Wow, the ref picking up the flag at the end of that game is amazing.

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Can somebody explain what the referee was thinking when he said, "Game over," after the back judge threw his flag for obvious defensive pass interference?

 

I don't know who the players were, but a Panther hugged the intended receiver in the back of the end zone while another Panther intercepted Brady's 18-yard pass. Only an idiot can believe that was not pass interference. Cam Newton declined to judge the call, telling Lisa Salters he was just happy with the interception. It will be interesting to find out what Tom Brady says about it.

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Can somebody explain what the referee was thinking when he said, "Game over," after the back judge threw his flag for obvious defensive pass interference?

 

I don't know who the players were, but a Panther hugged the intended receiver in the back of the end zone while another Panther intercepted Brady's 18-yard pass. Only an idiot can believe that was not pass interference. Cam Newton declined to judge the call, telling Lisa Salters he was just happy with the interception. It will be interesting to find out what Tom Brady says about it.

Another game decided by the officals. If the ref did not see a foul why did he throw the flag??? Now that one of the NFL "most favorite" teams got the shaft it will be interesting to watch the league and media reaction.

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Can somebody explain what the referee was thinking when he said, "Game over," after the back judge threw his flag for obvious defensive pass interference?


I don't know who the players were, but a Panther hugged the intended receiver in the back of the end zone while another Panther intercepted Brady's 18-yard pass. Only an idiot can believe that was not pass interference. Cam Newton declined to judge the call, telling Lisa Salters he was just happy with the interception. It will be interesting to find out what Tom Brady says about it.

For the record, that was Rob Gronkowski (known as Gronk to his many fans) getting held in the endzone.

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Another game decided by the officals. If the ref did not see a foul why did he throw the flag? Now that one of the NFL "most favorite" teams got the shaft it will be interesting to watch the league and media reaction.

 

The back judge threw it, not the referee.

 

I am sure there will be a huge firestorm on NFL Network about that hold on Gronk.

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Heero, what I am seeing in your second video is not at all how the article described it. The 49ers helmet obviously hit Drew Brees hard because it caused his head to move forward. Also, one arm is on his neck. Therefore, by rule it was the right call.

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What an idiot. Clete Blakeman thought the ball was uncatchable because it was underthrown. Does he not know Gronk can catch underthrown balls?

 

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000...nthers-win

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Heero, what I am seeing in your second video is not at all how the article described it. The 49ers helmet obviously hit Drew Brees hard because it caused his head to move forward. Also, one arm is on his neck. Therefore, by rule it was the right call.

 

I disagree.

 

The initial collision point was with the arm and the upper portion of the chest. Brees just got lit up and fell into his arm. If that hit is illegal, then you're saying that even legal hits become illegal if the actions of the offensive player contribute negatively to the same offensive player. Brees begins to move into the hit, making it worse. That hit is 100% legal. 

 

The Gronkowski call is incorrect, however, but I don't care. If they get a call like that in every game from now on, I'll consider it pay back for the Tuck Rule. 

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Listening to refs try to explain themselves is hilarious. Sunday, Triplette says it's not holding because we ran through the hold; they get the fumble on the punt wrong, allow a challenge when it's not allowed and still charge a timeout; throw a flag on Cyprien for hitting Fitzgerald on a totally clean hit (they did pick it up later); and call an intentional grounding on Palmer 2-3 minutes after the Cardinals were on the field for a field goal opportunity.


I would be out of a job if I made the mistakes these clowns make on a weekly basis; but these calls are ignored over and over and the NFL continuously defends the poor officiating.

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Nothing like finishing another NFL week with an absolutely terrible no call. Good job NE-Carolina officials!

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Kuechly just wanted a hug.

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I disagree.

 

The initial collision point was with the arm and the upper portion of the chest. Brees just got lit up and fell into his arm. If that hit is illegal, then you're saying that even legal hits become illegal if the actions of the offensive player contribute negatively to the same offensive player. Brees begins to move into the hit, making it worse. That hit is 100% legal. 

 

The Gronkowski call is incorrect, however, but I don't care. If they get a call like that in every game from now on, I'll consider it pay back for the Tuck Rule. 

 

Referees don't care where the initial collision occurred. The only thing that matters to them is the helmets made contact at some point during the hit. The NFL wants that. Mike Tirico said even "a tap on the head" is a penalty. So I totally understand why a flag was thrown for a legal hit.

 

I care about the Luke Kuechly penalty not being called because I wanted Carolina to lose. For the record, Tom Brady said it was a bad pass.

 

Listening to refs try to explain themselves is hilarious. Sunday, Triplette says it's not holding because we ran through the hold; they get the fumble on the punt wrong, allow a challenge when it's not allowed and still charge a timeout; throw a flag on Cyprien for hitting Fitzgerald on a totally clean hit (they did pick it up later); and call an intentional grounding on Palmer 2-3 minutes after the Cardinals were on the field for a field goal opportunity.


I would be out of a job if I made the mistakes these clowns make on a weekly basis; but these calls are ignored over and over and the NFL continuously defends the poor officiating.

