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View Poll Results: The non-call on the last 4th down play was....
With respect to the poll question itself, the "5 yards" is irrelevant.
It is true that you can legally make contact within five yards of the LOS (until the ball is thrown). However, holding is prohibited everywhere. And that was most assuredly a hold.
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No way in hell do I want a refs to give the 49ers a victory, remember, they get a whole set of downs and they can milk the clock, on a questionable call. I saw contact on both players and it wasn't much, and those no calls happen all the time.
The throw was crap, he barely got it off. If the 49ers wanted to score they should have jammed the ball inside. You don't win by needing the refs. You win in spite of the refs.
This is why the Pats are crap lately. They do gimmick plays, they whine about one or two plays (wellker drops) and they fail to see the bigger picture. The game is, ultimately, won by the team most hungry to win. Tonight, and against the pats, the ravens were more hungry. The pats have no hunger, only gimmick strategy.
Go away, troll, go spill your stupid on someone else's eyes.
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They BOTH held eachother. Crabtree initiated the contact and looked like he tried to push off a bit. He also grabbed the DB's facemask a bit as well. In return, the Ravens player roughed him up a little, too. That's a good no-call.
They BOTH held eachother. Crabtree initiated the contact and looked like he tried to push off a bit. He also grabbed the DB's facemask a bit as well. In return, the Ravens player roughed him up a little, too. That's a good no-call.
I'm mystified.
Stipulating for argument's sake your above description is accurate, what in your interpretation of the rules would constitute pushing off or holding?
And why should the rules suddenly change? When would they change? Playoff game? AFC/NFC Championship game? SB? 1st QTR? 4th QTR??? There's a real problem with a sudden un-announced change in the refs' calls.
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I don't think it was all that bad. I grew up watching this kind of football. The play calling was awful. They slowed the game down, too, which they shouldn't have done. They should have kept their foot on the gas. It's PI or holding for sure, but that's playoff football pre-Polian and apparently post-Polian.
I always believe holding should be called and voted that way. That being said, this type of holding is routinely not called (particularly near the end of close games) and so it's not an egregious error. It is what the NFL is; the vast majority of holding isn't called and never will be.
The call was questionable, but it wasn't called. The only reason anyone is talking about it though is because it was at the end of the game. What about the wonderful acting job by the kicker on the running into the kicker penalty? No contact was actually made. What about the late hit on Flacco on 3rd and goal? No flag there. There were flags missed on both sides of the ball. The Ravens played better from wire to wire, never trailed, and won.
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