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For the record, the Head of NFL Officiating reviewed the Play and STILL agrees with the TD being overturned:
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That wasn't enough to persuade Mariucci, who stated his case in a pair of conversations with NFL director of officiating Mike Pereira . Neither chat produced a consensus, though.
"We agreed to disagree," Mariucci said during a news conference in Detroit. "In my mind, I still think it is a catch. It is water over the dam, but I thought Marcus had possession with his hands before he slid out of bounds. There was no ruling of a bobble and I thought he clearly had control of it with his hands before he tucked it away and slid out of bounds."
That's where the coach and Pereira differed.
"Mike felt that he didn't have control," Mariucci said. "That was the word: control. It kept coming up in our conversation. He felt that he needed to have control before sliding out of bounds. My point was that I thought catching the ball with your hands constitutes control. It doesn't have to be catch-and-tuck. Catching the ball without the bobble is good enough for me, but he felt he needed to have better control of the ball prior to sliding out."
Mariucci said the team had no plans to file a formal protest.
The NFL obviously feels the ball needed to come to rest before Pollard touched the sideline, since he cradled it.
End of story.
SP TIMES LINK
That wasn't enough to persuade Mariucci, who stated his case in a pair of conversations with NFL director of officiating Mike Pereira . Neither chat produced a consensus, though.
"We agreed to disagree," Mariucci said during a news conference in Detroit. "In my mind, I still think it is a catch. It is water over the dam, but I thought Marcus had possession with his hands before he slid out of bounds. There was no ruling of a bobble and I thought he clearly had control of it with his hands before he tucked it away and slid out of bounds."
That's where the coach and Pereira differed.
"Mike felt that he didn't have control," Mariucci said. "That was the word: control. It kept coming up in our conversation. He felt that he needed to have control before sliding out of bounds. My point was that I thought catching the ball with your hands constitutes control. It doesn't have to be catch-and-tuck. Catching the ball without the bobble is good enough for me, but he felt he needed to have better control of the ball prior to sliding out."
Mariucci said the team had no plans to file a formal protest.
The NFL obviously feels the ball needed to come to rest before Pollard touched the sideline, since he cradled it.
End of story.
Great comeback. Bravo!!
Griese's INT pretty much gave the game to the NY Jets. Unless you think Martins 23-59 yards was the dominate factor.
ackers reach playoffs and Bucs do not, Sabertooth gets the dough.Any other outcome, Capella does.oh, and count me in if this is still open for bettors.
