http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/18206758/terry-mcaulay-crew-officiate-new-york-giants-games
Beckham basically believes that McAulay's crew shouldn't be able to do Giants games anymore. Same crew that did the Panthers game last year and the Skins game this year.
They seem to have a vendatta against Beckham and him illuminating that was told to "Get out of my face" looking for an explanation on the horseshit OPI early on. Anyway, I'm sure most will say he should quit bitching, but I think he has a point at least.
Then of course here's the little blurb from Graziano:
| The Steelers were penalized 12 times for 115 yards. The Giants four times for 24. I'm not wasting much time listening to Giants complaints about officiating. |
This is just ridiculous logic and Graziano has always been a massive douche. Football is not basketball, not all penalties are created equal. It's not as if the penalties called on PIT were questionable, it just so happens that a lot of other game-changing penalties that were also rather blatant did NOT get called (several blatant holding calls on whoever was mugging 54 all day, the *defensive* PI on the Beckham play, Tye getting laid out, Beckham getting speared by the same assclown Mitchell when he was already down, Eli getting driven into the ground well after the whistle...I could go on...) or were incorrectly called (the PI in question). Yes Flowers got away with a hold that directly allowed a TD as well, but I don't think it all comes out in the wash.
Graziano is just a pretentious piece of shit.
realizing that Pitt knew he bobbled the ball and thus lined up ASAP and snapped the ball.
Buck is such an ass.......watch the damn game.
During the final 5 yards of the route he shoved the defenders arm away that had been grabbing him the first 35 yards of the route
Absolutely and it's getting tiresome watching him just stand there and not say a thing to the officials when there are obvious bad call and non-calls. Part of the game is working them and if you never say anything to them they will continue with the same crap
Great false equivalancy dipshit, no one blamed the Refs for the loss they are discussing OBJ and this officiating crew
haha, figures. i think i emailed a beat writer or ESPN writer a decade ago calling out their poor analysis/logic, and the response was "thanks for reading, god bless"
No one is saying that's why they lost. There could/should have been several calls of PI or holding on OBJ. Giants need to defend their best player.
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refs double standard on OBJ.
Absolutely and it's getting tiresome watching him just stand there and not say a thing to the officials when there are obvious bad call and non-calls. Part of the game is working them and if you never say anything to them they will continue with the same crap
not saying we need a Harbaugh on the sideline, but i don't think we need an Eli there either. the HC has to i think have even some iota of responsibility to talk to the crew, get explanations, and figure out what the hell is going on sometimes.
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The number of penalties called means nothing and how does he have a job if that is his logic..
haha, figures. i think i emailed a beat writer or ESPN writer a decade ago calling out their poor analysis/logic, and the response was "thanks for reading, god bless"
Graziano has always been a little bitch. The least amount of criticism of his tweets and he blocks, been doing that for years
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refs double standard on OBJ.
Absolutely and it's getting tiresome watching him just stand there and not say a thing to the officials when there are obvious bad call and non-calls. Part of the game is working them and if you never say anything to them they will continue with the same crap
not saying we need a Harbaugh on the sideline, but i don't think we need an Eli there either. the HC has to i think have even some iota of responsibility to talk to the crew, get explanations, and figure out what the hell is going on sometimes.
Exactly, we need someone to show a bit of fire. You watch this guy and after a particularly bad call goes against us he just buries his nose in that menu of his
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The number of penalties called means nothing and how does he have a job if that is his logic..
haha, figures. i think i emailed a beat writer or ESPN writer a decade ago calling out their poor analysis/logic, and the response was "thanks for reading, god bless"
Graziano has always been a little bitch. The least amount of criticism of his tweets and he blocks, been doing that for years
fits right in at ESPN. "here's my hot take!!1!1! agree or GTFO"
Vernon was mugged all game long.
Beckham's arm was held on the pass in the EZ. INT thrown shortly thereafter. Defenders were draped over Beckham on several plays with no calls.
The Tye TD drop on 4th down, he was hit before the ball got there.
The 15 yarder where the flag was picked up was inexplicable. Eli gets sacked next play and that's ball game.
Vernon was mugged all game long.
Beckham's arm was held on the pass in the EZ. INT thrown shortly thereafter. Defenders were draped over Beckham on several plays with no calls.
The Tye TD drop on 4th down, he was hit before the ball got there.
The 15 yarder where the flag was picked up was inexplicable. Eli gets sacked next play and that's ball game.
