2014 NFL Season **OFFICIAL THREAD**

[Brian4Liberty]

The officials fuck up again! Outrageous!

 

[acptulsa]

Yeah, it was a situation that calls for a two point conversion based on simple math.

You mean like, if Jason Garret has a chance to pull to within a field goal, the odds are twenty to one against him doing it?

Is it time for My Little Pony Bowl yet?

 

[CPUd]

Yeah, it was a situation that calls for a two point conversion based on simple math.

Only think I can think of is they were having some kind of issue with the play. I don't know of any chart that would tell them to kick. Even this one that takes time remaining into account says they should go for it if their play has over 8% chance of success.

http://www.footballcommentary.com/twoptchart.htm



Also, Bryant caught that ball. The problem he had was holding it out with one hand before it was clearly secured, even though he had a grip on it. Some receivers the last few weeks, I have been seeing them pull the ball in and covering it with both hands, even when they didn't need to, just to make sure the replays will rule it a catch..

 

[Brian4Liberty]

They have gone full retard. What constitutes a "completion" is the worst and most egregious example of a "rule" being inconsistently and arbitrarily applied. "He caught the ball and ran for 3 steps, but the ball came out when he was hit, so it's incomplete." or "He caught the ball, ran 3 steps, crossed the plane of the goal line, and then the ball came out when he hit the ground in the end zone. Incomplete pass." Or as in the case you cite, "The ball never stopped moving, he never had a grip on it, so, interception!" Full retard.

They did it again. He caught the ball, took 3 steps, his knee went down to the ground making him down, and then they say it was incomplete because the ball was in his hand but touched the ground as he reached out after he was already down. Arbitrary and ridiculous.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

I didn't have a team in this game, but it's pretty obvious the officials gave it to Green Bay.

 

[JK/SEA]

Dallas got effed...

upside is they don't have to face Seattle.

 

[JK/SEA]

Oregon.

yep.

 

[cajuncocoa]

I bet you do.

Congrats to your Packers. It was an exciting game.

 

[green73]

Congrats to your Packers. It was an exciting game.

Thanks, doll. Think I grew some grey hairs. :o

 

[acptulsa]

They did it again. He caught the ball, took 3 steps, his knee went down to the ground making him down, and then they say it was incomplete because the ball was in his hand but touched the ground as he reached out after he was already down. Arbitrary and ridiculous.

That's what they get for having an owner who's too Texan to hug a fat bastard Republican powerhouse from Joisey.

 

[green73]

Yeah, it was a situation that calls for a two point conversion based on simple math.

The general rule is you don't go for two in the 3rd quarter.

 

[cajuncocoa]

Dallas got effed...

upside is they don't have to face Seattle.

Not really. The Cowboys missed a lot of opportunities, and made a lot of mistakes in that game. I'm heartbroken, but I'm not delusional.

 

[Origanalist]

That's what they get for having an owner who's too Texan to hug a fat bastard Republican powerhouse from Joisey.

 

[cajuncocoa]

That's what they get for having an owner who's too Texan to hug a fat bastard Republican powerhouse from Joisey.

He's from Arkansas

 

[robert68]

They did it again. He caught the ball, took 3 steps, his knee went down to the ground making him down, and then they say it was incomplete because the ball was in his hand but touched the ground as he reached out after he was already down. Arbitrary and ridiculous.

"Rapid Reaction: Dez Bryant catch reversed by 'process rule'"
...
The rule: The oft-cited "process rule" of the NFL rulebook has surfaced many times, most famously to deny an apparent touchdown catch by the Detroit Lions' Calvin Johnson in 2010. Here is what Rule 8, Section 1, Article 3, Item 1 reads: "If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass (with or without contact by an opponent), he must maintain control of the ball throughout the process of contacting the ground, whether in the field of play or the end zone. If he loses control of the ball, and the ball touches the ground before he regains control, the pass is incomplete. If he regains control prior to the ball touching the ground, the pass is complete."

The review: Watched in slow motion, Bryant's action fits the description in the rule. He lost the ball as he stumbled to the ground. The ball touched the ground before Bryant regained control. Steratore, who was also the referee in the 2009 game involving Johnson and the Lions, reversed the initial ruling.

The explanation: NFL vice president of officiating Dean Blandino tweeted shortly after the game: "Bryant going to the ground. By rule he must hold onto it throughout entire process of contacting the ground. He didn't so it is incomplete....

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[Brian4Liberty]

"in the act of catching a pass"

Weasel words. How many steps must a player take before they are no longer "in the act of catching a pass"?

 

[John F Kennedy III]

How can you maintain possession to be down by contact when you're unconscious?

 

[Brian4Liberty]

The ironic part is that they could have just as easily come out and said "The ruling on the field stands. After the catch, the receiver's thigh and hip touched the ground. Down by contact, ball on the 1 inch line." The same NFL people defending the actual ruling would defend that alternative ruling just as vigorously, if not more.

 

[CPUd]

The officiating analyst they have on CBS this game defended the call from the Cowboys game, though he has disagreed with 2 plays on this game so far. On one play he said they should have thrown a flag for grabbing Coby Fleener's jersey.

 

[Brian4Liberty]