Great breakdown of why call was correct

[jamos14]

This is coming from a Patriots page no less.  

 

Too long to copy and paste but the TLDR; is PI was the only possible call.  The rulebook clearly rules out holding and illegal contact.

 

Great read though.

 

http://www.patspulpit.com/2013/11/19/5121100/rules-breaking-down-the-final-play

[BigHips]

thanks but I need no validation - we kicked ass fair and square

[MichaelNewtonII]

There should be no question. If a ball is intercepted then it is unable to be competed for.

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[bababoey]

How many bad breaks have we had in the last 3 seasons.  Drops, fumbles, pentlies that cost us games.  I can't even remember.  I don't care if it was the right call or the wrong call.  For once the breaks went out way and I don't feel the need to justify it.  I know we won and thats all that matters.

[BerryLoMein]

Yep this isnt collage football, style points dont matter. Just win baby!

[CatfanMO]

I will same I am happy with the call. However, the call was awful. It would be one thing if they never threw the flag, but they did. If the play was the other way around, this forum would be on fire right now. 

[rayzor]

thanks but I need no validation - we kicked ass fair and square

 

this.

 

it's in the books.

 

a win is a win. there are no asterisk wins. you can't change the outcome by arguing or debating.

 

it us what it is....a win. there is no debate or justifying that needs to be done. all the defending that needed to be done to preserve the win was done on the field. none needs to be done after the fact.

 

[bababoey]

When the Pats give the super bowl trophy to the Radiers for the tuck rule game I think we should give them 1 untimed down from the 1 yard line for the win.  So next week sometime I guess right?

[Captroop]

Great GIF of the play: 

 

 

All you need to know: at the point where Luke comes into contact with Gronk, Gronk is still moving further to the back of the end zone, and Lester is already breaking forward to the ball. Lester's making that interception 99 times out of 100. And the odd ball isn't because Gronk catches it, it's because Lester drops it.

 

Uncatchable. Not PI. The end.

 

 

[tiger7_88]

Great GIF of the play:

All you need to know: at the point where Luke comes into contact with Gronk, Gronk is still moving further to the back of the end zone, and Lester is already breaking forward to the ball. Lester's making that interception 99 times out of 100. And the odd ball isn't because Gronk catches it, it's because Lester drops it.

Uncatchable. Not PI. The end.

100% correct.

[firstdayfan]

The thing I noticed today after seeing it at nauseam on all the NFL shows is that Gronk didn't even react to the ball.  Lester made a move and undercut the throw before Luke mugged him.  It almost looked like Gronk knew it was short and didn't have a chance.

 

Listening to Young and Dilfer talk about Gronk being able to make a play on it was ridiculous.  He would have had to toss Luke out of the way and run through Lester.

 

I've said it a million times but if that flag doesn't get thrown nobody would give a crap.  9/10 refs let things go on the last play for this very reason, so it doesn't come down to a call.

[Marc Anthony]

Dilweed and Young are thinking like a QB, they are wrong but they can't help themselves.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

The ref was correct to initially throw the flag because he's just looking at gronk/keek and seeing that there's contact, which obviously there was. The fact that there's contact is only half of the call though. If you watch the ref he IMMEDIATELY calls over the other officials afterwards to discuss whether the ball was catchable or not.

 

The ball was well short and intercepted. Gronk was running a route towards the back of the endzone and never had a play on the ball, never even attempted to come back towards the ball and make a play on it. Because of that it was ruled uncatchable and thus no penalty. It's really not that complicated. People are acting like the refs decided there wasn't contact, that's not the case.

 

To Gronk's credit after the game he said something along the lines of no excuses, we just flat out got beat, they played better than us.

[caatfan]

I will same I am happy with the call. However, the call was awful. It would be one thing if they never threw the flag, but they did. If the play was the other way around, this forum would be on fire right now. 

So you're assuming the official who saw the interference and threw the flag also saw, at the same time, that the ball was uncatchable? Nope. That's why there's 7 of 'em on the field.