Ex-ref, Gerry Austin has a message for the Week 2 crew

[Cookie Lyon]

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"Whatever happened to Cam last week, whatever Cam said to the news media, you should not allow it to affect yourself," said Austin, who worked 25 years in the NFL and has refereed Super Bowls. "I want a call to be solid, but if it involves a safety factor, then it narrows the window of leniency.

"The referee, the white hat, has to put himself into that position. The most important job as a white hat is to protect the quarterback."

Austin referenced a play in Denver when Newton rolled out to escape pressure. He said the minute Newton brings his arm up to throw he deserves quarterback protection again.

"It's not how big he is, it's what mode he's in."

 

 

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Come kickoff on Sunday in Charlotte, John Parry will be the man in the white hat entrusted to protect Newton and Blaine Gabbert. Last season, Parry's crew finished on the low-end in "behavior" penalties: taunting, personal fouls, roughing the passer, unnecessary roughness and unsportsmanlike conduct. Parry called 22 such penalties, tied for the fourth-lowest in the league.

In other words, Parry can be trigger-shy throwing the flag.

 

http://www.espn.com/blog/carolina-panthers/post/_/id/22361/ex-ref-denver-game-cant-affect-week-2-crews-approach-to-cam-newton?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[tiger7_88]

BUT WHAT ABOUT CAM'S RUNNING POSTURE COOKIE?

HUH?

YOU SAID NOTHING ABOUT HIS RUNNING POSTURE!!?!?!?!?!

[rico6]

God, I don't know how much longer a fan of the sport I can continue to be if I see another game like last Thursday's.

Yeah, a drop in the Ocean and all that but it's getting absolutely ridiculous at this point.

[Mr. Scot]

Gerry Austin was a good one.

Probably doesn't hurt that he went to Western Carolina.

[CPF4LIFE]

Cant believe we already on season 3 of empire, cookie and them putting in work.

[Cookie Lyon]

3 minutes ago, CPF4LIFE said:

Cant believe we already on season 3 of empire, cookie and them putting in work.

[TheSpecialJuan]

deng

[Mojo]

32 minutes ago, CPF4LIFE said:

Cant believe we already on season 3 of empire, cookie and them putting in work.

Lmfao

 

Well put by the ex ref.

[rodeo]

I keep seeing this 'running mode' and 'quarterback mode' thing but nobody has successfully explained to me why launching helmet to helmet hits are legal in running back mode anyways

[Cookie Lyon]

2 minutes ago, rodeo said:

I keep seeing this 'running mode' and 'quarterback mode' thing but nobody has successfully explained to me why launching helmet to helmet hits are legal in running back mode anyways

It's illegal unless it happens to Cameron Jerrell Newton.

[truthjuice]

The guy gets it. 

[LinvilleGorge]

It's just very frustrating calls like that get missed. By and large, the NFL is very liberal with flags on hits to the QB. We see questionable calls go the way of the offense all the time in those situations. Then, we watch illegal hit after blatant illegal hit go unflagged on primetime national TV. Sigh... 

[Mr. Scot]

56 minutes ago, truthjuice said:

The guy gets it. 

Austin was one of the best.

He's likely too old (and too happily retired) but if we had someone like him in charge instead of a guy like Dean Blandino, the state of NFL officiating would be a lot better off.

[Snake]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It's just very frustrating calls like that get missed. By and large, the NFL is very liberal with flags on hits to the QB. We see questionable calls go the way of the offense all the time in those situations. Then, we watch illegal hit after blatant illegal hit go unflagged on primetime national TV. Sigh... 

It's hard to believe calls like that get missed yet jumping up and down is caught or considered worse. It's not even just Cam,  in the bills and jets game it was the same thing. Helmet to helmet is cool but don't you dare dance when you sack the QB cleanly.