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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 kept thinking during the game last night that the refs were going to hand it to the Colts again! What a crock! When are people going to wake up and see the biased, pro Colts officiating!?
The no call on Marlin Jackson in light of the Hobbs call was awful. I would love to hear Pereira justify the no call there vs the call on Hobbs. I cannot see how he could justify it but I'm sure he will. Jackson clearly made contact before the ball arrived and before turning his head.
The Colts got screwed on the interception in the end zone. If the whistle doesn't blow they have first and goal in place of first and ten from the 20, and they win the game.
I'm sure uncle Bill in Don Shula fashion will consult the competition committee on that one.
No. When the whistle blew and the refs signaled no catch, most players stopped. Had there not been a whistle, the guy never would have made it to the twenty. He's about as fast as I am.The Colts got screwed on the interception in the end zone. If the whistle doesn't blow they have first and goal in place of first and ten from the 20, and they win the game.
The part that gets me is the false start penalty just before the missed FG. Seems pretty clear in the rulebook:
"No player of offensive team may charge or move abruptly, after assuming set position, in such manner as to lead defense to believe snap has started."
That call may not be made in the 3rd quarter on 2nd and 9...but in a situation where the ENTIRE WORLD knows you are trying to draw an offside penalty, that was amazingly stupid and borderline arrogant ("hey everyone, look at the cool play I made up all by myself").
You know why the Colts are the only team inventive enough to run this play? Because it is against the rules.
No. When the whistle blew and the refs signaled no catch, most players stopped. Had there not been a whistle, the guy never would have made it to the twenty. He's about as fast as I am.
Thats not 100% true. I mean, if the whistle doesn't blow.. they get past the 20 yardline for sure, but all the way down to the 6? Not so sure...9/11 players on the colts D stopped and 10/11 players on the Chargers O stopped because of the whistle... So to think that if there was no whistle the play would have happened the same way is not really true. The colts would have gotten farther then the 20 I'm sure, but not down to the 6.
The part that gets me is the false start penalty just before the missed FG. Seems pretty clear in the rulebook:
"No player of offensive team may charge or move abruptly, after assuming set position, in such manner as to lead defense to believe snap has started."
That call may not be made in the 3rd quarter on 2nd and 9...but in a situation where the ENTIRE WORLD knows you are trying to draw an offside penalty, that was amazingly stupid and borderline arrogant ("hey everyone, look at the cool play I made up all by myself").
You know why the Colts are the only team inventive enough to run this play? Because it is against the rules.
Yes after the whistle it was correct. The whistle was the porking.
The part that gets me is the false start penalty just before the missed FG. Seems pretty clear in the rulebook:
"No player of offensive team may charge or move abruptly, after assuming set position, in such manner as to lead defense to believe snap has started."
That call may not be made in the 3rd quarter on 2nd and 9...but in a situation where the ENTIRE WORLD knows you are trying to draw an offside penalty, that was amazingly stupid and borderline arrogant ("hey everyone, look at the cool play I made up all by myself").
You know why the Colts are the only team inventive enough to run this play? Because it is against the rules.
I'm glad someone finally posted this rule, because I've been wonder what it was.
It's totally appropriate for the officiating crew to take the situation into account. For all the colts' whining last night about "we've run that same play a dozen times," the ridiculous part is that the WHOLE PLAY was designed to try to draw a penalty. Even if they get it away with it in noncritical situations, they have nobody to blame but themselves here. They tried to draw a penalty by simulating the start of the play, and they got nailed for it.
I ask because I hate random enforcement of rules. Either call the penalty all of the time or don't call it.
You know why the Colts are the only team inventive enough to run this play? Because it is against the rules.
It's hypocritical of us as Patriots fans to scorn another team for pushing what they do to the edge of the rulebook, Belichick does it more (and better) than anyone.
"Abruptly" is a complete judgement call, and the Colts last night just executed it poorly, leading to a penalty. I think the WR going into motion at the same time was what tipped the play into a penalty in the official's mind, if the motion was earlier then the guys on the line could have gotten away with it and possibly drawn the penalty they wanted. If I recall, the flag was thrown by the official on the other side, it must have looked to him like half the line jumped.