What amazed me about the holding on Vernon was that it was the same exact type of hold they called Flowers for that led to the safety. Vernon also got punched in the facemask on a few key plays for them that went uncalled
But then the ref calls Odell for brushing off the hand on him. He is just a terrible ref. That was a brutally bad call. Guy should be replaced but with Goodell/Blandino's corporate dictatorship that won't happen. Can't wait until those two get fired as NFL ratings continue to fall.
even if you don't go so far as to bash the refs, i think its possible to let them know in game when you think something is horeshit. sometimes it feels like McAdoo is striving to be the good boy scout.
Not sure why.
I sat in amazement when the flag was picked up. More so when the booth official "expert" praised the decision.
I miss some things. And to quote Joe Pesci, "Maybe I'm a little fucked up." But I don't understand how that was ruled go be completely legal.
Vernon was mugged all game long.
Beckham's arm was held on the pass in the EZ. INT thrown shortly thereafter. Defenders were draped over Beckham on several plays with no calls.
The Tye TD drop on 4th down, he was hit before the ball got there.
The 15 yarder where the flag was picked up was inexplicable. Eli gets sacked next play and that's ball game.
I agree with all except the flowers hold. That was definitely a hold just sucks it costed us 2 points and posession
How many of you speak of this?
NYG did not lose because of bad ref-fing.
And, to be fair to Flowers, he had his chin down, hands together at chest height and elbows in. If you're going to hold, that's a textbook way to attempt to make it look subtle. He did all you can do to not get called, and I also think the angle was a contributing factor. Since his hands were so tight to his body, he was shielding a lot of the view. They are taught this stuff, I know you know that.
How many of you speak of this?
NYG did not lose because of bad ref-fing.
With respect Sy, I don't see many people blaming the refs for the loss...rather, most seem to be on point that it's some combo of poor coaching and/or our offense just isn't good enough.
Doesn't mean it's not fair to also discuss how OBJ was subject to plenty of clutching and grabbing for much of the game and the refs seemed content to ignore it.
And yes, Flowers got away with (at least) that hold...and they got away with holding our guys too.
It does seem possible OBJ has a legit gripe about that specific crew
Thought Eli was too anxious again when, in numerous instances, he rushed a bad throw and with bad mechanics. If nobody is open then force it to OBJ...right?
Did Cruz play?
How many of you speak of this?
NYG did not lose because of bad ref-fing.
They may not have lost bc of bad reffing, but I think the game is completely different if they call a better game.
If their secondary gets a few flags for how they defend Beckham, completely changes how they try to cover him and opens the possibility up for big plays.
If Pitt gets a few more holding calls, that potentially kills a few more drives.
Horribly officiated game and if anyone thinks it didn't impact the outcome of the game, I don't know what to tell you.
Thought Eli was too anxious again when, in numerous instances, he rushed a bad throw and with bad mechanics. If nobody is open then force it to OBJ...right?
Did Cruz play?
QB is a reflection of the coach. Coaching scared usually means the QB plays scared and that is what we are seeing
Not sure why.
I sat in amazement when the flag was picked up. More so when the booth official "expert" praised the decision.
I miss some things. And to quote Joe Pesci, "Maybe I'm a little fucked up." But I don't understand how that was ruled go be completely legal.
Maybe, maybe not. I do know instead of first and 10 at midfield with a 0-0 score, we ended up down 2-0 (which quickly turned to 5-0 after the free kick from our 20 which gave them good field position) on two absolute horseshit calls.
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should have never happened....Flowers got away with a major hold in the middle of the field on that play.
How many of you speak of this?
NYG did not lose because of bad ref-fing.
They may not have lost bc of bad reffing, but I think the game is completely different if they call a better game.
If their secondary gets a few flags for how they defend Beckham, completely changes how they try to cover him and opens the possibility up for big plays.
If Pitt gets a few more holding calls, that potentially kills a few more drives.
Horribly officiated game and if anyone thinks it didn't impact the outcome of the game, I don't know what to tell you.
You can also say the Steelers benefitted from the same. With Roethlisberger throwing from his own end zone, their OL had a more egregious hold than the one called on Flowers. There was an arm around the neck and subsequent takedown of Vernon (I think) and no flag. That would have given us 2 points and a free possession.
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Maybe, maybe not. I do know instead of first and 10 at midfield with a 0-0 score, we ended up down 2-0 (which quickly turned to 5-0 after the free kick from our 20 which gave them good field position) on two absolute horseshit calls.