The NFL should issue a public apology to the Panthers.

[Cat'sGrowl]

For The Jeremy Shockey call. That was an atrocious call, and it's starting to gain steam in the public eye. They were bashing it on NFLN earlier, Peter King was just discussing it on Twitter, local media has obviously called it out. I imagine it, along with Meriweather's helmet to helmet tackle, and a few other things, will be reported to The League.

So my questions to you are this..

1) Should the NFL issue a public apology to the Panthers for taking away a TD that ended up costing them the game?

2) Should controversial penalties be reviewed on the field, or at least challengeable?

Don't know if there is a worse feeling than having the officials sticking their nose where it doesn't belong and stealing a W away from you.

[CRA]

it was ticky tacky.....shouldn't of been called but since Shockey's arm extended....the NFL can defend there call.

all said and done, we had a chance after that for a TD....and Cam/Smitty couldn't convert.

as far as the helmet to helmet.....you can hit a runner. Smitty wasn't defensless. You can hit him like that.

[Matthias]

They should also apologize for that Stewart call against the Jaguars. The refs assumed his elbow was down when they really didn't know.

[Toolbox]

Yeah a apology does nothing.. it doesn't change a damn thing.

[Carolina_Blue90]

The past 4 weeks the refs have decided the games for the panthers, not the teams themselves.

[TruCatzFan]

it was ticky tacky.....shouldn't of been called but since Shockey's arm extended....the NFL can defend there call.

all said and done, we had a chance after that for a TD....and Cam/Smitty couldn't convert.

as far as the helmet to helmet.....you can hit a runner. Smitty wasn't defensless. You can hit him like that.

NO... Actually there are rules against leafing with your helmet, which is exactly what happened.

^He will be fined

[Cat'sGrowl]

He lead with his head. If Meriweather had done that to Brady or some other "sexy" superstar while they were scrambling, if would have been a fine and a flag.

[Cat'sGrowl]

Yeah a apology does nothing.. it doesn't change a damn thing.

It shows the NFL has the balls to admit when it was wrong, AND, more importantly, it should garner us some more favorable calls in the coming weeks.

They should also apologize for that Stewart call against the Jaguars. The refs assumed his elbow was down when they really didn't know.

I am still convinced the refs looked at it and deemed it was too incredible to have happened, so they just overturned it. Amazing that we keep ending up on the back end of these highly detrimental calls week after week.

[Donald LaFell]

Call was bogus but it didn't cost us the game that was us alone

[Firefox]

as far as the helmet to helmet.....you can hit a runner. Smitty wasn't defensless. You can hit him like that.

Yep.

"Indeed, despite the league’s controversial threats last month to suspend players for helmet-to-helmet tackles, and four years into revelations of the short- and long-term consequences of football brain trauma, almost every head-on-head collision remains not just condoned but also part of the sport. N.F.L. rules forbid such hits essentially against only quarterbacks or defenseless players, like a receiver making a catch; all others are fair game."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/sports/football/24helmets.html

[smitty_89]

Unless its going to change the L to a W, I really don't give a poo.

[TylerDurden]

They should be able to overturn the final result, being that they're allowed to determine it during the game... IDGAF.

[footballisasport]

For The Jeremy Shockey call. That was an atrocious call, and it's starting to gain steam in the public eye. They were bashing it on NFLN earlier, Peter King was just discussing it on Twitter, local media has obviously called it out. I imagine it, along with Meriweather's helmet to helmet tackle, and a few other things, will be reported to The League.

So my questions to you are this..

1) Should the NFL issue a public apology to the Panthers for taking away a TD that ended up costing them the game?

2) Should controversial penalties be reviewed on the field, or at least challengeable?

Don't know if there is a worse feeling than having the officials sticking their nose where it doesn't belong and stealing a W away from you.

I believe they should be reviewable and challenged. The Cardinals had the same thing happened to them this evening against the Giants.

Don't know why it took the Shockley's icident to raised an eye-brow since it seem to have been going on since the first game. I say it's because it's the Panthers.

[footballisasport]

Lets just let this ride, and make sure we don't leave the next game in the ref's hands, as Dana White would say. No reason to go out and sound all sissy like, like Mike Vick did...[/QUOTE]

Mike Vick was right.