Steve Young and Ray Lewis are stooooopid

I saw the Seahawks player bat the ball out of the endzone and thought it should be the Lions' ball, thank god it wasn't the Patriots because I would have freaked. However, Steve Young and Ray Lewis looked really dumb when they kept comparing it to a punter kicking it out of his own endzone. In that instance the punter is taking a safety and his team had original possession of the ball.

Marko said:

I saw the Seahawks player bat the ball out of the endzone and thought it should be the Lions' ball, thank god it wasn't the Patriots because I would have freaked. However, Steve Young and Ray Lewis looked really dumb when they kept comparing it to a punter kicking it out of his own endzone. In that instance the punter is taking a safety and his team had original possession of the ball.

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Cmon now, Steve eventually figured it out. Ray was still dumbstruck and confused when they cut away.
"Mumbling.but when the punter fumbles the fumble...mumbling...the players, it's a players driven league..."-Ray Lewis Seattle postgame

Ray Lewis needs a little more breathing room in that suit.

Also, he is a murderous thug who should not even be free to live in society. Not surprising that he works for the most disreputable, unethical tabloid in the world. You'll find more stand-up people in a Columbian drug cartel than ESPN.

young is usually alright, ray lewis is a dink.
louis riddick is a pretty good analyst yet he doesnt get the air time like ray because he wasnt a great player.

Blandino just stated the rules are "relative". Now we know why that pass interference, blatant, was not called in the Super Bowl win by the Ravens...that was "inadvertent" too. It's over...this league has shyt the bed with these lying scumbags.

The conversation between Young, Lewis and the geriatric ref made me weep for the folks who suffer from CTE and age induced dementia.

Ice_Ice_Brady said:

Ray Lewis needs a little more breathing room in that suit.

Also, he is a murderous thug who should not even be free to live in society. Not surprising that he works for the most disreputable, unethical tabloid in the world. You'll find more stand-up people in a Columbian drug cartel than ESPN.

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He could have used that white suit.

WinstonSmith said:

The conversation between Young, Lewis and the geriatric ref made me weep for the folks who suffer from CTE and age induced dementia.

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That geriatric ref, though not all that erudite, actually made sense. Eventually, Steve Young got it. Ray Lewis is still trying to figure it out.

I really don't get why people like Ray Lewis, but I bet we will see him commentating for the next 30 years

meatface said:

I really don't get why people like Ray Lewis, but I bet we will see him commentating for the next 30 years

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Who says people like Ray Lewis? This is the MSM -- worse it's ESPN. Who they have on and what they say is certainly not tied to who is well received or who makes actual sense.

Joker said:

Blandino just stated the rules are "relative". Now we know why that pass interference, blatant, was not called in the Super Bowl win by the Ravens...that was "inadvertent" too. It's over...this league has shyt the bed with these lying scumbags.

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Yeah, it was funny when Blandino said the ref "saw it but felt it was not overt." You could picture all of the NFL guys calling each other and trying to figure a way out of this, and one guy coming up with that line. That play was like going on Newbury St. and grabbing ass all day and saying, "sorry, it was an accident!"

Joker said:

Blandino just stated the rules are "relative". Now we know why that pass interference, blatant, was not called in the Super Bowl win by the Ravens...that was "inadvertent" too. It's over...this league has shyt the bed with these lying scumbags.

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FIFA has more credibility.

Marko said:

Yeah, it was funny when Blandino said the ref "saw it but felt it was not overt." You could picture all of the NFL guys calling each other and trying to figure a way out of this, and one guy coming up with that line. That play was like going on Newbury St. and grabbing ass all day and saying, "sorry, it was an accident!"

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Might be time to try that:

Off topic but why did the Lions DB try to tackle/force the receiver that caught Wilson's last pass out of bounds? That just guaranteed the game was over.

Because it's a judgement call we can't make that judgement on the replay? lolwut? Does anybody else see how stupid that sounds?

TheBostonStraggler said:

Who says people like Ray Lewis? This is the MSM -- worse it's ESPN. Who they have on and what they say is certainly not tied to who is well received or who makes actual sense.

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It's not as much as people like Ray Lewis as much as it is that everyone is afraid to say something bad about him. Not that uh...Ray Lewis would kill someone. He's a real stand up guy!

I'm glad that was a non-call. I'm ok with the determination being made with referee discretion under the current rule. My understanding is that the spirit of the rule is to prevent some type of reverse holy roller type of situation. KJ Wright's bat out wasn't egregious.



BRING ON THE DOWNVOTES!!!!

hovis said:

I'm glad that was a non-call. I'm ok with the determination being made with referee discretion under the current rule. My understanding is that the spirit of the rule is to prevent some type of reverse holy roller type of situation. KJ Wright's bat out wasn't egregious.



BRING ON THE DOWNVOTES!!!!

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I disagree, mostly because I think what happened is a very real example of what the rule was trying to prevent. A defender batting the ball out the back of the end zone is a much easier play to make than actually recovering the ball, and has way less downside.

If Wright is actually forced to recover the ball, there's a lot of things that can happen there. We've all seen the ball bounce in weird ways and a player that shouldn't have had a shot at it recover it. Weird things happen when the ball hits the ground, and Wright clearly sought to remove that element from the game to his team's competitive advantage. Throwing the flag wouldn't be bailing the Lions out on a technicality; it would be properly punishing the Seahawks for blatantly breaking the rules. If anything, the Lions lost on a technicality, since they fumbled the ball in what just so happens to be the only area of the field where fumbling out of bounds is a turnover.

Really inexcusable for that flag not to be thrown, IMO. The ref had a great view of what happened, it was unambiguous, and it's a clear rule that the average fan should know, let alone official. I think the Seahawks still win anyway even if it's thrown, either by properly recovering the fumble or by making a defensive stand after the flag, but that's not the point.

The point is that the game shouldn't end on the ref deciding not to make a clear, easy, unambiguous call. This isn't holding, where it's a play that's left up to the ref's discretion pretty much by necessity all the time. This penalty is clear and isn't really up to discretion. Wright clearly and unambiguously whacked the ball out of the end zone. It wasn't a discretion call any more than throwing a PI flag when the defender literally tackles the receiver should be. The foul was committed, there's no gray area, it's not a "this could be called on every play" thing, and there's just no credible explanation for failing to throw the flag.

Marko said:

I saw the Seahawks player bat the ball out of the endzone and thought it should be the Lions' ball, thank god it wasn't the Patriots because I would have freaked. However, Steve Young and Ray Lewis looked really dumb when they kept comparing it to a punter kicking it out of his own endzone. In that instance the punter is taking a safety and his team had original possession of the ball.

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IT wasn't that bad, it was a confusing situation. If seahawks had possession, and THEN ran out of the end-zone, it would be a safety. But they didn't have possession. It's a subtle point not many people not named Belichick have though about.