NFL refs botch another late-game call during 'Monday Night Football'

[ladypanther]

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The Panthers bailed the refs out by winning, but botched calls remain an issue for the league.

 

[mwright350]

I don't remember ever spending so much time waving my hands around wondering what the hell officials are thinking as I have so far this season.  At least the replacement officials had the excuse of being replacements.

Part time officials with no real accountability for being awful is not the right way to be doing this if the idea really is to get it right.

[chknwing]

at least they didn't call a penalty after a review, so they got that going for them, which is nice.

[TylerDurden]

Call?  I think they mean 'calls,' lol...  

Whalen alone had two calls in his favor that completely changed the game.  fug the NFL and fug the refs.  They learned last night, this wasn't 2013, and they weren't those Niners.

[Bartin]

Really don't think there was enough evidence to overturn that catch.

The clock being stopped when Whalen was tackled in bounds was inexcusable. I was yelling like crazy about that.

[GRWatcher]

Don't be surprised if the league says that the in bounds catch that stopped the clock was wrong but nothing could be done to correct it because the clock had been stopped.

I was so pissed about that call, more than the subjective calls, because sideline calls are so black & white. Shouldn't be guessing, they should not ever be the wrong call.

[ladypanther]

7 minutes ago, Bartin said:

Really don't think there was enough evidence to overturn that catch.

The clock being stopped when Whalen was tackled in bounds was inexcusable. I was yelling like crazy about that.

You could see the ball move and his arm/hand was not under it at the time.

[CRA]

the series before the 4th down dirt ball was an even bigger gift....when we picked up a first down after Indy used all their timeouts.

[Pox 08]

I mean,  hell.   The damn ball hit the ground..  he never had control over the ball, if he did,  his left hand/arm wouldn't have fell off the ball as the ball fell to the ground,    His right hand was just on the side of the ball as it tumbled to the ground,  loosely.    Basically the dude used the ground to catch the ball.   

 

What about a few plays after that play?    The playclock was about to expire on the Colts......   then it mysteriously went blank,  and the ref said they were having technical issues,  when they got it back up and running,  Colts had another 25 seconds to think things through. 

[TylerDurden]

8 minutes ago, CRA said:

the series before the 4th down dirt ball was an even bigger gift....when we picked up a first down after Indy used all their timeouts.

Oh yeah, forgot the situation on that...  which is the same play when i said Walden should've been thrown out of the game.

That was absolutely atrocious and the most blatant example of them trying to give the Colts the game.

I just had a horrible uneasiness once they let Andre Johnson have that TD catch despite that historic offensive PI he committed, and felt like they were about to help them back into the game.

[Castavar]

So let me get this straight. Ginn's "catch" last week wasn't a catch but somehow Whalen's was?

I think I speak for everyone when I say..................................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WTF IS A CATCH ANYMORE!?

[Montsta]

I don't know how anyone can think the ground ball catch on fourth down was subjective. The ball clearly touches the ground, and he clearly doesn't have complete control of it. 

I just don't get it. 

[frash.exe]

How is it that the refs are always the biggest chokers in crunch time

[JawnyBlaze]

30 minutes ago, chknwing said:

at least they didn't call a penalty after a review, so they got that going for them, which is nice.

I, for one, was wishing Rivera would challenge SOMETHING on that Andre Johnson TD and bring to their attention the pushoff, since you can do that now.