then. Lol.
I always say that reffing is poor. But it has to be. 7 refs can't accurately keep an eye on 11 matchups. But it sucks for ALL teams, not just ours.
Why would how long he's gone without drawing a call not be an issue if there are multiple times holding could have been called? Whether he or other top pass rushers have had similar or longer streaks in their career is not any kind of validation for holding to not be called.
No argument there. I agree it’s not an anti cowboys thing.
No, it's not a fact. Like I said, I've seen maybe 4 videos and a bunch of still shots. That's not "frequently." If people say he's being held "frequently" or on "almost every play" what percent of his pass rush attempts does that equal? Is 1 missed call out of 100 attempts deemed significant? Are there 7 per game, 10 per game? But then I shouldn't be asking for numbers or is it proper to ask in this case?
Ok remove the word frequently. If we use the word frequently it’s fair to question the numbers. So I’ll give ya that.
You know why. Because it's being touted as "intentional." And if that's the accusation, then how would one go about giving support to their argument that Micah is treated differently than every other top pass rusher out there? Do pressures always equal more sacks? When Anthony Spencer was nicknamed "almost Anthony" for getting pressures with no sacks, did we ask if CONSPIRACY! was at play there too? I don't remember it. So if one puts that out there, it's cool to just let it stand without anything to back it up? I mean more than 4 videos.
For motive and bias, you'd have to see inside their heads. The problem is, we only pay attention to when that particular ref draws our team in their rotation. We see each ref crew once a year, sometimes twice so if we use logic, they stash their bias for at least 15 other games and then unload once they draw us, unless they have multiple biases to wait to unload on multiple teams. That is a hard bar to prove.
Just because some fans are saying it is intentional does not mean that most fans are. The fact that he has gone this long without drawing a holding penalty for me just emphasizes that the officials are doing a poor job of recognizing or acknowledging when he is held. I don't know the reason for that, but it needs to change. If other top pass rushers are having similar issues, it needs to change for them, too. Holding is subjective, but it doesn't need to be subjectively different for each player.
Fair enough and good summary.
And criminally intentional.
And Buffalo.
If I recall correctly the head official on the field had the final authority on the calls. But, I could be wrong. There just going off memory.
Micah could revert to the old tried and true way to get the calls....he could do the FLOP!
