Photo of the Greg Olsen "hold"

[GRWatcher]

1 hour ago, PntherPryd said:

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

Even Mike Tirico says, before the chanting starts, "Can you believe it?" So the booth even failed to see the hold on Olsen.

[ok2h8pep]

Google "estimated amount bet weekly on NFL games".  We're talking small country GNP numbers here.

Now, human nature being what it is, if there is a way to obtain an advantage, no matter how unlikely or immoral it may be, someone will attempt it.

If you were so inclined to attempt to obtain a favorable outcome for an NFL game you would quickly realize that it would be much more cost effective and reliable to subsidize a ref than a player.  

Bottom line - a bunch of unlikely stuff happened in the last 10 minutes of Mondays game and the end result was that the spread got covered.

Just saying.

 

[Razeyfingers]

This thread is soooo so late.

 

Gone are the days when the Saints were diving at Jakes knees every chance they got, . . no flags. . . Jake screaming, fans think its funny, aww he's emotional, he's cajun ya know.

 

Wake the F up

[Wundrbread33]

3 hours ago, RRC2 said:

He mugged him, didn't make an attempt at the ball and made contact. I was stunned there wasn't a flag thrown honestly.

Made no attempt at the ball? You sure about that?

[Darth Biscuit]

I don't normally argue about holding calls... they could call holding on every play pretty much and USUALLY reserve it for when the hold affects the play notably...  however this was a big call in a big situation and for them to call that and ignore the blatant personal foul against Olsen when you KNOW the refs were looking at him because they called a penalty on him is simply egregious.