Quote: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.

 

Quote: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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