New England at Pittsburgh (3 Viewers)

[FreeBaGeL]

Big Ben is an idiot. No one is falling for a fake spike on 3rd down with that much time left. He had plenty of time to call a real play. 

 

[Dedfin]

what a bushleague play.

 

[Andrew74]

Crap like this makes me want to stop watching football. 

 

[Thunderlips]

ANNND Lucy pulled the football away....AGAIN. 

 

[timschochet]

I hate the Patriots so much.

 

[Bojang0301]

Trash ### NFL

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

I don't know what league you guys that are arguing about the no-catch call have been watching for the last decade. Apparently not the NFL or NCAA.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

So glad the officials decided this one.  That's what I came to see.

 

[Short Corner]

What a load of ####. Refs Big Ben gave NE that game. 

 

[ICON211]

I thought reaching the ball over the goal line ended the play as a second football act?

 

[lod001]

The NFL is pretty much an embarrassment with their stupid rules of what is a catch and what isn't.

 

[irish eyes]

Biggest load of BS ever!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[belljr]

Dumbest play call ever

 

[Buffaloes]

Seriously complaining about calls?  The refs have pretty much stayed out of the game.  That's what you want when your team is outphysicalling the other team badly.  If the refs were ticky tack that helps the team that isn't playing tough.

aaaaaaaaand....how' about now?

16 years of this garbage for this franchise

 

[Short Corner]

I’m done. How was DHB’s a catch that runs the clock?

He was tackled in bounds?

 

[bostonfred]

Congratulations to Tom Brady on an another mvp award 

 

[Stealthycat]

Patriots fans going bonkers - these two teams HAVE to meet in the playoff's somehow

 

[Tool]

He didn't complete the catch.  Sorry.

 

[belljr]

He was tackled in bounds?

Lmao

 

[irish eyes]

He broke the effing plane of the goal line, case closed TD. The league has turned into a complete joke

 

[Bojang0301]

He was tackled in bounds?

No he didn’t have possession by NFL’s rules

 

[Niles Standish]

aaaaaaaaand....how' about now?

16 years of this garbage for this franchise

To be fair that probably wasn't a catch.  That being said I'm surprised they overturned it since I didn't see an obvious angle to overturn it.

 

[SengerCJ]

I’m not sure why anyone is shocked by the overturn. That’s the nfl. 

 

[joffer]

I thought reaching the ball over the goal line ended the play as a second football act?

I thought so originally.  But he was falling as he caught it.  I hate the rule, but the call was probably right.

 

[dgreen]

How much of the ground do you people think you should be able to use to make a catch?

 

[Stealthycat]

looked much like the Dez Bryant no - catch back in the playoffs against the Packers

 

[sho nuff]

He broke the effing plane of the goal line, case closed TD. The league has turned into a complete joke

Nope...not the rule.  It wasn’t a catch by the rules nor should it be.  He didn’t control the ball throughout the catch. His own fault for reaching.

 

[Buffaloes]

Patriots fans going bonkers - these two teams HAVE to meet in the playoff's somehow

so we can watch the same thing as the past 5 years?

 

[Gordo]

Stupid, just like Theilen's TD last week. The rule needs to changed.

 

[sho nuff]

No he didn’t have possession by NFL’s rules

But he did

 

[Short Corner]

No he didn’t have possession by NFL’s rules

Steelers shouldn't have snapped the ball and waited for a potential review that may or may not come.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

What a load

 

[Cjw_55106]

I have no dog in the fight. Those crying about the call, you're wrong. The ball clearly rotated and was on the ground. Easy no catch call. 

 

[JoeSteeler]

By the rules as I understand them that was not a catch.

 

[hammerva]

That was definitely not a catch.  Not playing the conspiracy card.  But god you have to know the situation and Ben didn't have a clue.   It was like overtime was not even an option

 

[dgreen]

Stupid, just like Theilen's TD last week. The rule needs to changed.

To what?

 

[sho nuff]

looked much like the Dez Bryant no - catch back in the playoffs against the Packers

No...Dez has much more of an argument and he still didn’t control it either.

 

[Short Corner]

German play-by-play called it as soon as the replay was shown.

 

[Tool]

To what?

Yeah, that's what I wonder about. No matter what the rule, someone's going to be #####in' about it.

 

[HellToupee]

Big Ben is an idiot. No one is falling for a fake spike on 3rd down with that much time left. He had plenty of time to call a real play. 

Absolutely zero need for fake spike. He just made things worse for the offense doing that. 

 

[DallasDMac]

I dislike the Pats as much as anyone but the call was correct, he did not compete the catch. Ben followed it up  with a horribly bad decision. He'll be thinking about that one for awhile.

 

[RG623]

Pittsburgh got too conservative with the play calling for the majority of the second half and it cost them

 

[Franknbeans]

can't wait for the re-match

 

[Lutherman2112]

By the rules as I understand them that was not a catch.

Totally agree. Spike the damn football next down.

 

[Grigs Allmoon]

I'm firmly aware of the rules, but that was still a BS call in my book. Yes, one hand came off the ball, but he still had enough of the other hand under the ball to be given the benefit of the doubt, especially since it was ruled a TD on the field. I saw no conclusive evidence to overturn that one.

 

[dgreen]

German play-by-play called it as soon as the replay was shown.

Yeah, the first replay they showed; I thought it was obvious it would be reviewed. Nance and Romo in the dark, of course. 

 

[Snickers]

By the rules as I understand them that was not a catch.

It is a really stupid rule. As a Pats fan I will take the win but Pittsburgh deserved to win it.

 

[JoeSteeler]

I'm firmly aware of the rules, but that was still a BS call in my book. Yes, one hand came off the ball, but he still had enough of the other hand under the ball to be given the benefit of the doubt, especially since it was ruled a TD on the field. I saw no conclusive evidence to overturn that one.

Disagree ball Moved  too much

 

[HellToupee]

Nope...not the rule.  It wasn’t a catch by the rules nor should it be.  He didn’t control the ball throughout the catch. His own fault for reaching.

You realize you are just  antagonizing Steeler fans

 

[sho nuff]

I'm firmly aware of the rules, but that was still a BS call in my book. Yes, one hand came off the ball, but he still had enough of the other hand under the ball to be given the benefit of the doubt, especially since it was ruled a TD on the field. I saw no conclusive evidence to overturn that one.

No he didn’t...the ball moved as he went to the ground and he didn’t control it.