Mike Carey is never right

but that was still funny.

But it was hilarious to hear him say "this will be a fumble" 2 seconds before the ref said it wasn't.

I've seen a few times where I thought he grasped the situation correctly.

I think the Randle "football move" TD is an example of where fans thought what he said was gibberish, but he actually cited the applicable rule correctly. (He said it was a timing play in which the refs had to determine whether the receiver had the ball long enough to make a football move).

I've observed a few times that fans don't understand what the "experts" are saying...because they don't really know the rules themselves.

It is any body part other than the bottom of a hand or foot. The player's forearm was down prior to the elbow hitting.

Carey sounds and looks like he is petrified everytime CBS goes to him for a review play. He's always stammering over his words, don't get it. Dude was a natural as a ref.

He's awful as a TV personality and isn't getting any better with practice either. Nice guy, great ref, but terrible at this.

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Pretty sure he fucked up in the grasp, too, but I'll let him slide for that one:)

In comment 11937915 robbieballs2003 said:

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It is any body part other than the bottom of a hand or foot. The player's forearm was down prior to the elbow hitting.

^^^^and there you go^^^^

Every year. Not sure why he stopped refereeing

He is absolutely awful.

Carey was a great ref, but he's terrible in the booth. Even when he's not trying to guess what the official is going to do on a replay, his explanations afterwards are just clumsy.

that he gives off, like someone's holding his family hostage at gunpoint unless he reads exactly what's on these cards and smiles while he's doing it.

Not sure
ray in arlington : 10/23/2014 9:52 pm : link : reply
I've seen a few times where I thought he grasped the situation correctly.

I think the Randle "football move" TD is an example of where fans thought what he said was gibberish, but he actually cited the applicable rule correctly. (He said it was a timing play in which the refs had to determine whether the receiver had the ball long enough to make a football move).

Nowhere in the rule, is it stated, how long, "long enough", is....

In comment 11938318 Doomster said:

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Not sure ray in arlington : 10/23/2014 9:52 pm : link : reply I've seen a few times where I thought he grasped the situation correctly. I think the Randle "football move" TD is an example of where fans thought what he said was gibberish, but he actually cited the applicable rule correctly. (He said it was a timing play in which the refs had to determine whether the receiver had the ball long enough to make a football move). Nowhere in the rule, is it stated, how long, "long enough", is....

no it is not. not sure whey this detracts from Carey's explanation, however. It rather goes to the issue of whether such a rule could be administered effectively.

Not really his bag

but did he do the Thursday night Redskins game?

It's as if CBS went into a crowd and asked for the dumbest guy and he raised his hand.

As a ref he was fine, now...

Yikes!

In comment 11937915 robbieballs2003 said:

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It is any body part other than the bottom of a hand or foot. The player's forearm was down prior to the elbow hitting.

Yup, I was thinking the same thing as Carey was explaining it. Why was he focused so much on the elbow when the forearm went fown first, which makes the player down by contact. That was as close of a fumble/non-fumble that I've ever seen, though.

there is referee judgement involved

his future is selling skis, and not in TV.