Absolutely.I'm not even mad. Steelers won that game and the refs gave it to the other team. No idea why but it doesn't get much clearer.
But if they meet in the afternoon championship in foxbourgh, it's going to be an easy Pats win. It's a disappointing loss.
You couldn't see it out of his hands when he stretched across the goal line? It was pretty easy to see it on the ground.Question. I know the ball moved. Did they ever actually show it hitting the ground though?
Even if it did, it shouldn’t matter. James made the catch. Tucked it. Turned. Extended. And broke the plane. And I don’t give a **** if that’s not the rule.Question. I know the ball moved. Did they ever actually show it hitting the ground though?
This is the only way that I'd accept they got it wrong. And by they, I mean the refs... the NFL has this all wrong.I thought his other hand might be under the ball. That was bs to overturn, no way around itQuestion. I know the ball moved. Did they ever actually show it hitting the ground though?
My position is that when he had two hands on the ball and turned with it to stretch into the end zone he became a runner. The Bryant play is not congruent.The "complete the catch" part supersedes that. They made the decision that he didn't complete the catch and called it back. Again, the way the rule is written and interpreted, I think they made a correctish call.I know that's the rule, and was probably called correctly in today's NFL, but it's so dumb... SO dumb.
Play is dead the moment the ball crosses the goal line. Should be a catch.
He wasn't contacted yet. He can low crawl from that point so long as no one touches him.The play was dead as soon as his knee was down; no TD per rulebook.
This. All he had to do was be a TE and get down.The point here is that Jesse James sucks
Very tired of this as well. They took off the gas and paid for it.In the postgame presser, when asked if he had a problem with Ben taking that shot:
Tomlin -- Noooooo, we play to win. We play to win the game.
If so, then don't turtle with the playcalling when you have the Pats on their heels.
No spike because it was 3rd down. Objectively correct decision.Absolutely.I'm not even mad. Steelers won that game and the refs gave it to the other team. No idea why but it doesn't get much clearer.
But if they meet in the afternoon championship in foxbourgh, it's going to be an easy Pats win. It's a disappointing loss.
I haven't been *this* pissed off about a stupid football game in awhile.
OK, why didn't Ben spike it?
The HELL.
I would love for you to find any TE that wouldn't do the same thing he did. After he tucked it, in his mind, he probably felt like he was safe to go for the TD.This. All he had to do was be a TE and get down.The point here is that Jesse James sucks
Don't think that chip will amount to much in Brady and Belichick's playgroundIf the Steelers won this game, they would have dropped the next one in the playoffs. They need to have the chip on their shoulder.
You’re unrealistically optimistic.If the Steelers won this game, they would have dropped the next one in the playoffs. They need to have the chip on their shoulder.
The problem is that the catch took him to the ground and as the rule is written in the book, if a catch takes a receiver to the ground, then there are a whole new set of rules involved for it to be a legal catch. If he had caught it, taken 2 steps and then slid to the ground, he's totally fine.Once he tucked the ball then stretched it he became a runner. If he wanted to chuck the ball after he broke the plane he would have been able to. Terrible call. This is why no one watches this league anymore.
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