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AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »

Nevermind, not getting into another pissing match on here.

Aww c'mon man, I just put in the jiffy pop. LOL

gce wrote: »

Here's the Official ruling by the Official.

Referee Pete Morelli:

“... We got other information from another official (head linesman) from a different angel that thought the contact was minimal and didn’t warrant pass interference. Face-guarding is not a foul.”

Well....I would take the word of that angel. They tend to see things that us mere mortals just don't.

Apparently, he/she was even a face-guardian angel!!

gce wrote: »

Here's the Official ruling by the Official.

Referee Pete Morelli:

“The back judge threw his flag for defensive pass interference. We got other information from another official (head linesman) from a different angel that thought the contact was minimal and didn’t warrant pass interference. Face-guarding is not a foul. It is a penalty in college but not in professional football.”

You left off the part where the NFL head of officials also said there should have been a holding call, which would have also resulted in the first down, not to mention the fact that Bryant should have been flagged for running on the field without a helmet.

http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/_/id/12124549/dean-blandino-holding-call-missed-vs-dallas-cowboys-lb-anthony-hitchens

Denver vs Green Bay in the Super Bowl again. And again Denver wins it.

Gotta come thru Seattle boys....

There are questionable calls every week.. Add to the recipe that it is the Dallas Cowboys a team no stranger to controversy and the NFL and the media have turned this into reality tv.

AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »

Answer me this then, if the call was correct then why is everyone still talking about it?

Everyone has opinions and you know how that goes...

tonyb wrote: »

I also think this obsession with micro managing every aspect of sports will be their ruin. I believe sports was much more enjoyable before instant replay.

Totally agree! I remember when instant replay came in...are you kidding me, just play the friggen' game!

3 good points I could get behind. Still though, human error will still occur, bad calls are part of any sport.

deronb1 wrote: »

Mikey081057 wrote: »

As it has been explained, it was not pass interference as he did not impede the receivers ability to catch the (underthrown) ball. They got it right. The ref who thru the flag never had the correct angel on the play to make the call to begin with he just figured that since the defender never looked back for the ball that he interfered with the receiver. It is not a penalty to not look back for the ball, only if there is contact that prevents the receiver from catching the ball. Both players have equal right to the ball and their position. There was minimal/incidental contact by both players. He was never going to catch that ball and therefore never was impeded by the defender access to catch the ball... The flag should have never been thrown. If he had thrown a better pass and the receiver could have caught the ball.... well you know what they say about my "aunt" and "if".

WRONG! He made contact with the receiver AND never got his head around to poay the ball. Missed call and the refs admited they missed the call. They also missed an obvious holding penalty on a critical 4th down play in the 4th qtr. They were VERY lucky to win that game, and they know it.

And other officials including the ones on the field have called it incidental contact and not enough contact to cause the receiver to not be able to make a catch. The ball was underthrown and hit the defender in the back. It is not a penalty to not turn your head around unless you have clearly interfered with the receiver's ability to make a catch, which is the debate here. There was minor incidental contact by both players including a grab of the face mas by the receiver and a grab of the jersey by the defender.He grabbed his facemask to prevent him from turning and intercepting the poorly thrown ball. It was UNDERTHROWN and UNCATCHABLE which btw also has a bearing on a DPI call. It is obviously a controversial call, but not definitively the "WRONG!"call. Regarding other fouls that may have happened, they were not called so they can't be part of the argument. Could the defender have gotten his head around if his face mask wasn't grabbed? Perhaps... Where was that flag? Watch this weeks inside the nfl for a good explanation. The overwhelming majority of those analysts including an official concluded that there was NOT DPI on that play. You can cherry pick information to justify your opinion, but that does not make your opinion the de facto. You can't disregard that their are other officials and analysts who don't agree with your opinion.

You will see a new trend being adopted by a beaten defender where they turn their heads around to play the ball and their legs get tangled with the receivers legs tripping them "incidentally". They have made so many rule changes that give the offense the advantage that defensive players and coaches will always try to find ways to counter.

deronb1 wrote: »

I have seen the legs getting intertwined no call many times and thats fine, but the defender definitely interfered with his opportunity to catxh the ball. Its not a reviewable play and after officials got a chance to brewk it down, they admitted they
Missed it. Not the first time this has happened. Dallas got the call, plus a few more.

I respectfully disagree and many others do as well. The ball was underthrown to a blocking tight end. Had the QB led the receiver and put the ball over the defender then I would agree. There was NO way he was catching that ball and the QB's play not the defenders was the reason why. Why should you be rewarded for a bad pass play? And if you watch enough football you see them pick up flags and announce no foul on the play almost every game. Yes we will see more controversial calls in the NFL. I am in favor of Refs getting together to correct calls on the field however I do not wan't more replays as the game with all the timeouts and commercials can lag at times. The NFL has admitted that they missed the Holding call. but there was no DPI as was the ruling on the field. They also missed the face mask grab too.

He was never "run over" there was only minor contact. Again the officials on the field agreed that it was not interference. He was NEVER going to catch that ball it hit the defender in the back. If he would have stopped and got run into then they would have made that call. But as he continued to go downfield turning to catch an underthrown uncatchable pass, it was concluded there was NO DPI. And they corrected the call which was the right thing to do. Why reward a team for a bad pass? Watch Inside the NFL 4 of 5 analysts including an ex official who is now an analyst said it was not DPI. The only one who called it interference was Brandon Marshall who will always say there is interference b/c he is a wide receiver.

gce wrote: »

deronb1 wrote: »

Completly forgot abot Bryant running out on the field WITHOUT IS HELMET to argue the call, getting in the refs face. That should have been an automatic 15 and a possible ejection. How can that not be addressed?

Wow, you evidently don't know the rules!

Again that is not part of the argument, there was no call made, and it is not a penalty as many have claimed and insist on ignoring the rule. The rule is about taking your helmet off while you are a player on the field. He was told to get off the field and he did. The only way he would/should have been flagged was if he ignored the official's warning to get off the field.

While you are only defending the receiver and insist on bringing up non calls, why aren't you pointing out the receiver's grabbing of the defenders facemask? Isn't that a penalty?

If the play was to have been flagged properly there should have been offsetting fouls on both players and the down replayed. But there wasn't there was only DPI and the flag was picked up after conferring with officials who had a better view concluded there was no DPI. Remember the official who whew the flag picked it up which was admission of his mistake on his part. He was not told to nor did he have to he decided that he was wrong.