I've never believed the NFL was rigged...

[KillerKat]

I like this dark side of Mr.Scott.

[X-Clown]

Also, if this was the league's doing why reverse Suh's suspension when they had every right to uphold it (and most people agree that he should have been suspended)?

[JawnyBlaze]

It was a shitty call, but was it all that different from the kuechly/gronk play from MNF last year? And I cant feel too sorry for the lions, the league didnt make Jim Caldwell pull a ron rivera circa week 4 2013 move by not going for it on 4th and 1 near midfield and watching his punter only kick the ball 10 yards.

 

Yea, it was different.  It was a catchable pass.  If Brady had thrown a catchable pass, Kuechly would have been flagged for PI too.

 

[PandaPancake]

Yea, it was different. It was a catchable pass. If Brady had thrown a catchable pass, Kuechly would have been flagged for PI too.

I like to refer to that as the Lester Yoink

[Inimicus]

It was a shitty call, but was it all that different from the kuechly/gronk play from MNF last year? And I cant feel too sorry for the lions, the league didnt make Jim Caldwell pull a ron rivera circa week 4 2013 move by not going for it on 4th and 1 near midfield and watching his punter only kick the ball 10 yards.

 

 

Yea, it was different.  It was a catchable pass.  If Brady had thrown a catchable pass, Kuechly would have been flagged for PI too.

 

 

 

There's that^^^ and I think that's the best defense to the no call.

 

But...

 

That was a mid season game that, while it was important in the grand scheme, paled in comparison to the magnitude of this call.

 

In this case it was a clear penalty.

In this case it ended one teams dream of playing for the title.

In this case there is ZERO defense for pickingup/waving off/not throwing the flag.

[firefox1234]

NFL has to allow PI calls to be challenged, they can literally put a team on the 1 yard line if they get it wrong!

[Darth Biscuit]

I'm not one for conspiracy theories either but that whole thing stinks... it would have been bad enough had the penalty not been flagged, but it was flagged, announced and then picked up... total bullshit.

[Mr. Scot]

Conspiracy theorists will probably also love the fact that NFL Head of Officiating Dean Blandino was photographed on the Cowboys party bus with Stephen Jones a while back.

[Mr. Scot]

In the end, I still don't truly believe that the NFL is rigged.

I do however, believe that the NFL can be stubborn and stupid.

They need full time officials, and this 'all star crew' garbage needs to go away. Those two facts have been obvious for years.

Fans have been screaming about it annually, but the NFL doesn't listen. Instead they keep insisting that what the fans really want is an 18 game season and a team in London

[Jangler]

I've never seen a PI flag picked up. ever. or maybe too high to remember..whatever....fug the cowboys.

[Mr. Scot]

I've never seen a PI flag picked up. ever. or maybe too high to remember..whatever....fug the cowboys.

I have, but it's extremely rare and I've never seen it done quite like this, especially with no one even attempting to explain.

Pete Morelli later said he didn't see it. It was the head linesman (Jerry Burgman) that overruled the call.

Something tells me there are a lot of Google searches for 'Jerry Burgman' going on right now (especially in Detroit).

[Mr. Scot]

Also gotta admit that if the Cowboys lose on a controversial call next week, I will be laughing for days.

[Shufdog]

[fjblair]

To Jerry

From Roger

 

Your welcome