Good deal, they are at least making changes so this hopefully doesn't happen again.Hoofbite;3087224 said:Periera manned up on the third challenge.
Said it should have been a flag immediately and that it should have resulted in 15 additional yards.
Hoofbite;3087018 said:Here it is. I've been waiting to hear what Periera has to say and he doesn't disappoint.
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-videos/09000d5d8144f81a/Official-Review-Week-10
At least for those who think it was a conspiracy against Dallas they give you a look at that play where the Jets were screwed over in the same fashion.
Tried to find the bonus coverage so I could hear his BS about the 3rd challenge but no luck yet.
Also, I didn't hear about Cleveland getting a 4th timeout. Wonder what he has to say about that one as well.
cowboyjoe;3087400 said:I tried to post about this on the refs etc and one zoner said i was crazy. Now what does he have to say. Jets had almost the same thing happen to them and cleveland got 4 timeouts in 2nd half, another blown call. Jerry Jones was on thefan 105.3 and said he and his son were yelling up in the press box on the blown challenge flag, and they knew the rule, but refs blew it. Jerry said most likely that wouldnt happen again, but it did in a way in the cleveland game the next time with 4 timeouts in 2nd half for cleveland.
So, now what do you say some zoners on me that I was trying to call your attention to poor officiating. Again, like I mentioned and read in several reports, seems like most refs dont know the rules or care, and when coaches are screaming at them for not throwing a flag they dont listen. Just like Mike Perorila vice pres of officials said, the refs wants the input of the head coaches, but they really dont listen. which points to what mike perolia said is a bunch of horse hockey and a cover up.
Again, you should penalize the refs with fines and suspensions when they keep blowing critical calls.
Hoofbite;3087405 said:I said it in your thread the other day and I'll have to go back and read after my post but I still don't think you fine the refs. Fining the refs doesn't help the problem, IMO.
DallasEast;3087180 said:This is why I stated after the play happened that the question of whether the fumble should or should have been reviewed was never the issue.
The only issue is why would a referee, standing within five yards of the play and able to see everything happen, determine that the ball wasn't recovered by Felix Jones.
The message is clear. If a player falls on a fumble and you're on the opposing team, do everything humanly possible to rip the ball out of the guy's arms. If it means ripping the guy's arm out of its socket in plain view of the referee, so be it. The ball is live until the ref sees blood spurting out. Even then, that may not be enough to have the whistle blown.
This is a travesty, pure and simple. The rule must be changed and changed soon.
The official interpretation of the rule is ridiculous. If a receiver dives for a pass and catches it, he is immediately downed if the defender pats him on his butt before he gets off the ground. However, as demonstrated during both the Felix Jones NON-recovery and last season's Broncos/Jets game, if a player falls on a fumble, it doesn't matter if he is touched by a defender while in possession of the ball.sonnyboy;3087509 said:This is my problem with this rule or the interpretation of it. Not sure which at this point.
My point is that the league has done soo much to protect the players, even to the point the the game hardly resembles a contact sport anymore.
Yet they have a rule in place that incourages additional contact against players in a very volunerable position.
Hypnotoad;3087115 said:He just doesn't want to admit his crew messed up, unlike when he admitted it on McNabbs spotting last week.
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dcfanatic;3087154 said:These interpretations of possession are the problem.
Felix had possession.
What's he suupposed to do roll around with the ball for five seconds and then stand up and then lay back down before they say he possessed the ball?
I don't agree with the way they rule the WR's falling out of bounds and having to roll around with the ball either.
Once the guy gets his feet down and leaves the field of play and any part of his body touches the out of bounds the play should be over with. He shouldn't have to keep posession until all of his momentum stops while he rolled over three times 10 yards past the end line.
It's just getting too picky in my opinion.
DallasEast;3087537 said:The official interpretation of the rule is ridiculous. If a receiver dives for a pass and catches it, he is immediately downed if the defender pats him on his butt before he gets off the ground. However, as demonstrated during both the Felix Jones NON-recovery and last season's Broncos/Jets game, if a player falls on a fumble, it doesn't matter if he is touched by a defender while in possession of the ball.
Why?
According to the NFL, it's the player's responsibility to hold onto the ball until the whistle is blown. It doesn't matter how long it takes for a referee (who has a great vantage point of the play) to blow his whistle. If the defender can be clearly seen ripping the ball out of the player's arms while his entire body is laying on the field, it doesn't make a bit of difference. The fumble is still live.
The interpretation of the rule literally screams stupidity. Ideally, a player attempting to recover a fumble, must first get off the ground and hope to be tackled while keeping possession of the football before the play can safely be ruled dead. Wild.
cowboyjoe;3087543 said:TILL FANS GET MAD AND DEMAND RESULTS NOTHING WILL BE DONE, !
The referee, who was standing in the backfield, was never five yards away from the Felix Jones NON-recovery.cowboyjoe;3087608 said:totally agree, you know what this points to me, that the refs are lazy to a degree, while sometimes afraid to throw a flag or make a call because the replay might show they errored, so what the refs do is let the play play out,
that way on a big play they can go back to the replay booth and let them hash it out;
totally agree about the refs standing there seeing a player over him and ripping the ball out when the player is on the ground, thats a bunch of hockey that the refs do that, but are quick when a player gets hit; etc
Indeed, but no one can say that he is not being consistent. When he referred to the Broncos/Jets example, he drew on an established precedent. We can knock the referee crew who officiated last Sunday's game, but ultimately the ref cannot be blamed if the league approves of this particular outcome by rule regarding a recovered fumble. There is not any question that the refs themselves should do better calling games, but in this instance, the language behind the rule must be modified to remove the nonsense first.links18;3087653 said:Perreira's explanation of why Felix did not recover the fumble was laughable at the best. This guy has clearly studied Goebbels.
Hoofbite;3087219 said:http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-videos/09000d5d8144f5c1/Official-Review-Week-10-bonus-coverage
Bonus coverage talking about the 3rd challenge and Clevelands 4th timeout.