upstater1
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I'm really tired of watching this kid get held, tackled, hands to the face (constantly) and a new one this week. He was literally grabbed with an arm bar and held when he had a clear path to Dalton on one of the Bengals' biggest plays of the game.
Can we just get past the "refs are against us" mentality.
Holding is one of the most subjective calls in all sports. Complaining about it every week is useless.
You think this doesn't happen on every play to the best defensive linemen. ? You think JJ Watt doesn't get held ? Aldon Smith ? Vonn Miller, they have to work through the holds.
Holding is one of the most subjective calls in all sports. Complaining about it every week is useless.
When you have a defensive player in a choke hold from behind its not subjective.
Ive seen Jones and Wilfork both grabbed around the neck several times after beating their blockers in an effort to impede their progress to the QB. And, who is complaining every week? This is the first thread that I have seen addressing the isssue.
Some people, like PatsfaninPa, are knee-jerk reactionaries. They have to throw in their 2 cents any time a referee is mentioned, even if it's on point. Even if the person complaining (me) hasn't complained once about this.
And yes everyone I know holding is common! What's happening to Jones goes way beyond. Grabbing a guy's facemask and jacking his neck skyward on rushes is not a common occurrence. With Jones it is.
I wish some of you would stop whining like a couple of little b1tches,especially after a loss.
The Pats get away with holding calls and penalties as much as the other teams do,we don't have a anti-Patriot conspiracy in the NFL by the refs.
Grow the fu(k up and deal with it,every team gets screwed now and then.
In our defense, defensive holding might as well be called the Polian hates Ty Law rule.
But yes, great players still beat out holds. Peppers has been doing it for ten years. Watt is just too much of a beast. He's too overwhelming to get much of a hold on.
He has been a monster this year. He'll be top 3 DE by next year if he continues like this.