NFL admits they missed the call in the EZ in at the end of the Seattle/Detroit game

[wig]

This is a real easy case of "We like the Seahawks and the Lions not so much."

Don't believe me... Good luck with that. Face it. The NFL has become the new professional wrestling. Packaged, presented and completely rigged for YOUR infotainment. I simply don't believe in the pixie dust Roger et al are trying to blow up our ***** anymore.

 

[Confluence]

This is a real easy case of "We like the Seahawks and the Lions not so much."

Don't believe me... Good luck with that. Face it. The NFL has become the new professional wrestling. Packaged, presented and completely rigged for YOUR infotainment. I simply don't believe in the pixie dust Roger et al are trying to blow up our ***** anymore.

SO Paul Allen is the new Kr*pfft? Was ******* Roger knobgobbling in his box?

 

[BAS]

If you're going to call the game with instant replay then everything should be reviewable, not only certain selected types of plays

that's what I was responding to

Yep... and he said "reviewable", not "reviewed". I read that as 'Eligible for review' and not 'Review every Play'. Big difference.

 

[JMM]

Then they should eliminate instant replay completely, every call is a judgment call made by the referees, were both feet in or not, was he down before the fumble, did the player intentionally bat the ball OOB, was the quarterback in the pocket, was the receiver passed 5 yards, it goes on and on. If you're going to call the game with instant replay then everything should be reviewable, not only certain selected types of plays. That's what I don't like about it, either use it or don't, but not something in the middle or when it is convenient.

Papillon

It will never happen but I'd like to see them eliminate Instant Replay. As much as it helps determine possession, it has really dragged the game down in my opinion. I think referees should be graded harshly for their calls and if they make a set number of bad calls or did not make a call (in this case) then they are suspended and if they continue to blow calls then they are fired. Good refs are promoted up the ladder to the better positions and officiate the best games of the week.

Again they will never remove it because it offers a few more minutes of commercials and maybe an extra brew or two in the stands.

 

[wig]

I'm not saying Allen is the new Kraft, I'm saying the league has their favorites and good television is good television and the spread is the spread. Furthermore, you don't piss of Vegas. Not too often anyway.

I'm basically saying the league is what we thought it was.

 

[Spike]

Yep... and he said "reviewable", not "reviewed". I read that as 'Eligible for review' and not 'Review every Play'. Big difference.

I suppose

I just hope our crew learns from this - hold onto the damn ball! - don't go reaching, unless you're on my fantasy team, then go for the TD's baby!

I won my Moose league because of that play - a play that cost my rival points, so maybe I'm being selfish, I LOVED IT! woo-hoo

 

[Ron Burgundy]

This is a real easy case of "We like the Seahawks and the Lions not so much."

Don't believe me... Good luck with that. Face it. The NFL has become the new professional wrestling. Packaged, presented and completely rigged for YOUR infotainment. I simply don't believe in the pixie dust Roger et al are trying to blow up our ***** anymore.

Does this make up for SB XL?

 

[Troglodyte]

I'm not saying Allen is the new Kraft, I'm saying the league has their favorites and good television is good television and the spread is the spread. Furthermore, you don't piss of Vegas. Not too often anyway.

I'm basically saying the league is what we thought it was.

No.

First of all, if the fix was in, Vegas wouldn't take bets on the NFL. If you don't understand that, you don't understand how they make there money.

Secondly, why would the NFL let it come down to a late play decided on a blown call by the ref?

 

[Stryker]

First off, it's a bad rule. There is no competitive advantage to batting a ball OOB in the EZ. If a defender, mishits it, and it is recovered by the offense, it's a TD. Just a bad rule.

Though I also call bullshit on reviewing batted balls. We do it all the time on punt coverage to see if contact was made before the gunner or ball touches the EZ line. This is apples to apples here. How can you review one bat and not another? Poor officiating, that's how.

 

[wig]

I'm saying if there's a bunch of money riding on the Seahawks to win over Detroit and it's looking like Detroit is about to upset and a referee sees something that ought to be called back and and the Lions should be given the ball and a 1st down on the 1 yard line vs, seeing nothing at all and calling it a win for the Seahawks...

Ya, Let's just ignore the completely obvious call there and say "We didn't see Nuffin'!" I'm saying collusion occurs all the time, you just don't want to realize it.

 

[Vader]

I don't think the ref knew the rule. They tried to cover for him afterwards.

 

[Troglodyte]

I'm saying if there's a bunch of money riding on the Seahawks to win over Detroit and it's looking like Detroit is about to upset and a referee sees something that ought to be called back and and the Lions should be given the ball and a 1st down on the 1 yard line vs, seeing nothing at all and calling it a win for the Seahawks...

Ya, Let's just ignore the completely obvious call there and say "We didn't see Nuffin'!" I'm saying collusion occurs all the time, you just don't want to realize it.

You're ignoring the fact the line was Seattle -10. No amount of help was going to change the fact they didn't cover.

There's never a lot of money riding on one team, that's why points spreads move throughout the week. Vegas doesn't give a **** who wins, they've made their money before kickoff.

 

[CoolieMan]

First off, it's a bad rule. There is no competitive advantage to batting a ball OOB in the EZ. If a defender, mishits it, and it is recovered by the offense, it's a TD. Just a bad rule.

Though I also call bullshit on reviewing batted balls. We do it all the time on punt coverage to see if contact was made before the gunner or ball touches the EZ line. This is apples to apples here. How can you review one bat and not another? Poor officiating, that's how.

that is not the same thing....one is just a penalty, the other is reviewing the location on the field when the gunner touches the ball.

Like I said before this is all just made up drama...there was no one near the defender when he tapped it out of bounds. no one else could have made a play on the ball....granted the guy should have just grabbed the ball and went to the ground or just carried it out of bounds, then all the talking heads wouldn't have something to cry about

 

[steelermania]

It will never happen but I'd like to see them eliminate Instant Replay. As much as it helps determine possession, it has really dragged the game down in my opinion. I think referees should be graded harshly for their calls and if they make a set number of bad calls or did not make a call (in this case) then they are suspended and if they continue to blow calls then they are fired. Good refs are promoted up the ladder to the better positions and officiate the best games of the week.

Again they will never remove it because it offers a few more minutes of commercials and maybe an extra brew or two in the stands.

It will never happen because the league is deathly afraid of a ref blowing a big call in the playoffs. Think of all the noise because the refs made 2 judgement calls in Super Bowl 40. The holding, and pass interference were judgement calls, and people are still screaming. Now imagine if in the 1995 AFC Championship Game, the ref that saw the ball hit the ground had been knocked down in the scrum, missed the ball hitting the ground, and called it a touchdown. The wrong team would have been going to the Super Bowl. It would have been the worst disaster in American sports since the Black Sox scandal. The league will never risk something like that happening.

 

[Steelerz99]

I don't think the ref knew the rule. They tried to cover for him afterwards.

This is EXACTLY what that felt like. That was incredibly brutal and if it happens to another team, it'll happen to "yours".

 

[Omar10213245]

You're ignoring the fact the line was Seattle -10. No amount of help was going to change the fact they didn't cover.

There's never a lot of money riding on one team, that's why points spreads move throughout the week. Vegas doesn't give a **** who wins, they've made their money before kickoff.

And boom goes the dynamite