Arnaz Battle's "Gift" Points (1 Viewer)

[Wilbur Wood]

Arnaz Battle owners received 7.5 "phantom" fantasy points in 2 of my leagues last night in which owners had him in their starting lineups.

Many of you were probably not glued to the riveting MNF classic between the 49ers and Seahawks last night. With the Hawks up 17-0 and about 3 seconds left on the clock before halftime the Niners have the ball on about their own 40. Instead of taking a knee, Alex Smith throws a long Hail Mary pass (well short of the end zone) on which Battle leaps up gets 2 hands on the ball, brings it down and clearly drops the ball as he hits the ground. The ref rules it a catch, the clock has now expired and everyone leaves the field for halftime. No need for a booth review. ESPN shows the replay once and confirms it as the most obvious missed call that you'll ever see (100% obvious). Again, no need for a booth review.

Battle gets a 45 yard catch. 4.5 pts for yards, 1 pt for 1st down reception, 2 pts for a catch > 40 yards = 7.5 pts.

Merry Christmas!

 

[Sabertooth]

 

[PantherPower]

not gonna lose sleep over it, but that "catch" did cost me 1 VP in a league that I need to get as many as possible from here on out. But hey, the 49ers need all the help they can get.

 

[[scooter]]

You sound like a degenerate gambler complaining about a meaningless 4th quarter field goal.

 

[Wadsworth]

My brother needed a big game from Seattle's D last night and got it. But came up just short because of those 45 yards(bonus points awarded for low yardage allowed). Oh well. Stuff like that happens every week.

 

[Wilbur Wood]

You sound like a degenerate gambler complaining about a meaningless 4th quarter field goal.

I have no horse in this race. I actually was laughing about it with a Battle owner in the coffee room this morning. Sure you still have missed calls on penalties, but you rarely have such a blatant missed call on a big FF play in this age of instant replay.I bring it up mainly because so few folks were probably watching that pathetic game.Had the same play occurred in the recent Pats/Colts game there would have been a 5 page thread on the topic already

 

[bulger2holt]

Do people actually own Battle ?

 

[Fiddles]

cost me a game

 

[Ralph Wiggum]

What's a battle?

 

[Disco Stu]

cost me a game

 

[pgreenfan]

cost me a game

In one of my leagues I lost because of that "catch", this same league going into last night I was leading the league in points but 4-5.

 

[Wadsworth]

Do people actually own Battle ?

I actually looked at picking him up based on the big number of targets he gets, but since he seems to drop most of them I passed.

 

[snellman]

Do people actually own Battle ?

and had to start him last night

 

[PantherPower]

What's a battle?

That may be the funniest post I've ever seen here. Nice job Supernintendo Chalmers!

 

[Redgun]

Do people actually own Battle ?

He might be someone to look at as a Sleeper for week 15. They play the Bengals.

 

[Raccoon]

I think it kept me alive in the footballguys contest.

 

[Fiddles]

cost me a game

damn you to hell

 

[phthalatemagic]

Do people actually own Battle ?

He's the 41st WR in my leagues. That's a mid-WR4. That's not worth owning?