upstater1

Looking at that video, how did they not call Ridley down on the replay? That's odd, no?

Looked to me like Ridley's leg was down BEFORE the ball hit his shin.

Anyone else see it that way?

TheSparks1

The call was reviewed on the field and confirmed. Watching full speed replays, I thought he was down, but when they broke it down frame by frame, it was clear that the ball was out before his rear end hit the ground. Tough call. I'll admit, the gif above makes it hard to tell.

upstater1

It's not the rear end that counts. It's the calf and shin. The only way you are not down is if your feet and hands touch the ground. Anything else, forearm, shin, etc., means you are down. When his calf touched down, he was down.

UK_Pat37

Clean hit and looked a fumble to me when broken down at low speed. Can't criticise Pollard at all.

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Sciz

Shoulder to upper chest. Not a penalty.

You need anatomy lessons, and there's no rule against this.[/quote]

Did not get a good look at this one, but I think it may be valid.

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Schmo

Ridley initiated the contact and it was close, but I think it was a fumble. It sucks because these are the plays we are used to have going our way and we didn't get any this game.

After Pollard's PF penalty I was yelling for Pollard's ejection (wishful thinking), because it was a sign that he was once again blatantly trying to injure. Yet Ridley knocks his own damn self out on Pollard's helmet. Irony to a T.

I really didn't appreciate the Pollard highlight reel BTW. Literally insult to injury... and people at CBS are mad at BB for not being classy.

TheSparks1

The NFL referee working the game, Bill Leavy, explained what he saw after the game: "What I saw was the receiver was going to the ground, had both legs off the ground, no body part was on the ground. The ball hit his knee and dislodged from his hand before the rest of his body hit the ground, therefore it was a fumble and we confirmed it."

The play was reviewed and this is exactly what I saw in the stadium on the huge screen with multiple different angles, not a 500x375 animated gif on a message board.

jcdavey

the hit by mayo on pitta at the 5 yard line was awesome

the hit by ray on hernandez wasn't illegal IMO either because ray went in, and hernandez is the one who moves his helmet in that direction

it's like those plays where a dlineman is going for a sack , misses batting a pass and his hand brushes the qbs facemask and they get called for going hands to the face on a qb

it's ridiculous


i saw alot of great hits yesterday, and none of them illegal IMO

jcdavey

the only thing i would have called , that's being discussed, is a 15 yarder on brady for trying to castrate ed reed

jcdavey

but if it was a pats defender and they were discussing an odd injury history against let's say the jets

would you have appreciated the history lesson then?