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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.Refs moved the chains for Ravens several times. This non-call was especially irksome.
This.
I was shrieking at the TV for BB to challenge that obvious illegal pick play. WTF?
Curious how a play like this is any less “egregious” than the Saints-Rams one?
Can someone who shrieks at the TV really be a wordsmyth?I was shrieking at the TV for BB to challenge that obvious illegal pick play. WTF?
Why should Belichick have wasted a timeout to challenge that, given the way PI calls almost never get reversed no matter how bad they are?
In fairness, OPI gets reversed more often and the team was in need of a spark. I thought even a slim chance of getting that overturned was worth the investment.
Well, he should be...they're his players after all....Bill seemed furious last night. Deep down I think he's a lot more mad at himself than the players.
Because it was...unless you're using Reese Bobby's definition of Egregious.Curious how a play like this is any less “egregious” than the Saints-Rams one?
Was the team in need of a spark though ?
The previous 4 defensive possessions were PUNT, FUMBLE, PUNT, END OF HALF. The offense was slicing through Baltimore and we would have been most probably up if Edelman had not given away a TD with his fumble.
I understand if someone thinks the chance to make it 4th & 19 would have been totally worth the gamble to lose a TO in a close game. But I am not so sure I agree with "they needed a spark".
Add in the fact that the play happened on 4th down - meaning the degree of influence a potential reversal had on that drive was high - and I though it was worth the risk.