said anything about the facemask/blow to head penalty....
Finally, in summary, Collins said Vikings didn't catch a break on the call....catch a break? It was flagrant, and I can't believe not one official saw it.....how many times do we see officials 10 miles away throw a flag that the official next to the play didn't?
Dallas just seems to get calls like this...especially at the end of games...
Try again.
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officials missed 2 roughing the passer penalties that should have been called on the Cowboys. In the first, there was obvious daylight between the tackler & Bradford after he released the the pass. The tackler then crashed into the side of his chest with his helmet, forcing the QB out of the game temporarily due the intense pain. Either one of these infractions should have resulted in a call & they missed both altho the infractions were obvious on the replay.
On the last play of the game when Bradford attempted a 2 point pass, the tackler's hand hit him on the helmet, not the shoulder as announced. In the replay I could see the QB's helmet turn as it took the blow.
I begin to wonder what the function of instant replay is if the officials cannot interpret what they must have plainly seen. I for one would just like to do away with it & leave calls subject to human error as they had previously been. It also slows down the flow of the game. I think we fool ourselves into believing that technology can solve all of these problems. Seeing them blow game-changing calls is frustrating.
I watched this game to get an idea as to whether the Giants can beat Dallas 2 weeks from now. Yes, they can, if the officials can avoid mucking it up. I noticed all the mistakes & fumbles the hitherto "perfect" Cowboy offense made when for once they were pressured by a good defense. Go Giants D!
Talk about the spirit of he rule when you works against your favor and you'll have some legitimacy. It was a clear hit to the face of a QB. They call that every time, except tonight apparently.
LMAO...He smacked the hell out of him, his whole head dropped and the helmet came down over his eyes
They should be doing better. Dallas
Is like Giants. D is winning games.
O is under achieving. ..
I've really been leaning toward fixed, because if not the level of ineptitude is alarmingly high. There are plays I've seen this year that Ray Charles could have called better, and he's both blind AND dead.
I swear I don't know what some of you people are watching.
With that, officials will miss calls. It's not about the Cowboys being positioned to win.
Bad calls happen to all teams...............
I think the excuse was somewhat valid...no the replay, you couldn't see the defenders right hand, because his left hand came crashing down on Bradford's shoulder pad.
Should have been called, and was missed, but that's football.
No. Not the issue at all.
The ref was on the side, the arm closest to him hit the shoulder. It obscured the smack to the face.
If I have a beef about the no call it is that Tony Corrente told Bradford he was hit in the shoulder pads. Hell, if he didn't see the blow to the head, just say "I didn't see it". Don't make shit up to support the no-call.
We really won't know unless somebody posts the All-22 of Corrente's position on the play.
If I have a beef about the no call it is that Tony Corrente told Bradford he was hit in the shoulder pads. Hell, if he didn't see the blow to the head, just say "I didn't see it". Don't make shit up to support the no-call.
FMIC - the left arm came down hard on Bradford's shoulder pad, screening the right hand to the face.....you could even see it on the replay that way.
It's a missed call, but I can see why. And if the ref was unsure of the right hand, he probably errors on the side of letting the play run without a call.
Corrente shook his head side to side and touched his shoulder. When I played, I appreciated it more if a ref just admitted they didn't see something, rather than create their own interpretation.
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I'm with you. What game are people watching sometimes? In another thread, there's a poster who thinks Washington clearly recovered Duke Johnson's fumble. It is almost like eyes differ in what they process.
If I have a beef about the no call it is that Tony Corrente told Bradford he was hit in the shoulder pads. Hell, if he didn't see the blow to the head, just say "I didn't see it". Don't make shit up to support the no-call.
FMIC - the left arm came down hard on Bradford's shoulder pad, screening the right hand to the face.....you could even see it on the replay that way.
It's a missed call, but I can see why. And if the ref was unsure of the right hand, he probably errors on the side of letting the play run without a call.
That's how I saw it too. That's why one of the other refs needed to throw the flag.
Corrente shook his head side to side and touched his shoulder. When I played, I appreciated it more if a ref just admitted they didn't see something, rather than create their own interpretation.
Got it.
From my perspective, from when I played hearing I didn't see it is worse......and isn't his interpretation is what he's paid to do? LOL.....
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The fans don't, the players don't, the coaches don't, the refs don't, the announcers don't, Goodell doesn't . . . nobody knows.
No. Not the issue at all.
The ref was on the side, the arm closest to him hit the shoulder. It obscured the smack to the face.
Everybody sees and interprets something different. That is the issue.
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The fans don't, the players don't, the coaches don't, the refs don't, the announcers don't, Goodell doesn't . . . nobody knows.
No. Not the issue at all.
The ref was on the side, the arm closest to him hit the shoulder. It obscured the smack to the face.
Everybody sees and interprets something different. That is the issue.
No, not with this play. He didn't see him get hit in the facemask, so he didn't call it. That's it.
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This. Vikes settled for field goals three times in the red zone mostly due to their own ineptitude (sacks, penalties). Convert one of those three for a TD and they come away a winner.
Rudolph not catching that TD and the muffed punt lost this game. Bradford did enough with a terrible Oline and awful receivers.
This time it was "I can't throw a flag on that hit to the head to Sam Bradford? Really? I'm gonna throw a flag that changes the outcome of this game, in Sam Bradford?s favor? Against the 10-1 DALLAS COWBOYS?!! Oh hell no!" That is what the ref was thinking as he didnt reach for the flag.