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This is not a Super Bowl caliber team

No way in hell was the ball carrier's forward progress stopped. One of the worst calls I have ever seen. And that in itself says something.

Oh the Troy INT that the ruled it wasn't in the playoffs vs the Colts was the worst I have ever seen. Nothing will top that blatant screwing over
 
In the NFL if a player is ruled down by contact, and the ball came loose before he was actually down, and the defensive team has a clear recovery that can be seen on tape, even after the whistle... you can challenge it... but if they rule forward progress stopped, even erroneously, the play cannot be challenged... same when forward progress is stopped and the official let the ravens hold a guy up and rip the ball out... you can't challenge it.... it's utterly absurd
 
I used to stick up for Haley but not any more. He needs to go.

Guys like him have a shelf life... and the O has underperformed points wise under him... he doesn't even have the plays to always move the ball down the field like arians... and his red zone has regressed badly because it lacks creativity... actually the two pointer today was the first crossing route with a wide reciever not in the back of the end zone in a long time... maybe he is about to try some new stuff
 
Taint is wrong yet again, so he tries to change the topic.

FAIL!

We won! Eat a Primantis...
 
Oh the Troy INT that the ruled it wasn't in the playoffs vs the Colts was the worst I have ever seen. Nothing will top that blatant screwing over

The Gore fumble was damn near as bad. What a terrible, terrible call. How many times do we see a huge mass of players grouped around the ball carrier, shoving the running back forward or back, with no whistle? No whistle for 2 seconds ... 3 seconds ... 4 seconds.

The Gore play? He catches the pass in the middle of the field, Williams is the only defender near him, hits him and yanks the ball loose while Gore is literally still moving and completely upright, and Gore fumbles. Not even remotely close to being stopped. Nowhere freaking close.

Horrible, awful, terrible, miserable, stupid call.
 
The Gore fumble was damn near as bad. What a terrible, terrible call. How many times do we see a huge mass of players grouped around the ball carrier, shoving the running back forward or back, with no whistle? No whistle for 2 seconds ... 3 seconds ... 4 seconds.

The Gore play? He catches the pass in the middle of the field, Williams is the only defender near him, hits him and yanks the ball loose while Gore is literally still moving and completely upright, and Gore fumbles. Not even remotely close to being stopped. Nowhere freaking close.

Horrible, awful, terrible, miserable, stupid call.

I was screaming at the TV like it cut me off in traffic, on that play. Horrible judgment call by a referee that needs their judgment reviewed.
 
I can not blame Tomlin for throwing that flag, yes you can't challenge forward progress, but he threw it because the whistle is supposed to signal the end of the play, the whistle never blew until after Williams had the ball and was getting up

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Tomlin red flagged a ball that hit the ground one time this season.
 
Tomlin red flagged a ball that hit the ground one time this season.
The whistle never blew until we had the ball, so they let the play run through, then somehow decided his forward progress was stopped, even though none of them blew the play dead. I think Tomlin used the red flag to ask what the **** happened

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The whistle never blew until we had the ball, so they let the play run through, then somehow decided his forward progress was stopped, even though none of them blew the play dead. I think Tomlin used the red flag to ask what the **** happened

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He said exactly that during his conference he just wanted them to come over so he talk to them about it. Also point out that the team was galvanized by it and the play because they felt like they were being cheated..
 
He said exactly that during his conference he just wanted them to come over so he talk to them about it. Also point out that the team was galvanized by it and the play because they felt like they were being cheated..
They were definitely cheated, im glad he threw the flag, the refs mic was on and you could hear Tomlin ask about the whistle, the clueless look on the refs face was great.

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