Clete Blakeman doesn’t know what a catch is.

[KillaCamNewton]

Fug that guy. Still cant believe a guy born and raised in Nebraska was able to ref a Super Bowl with the Broncos in it

[TheCrackasaur]

I was pissed on live action but I think the nose is on the ground here.

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, TheCrackasaur said:

I was pissed on live action but I think the nose is on the ground here.

I think it may have been too. Hell, I think it probably was. But the fact remains that "may" and "probably" aren't conclusive.

[CPantherKing]

He did not secure the ball before it hit the ground. If he had secured the ball, the catch officially occurs and the ground does not matter as long as he maintains possession.

 

[rainwater]

1 hour ago, hepcat said:

Blakeman is already infamous for his atrocious call in the Super Bowl on Cotchery’s catch. Ruled incomplete because there wasn’t enough evidence to overturn it, Blakeman said.

Today, very similar situation with the Reid INT. Except this time it was called an interception on the field. Ball never obviously hits the ground, doesn’t appear to move. Call was an interception should stay an interception then, right? Wrong. Blakeman overturns an INT because....I honestly don’t know. He doesn’t know what a catch is. Maybe he secretly hates the Panthers.

Do you even realize Blakeman doesn't make the decision on instant replay reviews?

[JARROD]

Doesnt matter, Im happy it ended the way it did-- decisively anyway with the forced fumble recovery-- no question the Panthers won.

Fork the Eagles.

[DaveThePanther2008]

1 hour ago, beastson said:

The call was interception. His hand is underneath the ball. There's definitely no clear evidence the ground caused the catch. It took them a long ass time to review it too, you have to uphold the call

 

 

This^ There is no clear evidence that that tip of the ball actually touched the ground.   This view right here was the best evidence they had and NO WAY can you clearly say the ball touched the ground.

[DaveThePanther2008]

56 minutes ago, TheCrackasaur said:

I was pissed on live action but I think the nose is on the ground here.

Must be irrefutable evidence to overturn a call.  Thinking doesn't cut it.

If they ruled an incomplete than it would have stayed an incomplete but they rule INT and it should have stayed an INT. 

[LinvilleGorge]

23 minutes ago, JARROD said:

Doesnt matter, Im happy it ended the way it did-- decisively anyway with the forced fumble recovery-- no question the Panthers won.

Fork the Eagles.

True that. No room to claim a screw job for the Eagles. They got the benefit of a friendly home field advantage review process at the end of the game and yet we still won.

[Riverboat Ron]

17 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

True that. No room to claim a screw job for the Eagles. They got the benefit of a friendly home field advantage review process at the end of the game and yet we still won.

I can just imagine Goodell furiously pulling out a rulebook after the 4th down by the Eagles to find a rule to give them a 5th down. 

[DaveThePanther2008]

13 minutes ago, Riverboat Ron said:

I can just imagine Goodell furiously pulling out a rulebook after the 4th down by the Eagles to find a rule to give them a 5th down. 

Just like when S. Diggs caught the miracle pass against Goodell's beloved Saints. 

[DeAngelo Beason]

I've seen a lot of bad calls.  I just can't fathom how you can't get that right though.  This crew needs to be downgraded.  It's getting really tiresome having refs determine the outcome to games almost every week.  Thank God the defense buckled down and got us the win even after that atrocious officiating decision.

[FugAllY'all]

Uh, I thought all reviews were handled remotely by New York these days?

It also looked to me like he didn't control the ball when the nose touched the ground, but it the call on the field probably should have stood.

[cookinbrak]

6 hours ago, rainwater said:

Do you even realize Blakeman doesn't make the decision on instant replay reviews?

Yeah, I don't understand all of this. The refs at the game called it an INT, it was the league office in New York that overturned it.