Poor Officiating

[aikemirv]

Two other calls - 1 was for us and the other was last night in the Pitt -SD game.

If you have the Cowboy game recorded go back and look at the long TD to Glenn. He DID NOT get both feet in bounds. The second one was clearly out of bounds.

Also, last night Sproles muffs a fair catch, the ball pops up in the air and, after looking at the replay he is falling away from the ball and would have no chance of catching before it hits the ground. In the meantine the defender catches the ball in mid air. The ruling " because he signaled a fair catch he has the right to bobble the ball all over the place without getting hit, or without a defender grabbing it while suspended in the air"

That has to be the stupidest rule in the NFL!!!!

 

[joseephuss]

Two other calls - 1 was for us and the other was last night in the Pitt -SD game.

If you have the Cowboy game recorded go back and look at the long TD to Glenn. He DID NOT get both feet in bounds. The second one was clearly out of bounds.

Also, last night Sproles muffs a fair catch, the ball pops up in the air and, after looking at the replay he is falling away from the ball and would have no chance of catching before it hits the ground. In the meantine the defender catches the ball in mid air. The ruling " because he signaled a fair catch he has the right to bobble the ball all over the place without getting hit, or without a defender grabbing it while suspended in the air"

That has to be the stupidest rule in the NFL!!!!

I saw that call last night. It is a poor rule, but the correct call by the officials. I guess the point is to try to protect a guy in a defensless position. I don't agree it.

Glenn's knee hit before any part of him was out of bounds. I wasn't sure at first, but it looked that way on the replay.

 

[aikemirv]

I saw that call last night. It is a poor rule, but the correct call by the officials. I guess the point is to try to protect a guy in a defensless position. I don't agree it.

Glenn's knee hit before any part of him was out of bounds. I wasn't sure at first, but it looked that way on the replay.

Ok, I was not sure about the knee, but Tom Jackson made a point to say that Glenn had both feet down during primetime when in fact he did not. I did not rewind it twice to catch the knee down but it does not surprise me.

 

[aikemirv]

I saw that call last night. It is a poor rule, but the correct call by the officials. I guess the point is to try to protect a guy in a defensless position. I don't agree it.

Glenn's knee hit before any part of him was out of bounds. I wasn't sure at first, but it looked that way on the replay.

I think last night was a bad interpretation of the rule for the fair catch because it was obvious that Sproles did not have a chance of catching that ball and the defender had possession before contacing Sproles. If he does not touch Sproles is it still the Chargers ball? I thought the rule was a step or two anyway for the interfering with the opportunity to make a fair catch.
That play last night was not interference with the opportunity to make a fair catch!

 

[dbair1967]

Two other calls - 1 was for us and the other was last night in the Pitt -SD game.

If you have the Cowboy game recorded go back and look at the long TD to Glenn. He DID NOT get both feet in bounds. The second one was clearly out of bounds.

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this was a a TD, I'm not sure why so many are seeing it differently

David

 

[aikemirv]

Two other calls - 1 was for us and the other was last night in the Pitt -SD game.

If you have the Cowboy game recorded go back and look at the long TD to Glenn. He DID NOT get both feet in bounds. The second one was clearly out of bounds.

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this was a a TD, I'm not sure why so many are seeing it differently

David

Like I said, if the knee was down, it was a TD, but he did NOT get both feet in!!!

 

[AbeBeta]

If you have the Cowboy game recorded go back and look at the long TD to Glenn. He DID NOT get both feet in bounds. The second one was clearly out of bounds.

I made a point to look at this one again after the game -- if you watch his feet you miss the play -- he got a knee in before his elbow hit out of bounds. That was an excellent call by the officials.

Joe Buck distracted the viewer by drawing their attention to the wrong part of the play by saying both feet were in bounds. Just like Buck incorrectly indicated later that a play could not be reviewed. It is like Buck knows the rules but can't identify the game situations where those rules are relevant.

 

[Taylor_Can_Hit21]

Here's a complaint from a Commander fan on the safety!

Now i know the game is over and KC is mostly on my mind. But if it was an incomplete pass, it was knocked back into the endzone shouldn't that be a backwards pass (in other words a fumble)...which Jake went back into the endzone and fell on the ball...shoulda been a safety. I normally dont complain about the refs but we should have won the game.

Thoughts? Isn't this a fumble? Just goes to show you that refs can be idiots.

But hey...the MNF game was yours to win. Just goes to show that luck cant always be on one side.

 

[aikemirv]

I made a point to look at this one again after the game -- if you watch his feet you miss the play -- he got a knee in before his elbow hit out of bounds. That was an excellent call by the officials.

Joe Buck distracted the viewer by drawing their attention to the wrong part of the play by saying both feet were in bounds. Just like Buck incorrectly indicated later that a play could not be reviewed. It is like Buck knows the rules but can't identify the game situations where those rules are relevant.

Watched the replay last night about six times and slow motion on TIVO. He did not get a knee down and did not get both feet in bounds. It is possible that his elbow hit a split second before his foot hit out of bounds but I really don't think so. Lucky we got the call that we did. For all the bad calls, they seem to even out over time!

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Saints got jobbed yesterday. Defensive holding on a FG? That was crap. Didn't effect the kick and happens on vertually every kick from HS on up. Hell, they coach you to do exactly that defensively on that kick. Have since I can remember. That was BS.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Saints got jobbed yesterday. Defensive holding on a FG? That was crap. Didn't effect the kick and happens on vertually every kick from HS on up. Hell, they coach you to do exactly that defensively on that kick. Have since I can remember. That was BS.

I think it was ticky tack myself...but I can not fault them for calling a foul when it is against the rules...even if they don't catch it most of the times.

He clearly grabbed the guy, pulled him back and down to try and create an opening for a team mate....as you say it is taught that way...but it is a foul.

I can get mad at a police man and say he is jobbing me if I am caught going 1 mile over the speed limit...but it is still over the speed limit even if 99 times out of a 100 he would not pull someone over for only being one mile over the limit.

Not that I am aruging the point much...just giving a different POV.