 

I could not understand the intentional grounding call either. Chad Henne was not called for it when he did the exact same thing.

 

Like I said, Jeff Triplette is the worst referee in the NFL. Sunday only reinforced my opinion about him.

 

What bothered me most about the fumble recovery review was not that we lost a timeout, but there was indisputable video evidence a Jaguar recovered the football.

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Referees don't care where the initial collision occurred. The only thing that matters to them is the helmets made contact at some point during the hit. The NFL wants that. Mike Tirico said even "a tap on the head" is a penalty. So I totally understand why a flag was thrown for a legal hit.

 

I care about the Luke Kuechly penalty not being called because I wanted Carolina to lose. For the record, Tom Brady said it was a bad pass.

 

A "tap of the head" isn't a penalty. 

 

The helmet-to-helmet penalty ask for the crown to collide with any portion of another's helmet. 

 

Striking, Kneeing, or Kicking an opponent requires that the defender directly hit the neck or head.

 

A forcible hit to the passer's neck area is a penalty. The problem I have with this call is that Brees's actions directly contributed to the "forcible" part AND the "neck area". Brees moved into Brooks and lowered himself. We're already seeing offensive players leading with their helmets, but the defenders are pulling up to avoid contact. These calls don't hold the offensive player accountable. If the purpose is to protect the players, then both sides need to be judged equally. 

 

We refs will use the "neck area" to defend their call, but it his his chest and we all know it. 

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A "tap of the head" isn't a penalty. 

 

The helmet-to-helmet penalty ask for the crown to collide with any portion of another's helmet. 

 

Striking, Kneeing, or Kicking an opponent requires that the defender directly hit the neck or head.

 

A forcible hit to the passer's neck area is a penalty. The problem I have with this call is that Brees's actions directly contributed to the "forcible" part AND the "neck area". Brees moved into Brooks and lowered himself. We're already seeing offensive players leading with their helmets, but the defenders are pulling up to avoid contact. These calls don't hold the offensive player accountable. If the purpose is to protect the players, then both sides need to be judged equally. 

 

We refs will use the "neck area" to defend their call, but it his his chest and we all know it. 

Like Tom Brady ducking to make helmets collide when our player was clearly aiming toward his shoulder. I think the NFL should take a hard look at the offensive players, not just the end results, so they can figure out the helmet collision is not always the defensive player's fault.

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The officials followed the rule book exactly at the end of last night's game...  Pretty boy Brady underthrew that pass well so that Gronk could have ever gotten there. He was moving towards the rear of the end zone when he got pushed and it would have been a PI if the ball was anywhere close but it wasn't..  No way he could have gotten to the ball at all especially with the other defender who had to dive forward to make the interception...  If the NFL had found that it was wrong, we would have seen apologies but instead they said the ruling was correct..  As for picking up the flag, the back judge himself was questioning his call as the play ended by immediately conferring with the other officials..  He could see it was a poorly thrown ball by pretty boy so he should have waited to toss the flag but that would have ticked off the local crowd making the think it was fixed.... so he threw it when he saw what would have been PI if not for the QB... Oh and no holding because holding can't be called after the throw.... only PI...  You see that all the time too when what looks like PI is not called on any uncatchable balls..

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You don't know that he won't. Maybe if you wrote him a letter telling him how awful you think he is, he will respond to you with an apology, Then, you don't have to go around with all of that hate and noforgivingness in your heart!

 

I will never forgive you for making up that word.

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If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
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Dean Blandino is clearly being defensive in this video. The fact that he refuses to admit Clete Blakeman was wrong speaks loudly about the NFL's ignorance of officiating errors everyone knows about.

 

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000...all-monday

 

What I don't understand is Blandino said contact is not allowed after the ball is touched by Carolina's safety. Isn't the ball being touched irrelevant when making that call? Yet he says because officials believed the "restriction" (not contact) and interception occured at the same time, it was OK. It is crystal clear Rob Gronkowski was hugged, not just restricted, before the ball was intercepted. This is a classic example of the NFL saying, "No matter what everyone else thinks, our officials do a great job."

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The officials followed the rule book exactly at the end of last night's game...  Pretty boy Brady underthrew that pass well so that Gronk could have ever gotten there. He was moving towards the rear of the end zone when he got pushed and it would have been a PI if the ball was anywhere close but it wasn't..  No way he could have gotten to the ball at all especially with the other defender who had to dive forward to make the interception...  If the NFL had found that it was wrong, we would have seen apologies but instead they said the ruling was correct..  As for picking up the flag, the back judge himself was questioning his call as the play ended by immediately conferring with the other officials..  He could see it was a poorly thrown ball by pretty boy so he should have waited to toss the flag but that would have ticked off the local crowd making the think it was fixed.... so he threw it when he saw what would have been PI if not for the QB... Oh and no holding because holding can't be called after the throw.... only PI...  You see that all the time too when what looks like PI is not called on any uncatchable balls..

 

If you watch the video I posted, you won't hear Dean Blandino talk about the ball being uncatchable. Also Luke Kuechly pushed Rob Gronkowski backward when he gave him a hug.

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