Courtney Rivera Speaking Out Against Officiating

[CPantherKing]

There are so many flagrant acts allowed the Broncos on a weekly basis. I thought it all had to do with Manning, but after last night I think there are even bigger motivations related to investors' and sponsors' interests.

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1. In covering the passer position, Referees will be particularly alert to fouls in which defenders impermissibly use the helmet and/or facemask to hit the passer, or us e hands, arms, or other parts of the body to hit the passer forcibly in the head or neck area (see also the other unnecessary roughness rules covering these subjects). A defensive player must not use his helmet against a passer who is in a defenseless posture—for example, (1) forcibly hitting the passer’s head or neck area with the helmet or facemask, even if the initial contact of the defender’s helmet or facemask is lower than the passer’s neck, and regardless of whether the defensive player also uses his arms to tacklethe passer by encircling or grasping him; or (2) lowering the head and making forcible contact with the top/crown or “hairline” parts of the helmet against any part of the passer’s body. This rule does not prohibit incidental contact by the mask or non-crown parts of the helmet in the course of a conventional tackle on a passer.

They failed terribly on this one. They fail on this one every Broncos game. Start ejecting and suspending them. There is a history under Kubiak and Phillips.

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Note 1: A defender cannot initiate a roll or lunge and forcibly hit the passer in the knee area or below, even if he is being contacted by another player.

Note 2: It is not a foul if the defender swipes, wraps, or grabs a passer in the knee area or below in an attempt to tackle him, provided he does not make forcible contact with the helmet, shoulder, chest, or forearm.

Then there is this which tells us there was no doubt in the officials mind that the hits were legal.

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Note 1: When in doubt about a roughness call or potentially dangerous tactic against the quarterback, the Referee should always call roughing the passer.

They allow the Broncos to do the following every game. Both components are part of their OLB pass rush technique.

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ARTICLE 6. UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS

There shall be no unnecessary roughness. This shall include, but will not be limited to:

a. Using the foot or any part of the leg to strike an opponent with a whipping motion (leg whip)

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i. using any part of a player’s helmet or facemask to butt, spear, or ram an opponent violently or unnecessarily; or

 

 

The only conditions for a passer running out of the pocket who fails to reset for a pass is that they can be hit in the knees on a tackling attempt and they lose out on the 1 step rule given to QBs in the pocket or QBs who reset to pass when they are outside of the pocket.

[tiger7_88]

50 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

No way to know.

I'd be disappointed if they weren't trying.

Up until last night, there were 26 games in a row where NFL officials have determined that Cam has NOT been hit illegally. And in last nights game, the NFL showed us that an intentional grounding is equally egregious a penalty as the crown of a helmet to a player's earhole.

You really think Panther's officials haven't taken any "back channel" action in that time period?

If so, how effective has it been?

If not, why not?

[Mr. Scot]

9 minutes ago, tiger7_88 said:

Up until last night, there were 26 games in a row where NFL officials have determined that Cam has NOT been hit illegally. And in last nights game, the NFL showed us that an intentional grounding is equally egregious a penalty as the crown of a helmet to a player's earhole.

You really think Panther's officials haven't taken any "back channel" action in that time period?

If so, how effective has it been?

If not, why not?

I can't tell you whether they have or not.

I can tell you that under Blandino, the NFL's officiating in general has sucked ass, but the league keeps defending him.

Now Mike Pereira says Goodell shoved him in an argument years back. Wonder what comes of that.