Photo of the Greg Olsen "hold"

[Jeremy Igo]

Just realized I had a good frame of this... 

 

May have been a hold. But if it was, it was probably the least ticky tack holds of the night that went called or uncalled. 

Interesting time to throw the flag. Game would have been over without it. Hard to believe that did not play a factor in the refs decision. 

[punkpanther]

I'm not one for conspiracy, but it sure seemed like somebody didn't want that game to end with the panthers on top. Between that "hold" and the 4th down "catch"... Strange 

[LUUUUUKE]

Funny how there were ZERO holding calls on the Clots' O-Line in that  4th qtr when every play was an obvious passing down, this our rushers going all out

funny how that works out

[jasonluckydog]

It was blatantly obvious that the refs wanted the Colts to win..

 

These refs are close 1st Cam calling out Ed their leader and then the crowd chanting you suck, these refs wanted to stick it to the Panthers and fans

[Zaximus]

You know, I wouldn't have cared if the Colts were getting flags for TACKLING OUR D-LINEMAN TO THE GROUND all game.  Short was held literally, all game, no joke.  I mean, I seen jersey in hands that second half with no calls.

Also, are people finally starting to come around to the fact the refs are pushing the games to one side or the other?  I know a few of us have talked about this in the past but everyone thought we were crazy.  It's more obvious every year.

[Kuhndog94]

The refs desperately tried to hand the game away. 

I don't know if the NFL, ESPN and/or the refs wanted the Colts to win or to at least make it a game. I imagine the Panthers winning 23-6 isn't good for business. 

[Zaximus]

Just now, Kuhndog94 said:

The refs desperately tried to hand the game away. 

I don't know if the NFL, ESPN and/or the refs wanted the Colts to win or to at least make it a game. I imagine the Panthers winning 23-6 isn't good for business. 

It's the NFL.  It's the only thing that makes sense because the officials hardly ever face consequences for bad calls.  They keep doing it weekly and you never hear anything.  In fact, even refs with bad ratings get to ref playoff games and whatnot because of their system.   The only reason we probably got the game against Luck was because they wanted Luck to crush us so they could compare Cam to Luck and choose Luck.

[Jangler]

If I were Cam I'd buy all the refs some fruitcake, everybody loves fruitcake.

[Darth Biscuit]

Have you got a pic of the guy punching Olsen in the face after that play?  Hmmm... wonder why there wasn't a flag for that?

[Navy_football]

I don't know about this game or Cam vs Luck, but if you think there isn't some form of tampering going on in a multi billion dollar industry, then you don't understand how capitalism works.

You don't leave everything up to "chance" and "fair competition" when this kind of money is at stake. 

[shaqattaq]

6 minutes ago, Zaximus said:

You know, I wouldn't have cared if the Colts were getting flags for TACKLING OUR D-LINEMAN TO THE GROUND all game.  Short was held literally, all game, no joke.  I mean, I seen jersey in hands that second half with no calls.

Also, are people finally starting to come around to the fact the refs are pushing the games to one side or the other?  I know a few of us have talked about this in the past but everyone thought we were crazy.  It's more obvious every year.

Absolutely! I actually paused the game once to show my wife (who was not pleased with my incessant screaming at the TV at midnight) KK's jersey completely turned around after TWO linemen pulled him away from Luck.

[shaka]

Look the refs were terrible.  The botched review, the clock stopping when tackled in bounds, the additional time added to the play clocks.  But let's face it...

 

The extended arm wrapped around the guy you're blocking will get a holding call more often than not.  You can't have an arm wrapped around the back of the defender you're blocking.  

 

The problem is that the colts did it multiple times and it wasn't called.  That's bullshit.  All I want is a consistent application of the rules.  

[Khyber53]

Games like this only make the team stronger. It reinforces the "no respect" and "us against the world" mindsets that champions often take on.

[PntherPryd]

Murkn posted a link to the play in his Gif thread.  NFL blocked the first one but this link still works.  You can see the punch in the face, hear the "refs suck" chant.  His arm was above the other guy's elbow but was not wrapped.  That ref wanted to call holding before the play to call that one.

https://vid.me/12uE