I mean... just.... well... smh

[Moose Hoover]

I love fantasy football...but that is a relatively new twist to the promoted storyline. A close game where both teams are playing their hearts out results in more fantasy goodness. NFL is heavily invested in all facets of fantasy football and people get frustrated with their lineups when the game is over in the 3rd quarter.

[MurkN]

I have a few words to describe that ref but they wouldn't pass the filter.

[PandaPancake]

12 minutes ago, Moose Hoover said:

I love fantasy football...but that is a relatively new twist to the promoted storyline. A close game where both teams are playing their hearts out results in more fantasy goodness. NFL is heavily invested in all facets of fantasy football and people get frustrated with their lineups when the game is over in the 3rd quarter.

I was wondering when someone would bring up the fantasy football conspiracy

[Toker Smurf]

Was so mad about that. Exact same thing happened last season. You see him plant his right foot to mark the ball because he leaves it in place when he reaches forward for the ball, then places the ball well ahead of his foot.

[KSpan]

Only one of many head-scratching moments from the officials.

[CPantherKing]

7 hours ago, Snake said:

We all know the NFL just doesn't care. First game of the season and a complete fug up. 

I believe it went according to the NFLs plan. The officials are always influenced by the NFL. Blandino makes sure that message gets across to the officials.

What was even more interesting is that when a defender contacts a QB outside of the pocket after a forward pass the intentional grounding rule no longer applies because the defender effects the follow through of the QBs arm. Cam pulled his arm back from its full throwing motion and this is why it fell short of the LoS. If he had completed his throwing motion to get it to the LoS, he probably would have a broken arm on a defender's helmet. The defender altered his throw. That should have been a 15 yard penalty and 1st down. There is no intentional grounding when a defender interferes.

Refs knew what they were doing imo. They are well trained and well educated individuals.

[pstall]

Insane 

[RoaringRiot]

Why is there zero accountability in the NFL for poo like this? No one will ever talk about this other than us "whiny Panthers fans on a message board" but this is ridiculous. The ref is in perfect position to spot the ball and clearly moves it forward while looking for the marker. Unreal....

[ncmonzta]

i might put my tickets up for sale. i dont have time to waste on BS

[Norway]

This cost us the game. If we had another timeout, we would have marched further down the field on the game ending drive, being able to stop the clock

[Moose Hoover]

1 hour ago, PandaPancake said:

I was wondering when someone would bring up the fantasy football conspiracy

My bad, forgot there has never been a true conspiracy committed in the history of man.

[PandaPancake]

2 hours ago, Moose Hoover said:

My bad, forgot there has never been a true conspiracy committed in the history of man.

No one gives a fug about your fantasy football much less the NFL. They embrace it because it causes more eyes on games they wouldn't normally watch. Thanks for playing

[PanthersFanNY]

Might have well just put it in the end zone himself, that's where he wanted it to go.

[Manos]

The ref did the exact same thing on the next play, gets the ball and moves it forward emphatically placing it in front of the marker. We just couldn't challenge it because there was a pile and it was hard to see but we stopped him short.