Bruce and Carson upset over fumble that wasnt

[mc52beast]

I guess Bruce and Carson are pretty upset over that botched call yesterday... my advice to them would be to stand in line.http://www.espn.com/blog/arizona-cardinals/post/_/id/23054/carson-palmer-felt-fumble-was-an-obvious-pass

[SmokinwithWilly]

Referee performance seems to really be heading downhill in a hurry. If I was the NFL, I would look to find a way to be proactive instead of reactive. But that would require the NFL admitting that their refs were wrong, and we all know that will happen...

[Bartin]

Well they should be. It was a terrible call.

[KillaCamNewton]

there's a new excuse from Arians everytime we beat them

[carolinajay]

[PandaPancake]

I say they bust the ref union..with clubs

[CRA]

11 minutes ago, mc52beast said:

I guess Bruce and Carson are pretty upset over that botched call yesterday... my advice to them would be to stand in line.http://www.espn.com/blog/arizona-cardinals/post/_/id/23054/carson-palmer-felt-fumble-was-an-obvious-pass

what has Bruce's excuse for both his lines being utterly dominated the majority of the game.  I would think a reasonable person would assume that had much more to do with the outcome of the game than a iffy call.

[hepcat]

I mean, let's be real that was a bad call. The ball spiraled as it came out, didn't show an open hand, and David Johnson was in the area. It was clearly an incomplete pass. The ref said he didn't review it because it came down from the league office that it was a fumble. 

[The Lobo]

They should be mad it was an awful call. Even worse they reviewed it and still got it wrong. That being said we still would have beat them and they can join us in getting screwed by refs.

[Don137]

I thought it was a pass when the play happened. I was at the game so we did not see the replay until after the extra point. I kept watching and waiting for the ref to blow the whistle to review it but then when they kicked the extra point I was shocked.

When they did show the replay my only thought of why ruled a fumble it appeared that Star grabbed Palmer's arm so while the intent may be a pass it was inconclusive that maybe the official wasn't sure if it was a pass or Star caused the fumble and went with play called on field. That's the only possible explanation I could think of.

[Panthers8969]

they called the same thing on the texans and brock last week. Maybe its just a rule change we don't know about yet?

[PanthersBigD]

It was a dumb play by Palmer, who was trying to be cute and get the ball out when he should have taken the sack and protected the ball. Anyway, fug those guys. 

[ThPantherFan]

1 hour ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

Referee performance seems to really be heading downhill in a hurry. If I was the NFL, I would look to find a way to be proactive instead of reactive. But that would require the NFL admitting that their refs were wrong, and we all know that will happen...

Best way to solve this issue is to have full time, instead of part time, refs.  They mess up too much and they're gone if they that is their primary job.

[GRWatcher]

 

 

 

10 minutes ago, Panthers8969 said:

they called the same thing on the texans and brock last week. Maybe its just a rule change we don't know about yet?

It's a corrected re-interpretation of a rule to accommodate Rivera's & other coaches' complaint last off season about QB's "incomplete pass" to receivers blocking & not even looking for it to avoid sacks & an intentional grounding penalty. Call it the 'Russell Wilson phenomena'.

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In the NFL Rule Book, intentional grounding occurs when "a passer, facing an imminent loss of yardage because of pressure from the defense, throws a forward pass without a realistic chance of completion."Sep 28, 2014

http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/intentionalgrounding