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[moondog]

C'mon, his hand was way outside of the end zone. Bad call.

Blandino: Correct calls made on key plays by Steve Smith, Luck
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Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Smith's dramatic 80-yard bomb in the final minute at Cincinnati last week was nullified by a controversial offensive pass interference penalty, sending the Ravens to defeat once again.

Dean Blandino, the NFL's vice president of officiating, told NFL Total Access on Tuesday that it was an "interesting play," but Smith's actions did indeed constitute pass interference, Chris Wesseling of NFL.com reports.

"Pass interference is any act that significantly hinders an eligible player's ability to catch a pass," Blandino explained. "When we look at this replay, you can see Smith put his left hand in the chest of the defender and pushed him down. We do feel that this is the correct call.

"And when you look at it, reverse the roles: If that was a defender pushing a receiver down, I don't think anybody would be questioning the call. The rules are the same to both sides of the ball: That is offensive pass interference."

The Smith penalty wasn't the only call that sparked controversy and confusion in Week 8. An intentional grounding ruling against Andrew Luck resulted in a safety that put the Indianapolis Colts behind by two scores and ultimately blocked any chance of a comeback in the shootout at Pittsburgh.

There was confusion on the telecast as to whether it was Luck's entire body or just his throwing arm that had to be out of the end zone to avoid a safety. Blandino clarified the penalty.

"This was an obvious call," Blandino said. "He has to get the ball in an area where there's an eligible receiver. And when we talk about whether this is a safety or not, you can see his body is in the end zone, and the key is, in order for it not to be a safety, his entire body and the ball must be in the field of play when the ball is released. So this is intentional grounding. It is a safety."
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[Zaphod]

C'mon, his hand was way outside of the end zone. Bad call.

Blandino: Correct calls made on key plays by Steve Smith, Luck
Oct 29 10/29/2014 8:27:25 AM Share on email Share on print Share on twitter Share on facebook Share on myspace Share on stumbleupon Share on digg | More Sharing ServicesMore
Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Smith's dramatic 80-yard bomb in the final minute at Cincinnati last week was nullified by a controversial offensive pass interference penalty, sending the Ravens to defeat once again.

Dean Blandino, the NFL's vice president of officiating, told NFL Total Access on Tuesday that it was an "interesting play," but Smith's actions did indeed constitute pass interference, Chris Wesseling of NFL.com reports.

"Pass interference is any act that significantly hinders an eligible player's ability to catch a pass," Blandino explained. "When we look at this replay, you can see Smith put his left hand in the chest of the defender and pushed him down. We do feel that this is the correct call.

"And when you look at it, reverse the roles: If that was a defender pushing a receiver down, I don't think anybody would be questioning the call. The rules are the same to both sides of the ball: That is offensive pass interference."

The Smith penalty wasn't the only call that sparked controversy and confusion in Week 8. An intentional grounding ruling against Andrew Luck resulted in a safety that put the Indianapolis Colts behind by two scores and ultimately blocked any chance of a comeback in the shootout at Pittsburgh.

There was confusion on the telecast as to whether it was Luck's entire body or just his throwing arm that had to be out of the end zone to avoid a safety. Blandino clarified the penalty.

"This was an obvious call," Blandino said. "He has to get the ball in an area where there's an eligible receiver. And when we talk about whether this is a safety or not, you can see his body is in the end zone, and the key is, in order for it not to be a safety, his entire body and the ball must be in the field of play when the ball is released. So this is intentional grounding. It is a safety."
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Boy, that's going hurt the crackpot conspiracy theorists, but then again, when have they allowed silly things like facts or logic, or actually making the correct call per the rules, get in the way of wearing their cute little tin foil hats.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

"and the key is, in order for it not to be a safety, his entire body and the ball must be in the field of play when the ball is released. "

Yeah, the CBS announce crew really ####ed this one up.

 

[Godsbrother]

C'mon, his hand was way outside of the end zone. Bad call.

Blandino: Correct calls made on key plays by Steve Smith, Luck
Oct 29 10/29/2014 8:27:25 AM Share on email Share on print Share on twitter Share on facebook Share on myspace Share on stumbleupon Share on digg | More Sharing ServicesMore
Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Smith's dramatic 80-yard bomb in the final minute at Cincinnati last week was nullified by a controversial offensive pass interference penalty, sending the Ravens to defeat once again.

Dean Blandino, the NFL's vice president of officiating, told NFL Total Access on Tuesday that it was an "interesting play," but Smith's actions did indeed constitute pass interference, Chris Wesseling of NFL.com reports.

"Pass interference is any act that significantly hinders an eligible player's ability to catch a pass," Blandino explained. "When we look at this replay, you can see Smith put his left hand in the chest of the defender and pushed him down. We do feel that this is the correct call.

"And when you look at it, reverse the roles: If that was a defender pushing a receiver down, I don't think anybody would be questioning the call. The rules are the same to both sides of the ball: That is offensive pass interference."

The Smith penalty wasn't the only call that sparked controversy and confusion in Week 8. An intentional grounding ruling against Andrew Luck resulted in a safety that put the Indianapolis Colts behind by two scores and ultimately blocked any chance of a comeback in the shootout at Pittsburgh.

There was confusion on the telecast as to whether it was Luck's entire body or just his throwing arm that had to be out of the end zone to avoid a safety. Blandino clarified the penalty.

"This was an obvious call," Blandino said. "He has to get the ball in an area where there's an eligible receiver. And when we talk about whether this is a safety or not, you can see his body is in the end zone, and the key is, in order for it not to be a safety, his entire body and the ball must be in the field of play when the ball is released. So this is intentional grounding. It is a safety."
http://www.theredzone.org/BlogDescription/tabid/61/EntryId/45825/Blandino--Correct-calls-made-on-key-plays-by-Steve-Smith--Luck/Default.aspx

Workhorse just got owned.