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Eagles vs Packers - TNF - Week 4 (1 Viewer)
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Wrigley
Footballguy
Wrong
I've got no juice in this, and didn't see the play live
But, Jesus that's a bad non-call
Rove!
Footballguy
I get the argument that the defender was there maybe a split second early, and maybe there is a tendency to let bang bang split second things go
BUT
That split second is the difference between a TD and an interception. The still image in that tweet makes that clear. The receiver had no chance to catch the ball. Split second or not, the entire reason that play resulted in an interception was because the defender wrapped up the receiver before the ball got there.
This is DPI....period
BUT
That split second is the difference between a TD and an interception. The still image in that tweet makes that clear. The receiver had no chance to catch the ball. Split second or not, the entire reason that play resulted in an interception was because the defender wrapped up the receiver before the ball got there.
This is DPI....period
Amused to Death
Footballguy
I don't thing the NFL wants that either. They showed the challenged/overturned numbers last night and it was less than one-third (forget the actual numbers). I'm sure each coach thought they had a good chance to overturn. Probably has to be play-altering to change the call.
Amused to Death
Footballguy
And the Eagles had one earlier on Jeffery where the defender moved Jeffery's hand before the ball got there. Play stood as called. As I mentioned, less than 1/3rd of the PI reviews have been overturned - and that was before last night. They're just not overturning close calls. If it was called PI I wouldn't argue it either.
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Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
The eagles get all the calls
Plus for some reason offensive play callers brains turn to mush when they get inside the 10 against them too
Bossman
Footballguy
egregious.
Shouldn't matter 0.1 second / bang-bang / however you try to spin it.
Defender illegally prevented the WR from having a chance to catch the pass by BEAR HUGGING the guy from behind. Pinned one arm that we can see and likely both arms.
lol ... the ball bounced off the WR's chest FCS. He had perfect position to make the catch. Boxed out the defender. Ball was on target. The only reason that wasn't a completed pass is because the defender was their early illegally.
How about if the timing is exactly the same but the defender is Bear Hugging the WR from the front? Would that justify a flag? Same infraction. Why does it matter?
rockaction
Footballguy
New England wants a word with them.
Darell ####in' Bevell
Still can't say that guy's name. Nor spell it, really.
Agree
As I fan, I hate the PI reviews, but it's there so why wasn't this last play reviewed? What am I missing? DB obviously got there early and wrapped both arms around MVS.
Bossman
Footballguy
Here's another way to look at it.
... if the play was reviewed (are we saying they didn't even bother to review it? Yikes) and they called PI ... would anyone have argued?
Never mind the non-calls earlier in the game, or in previous games. That play, standing alone, how could anyone argue if they called PI after replay?
Had they called PI on review, we all would have looked at it and said "yeah, defender got there a hair too early. They got it right."
PHI fan would have argued ..."but what about the other plays ...". but not even PHI fan can say this play was a clean play by the defender.
... if the play was reviewed (are we saying they didn't even bother to review it? Yikes) and they called PI ... would anyone have argued?
Never mind the non-calls earlier in the game, or in previous games. That play, standing alone, how could anyone argue if they called PI after replay?
Had they called PI on review, we all would have looked at it and said "yeah, defender got there a hair too early. They got it right."
PHI fan would have argued ..."but what about the other plays ...". but not even PHI fan can say this play was a clean play by the defender.
unckeyherb
Footballguy
I would have. If we are going to review every bang bang play, we’re going to have five hour games and pass interference called almost every time. I think the replay rule is stupid, not thought out, and ineffectual.
Also, you can’t look at one play in a vacuum. You have to look at it in context with other calls of the same degree. There were two far more flagrant pass interference non-calls that were upheld earlier last night. If you aren’t calling those, you simply can’t call this.
just my opinion.
Insein
Footballguy
Had they called PI on the field and reviewed it, it would not have been overturned. Since they didn't call it on the field, that too was not overturned.
It was by definition pass interference but like I've said, based on the way they called the previous two reviews, last night it was not.
need2know
Footballguy
Deamon
Footballguy
Even Philly fans aren't saying that wasn't PI. It was. But ya, so were others in the game and not called. They missed a few of them all game. This review thing has opened up a huge can of worms that now every fan is wanting every play reviewed for PI. Add that to the fact that they seem almost completely unwilling to change the call on the field, and this new rule has created a lot of anger at the refs, and rightfully so. They need to just get rid of the review rule since they're rarely ever overturning anything.
MooversShakers
Footballguy
Stop all the whining, no NFL fan wants those calls called PI. I mean seriously, PI could be called on almost every play. Give it up already.
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Bossman
Footballguy
Completely agree.
Just thought that EXACT scenario is why they made PI reviewable. If you're not going to use it there then lets just get rid of it.
MooversShakers
Footballguy
Use it for instances where you dont have to break the tape down frame by frame in order to find the smoking gun. Doesn't matter if it happens in the first quarter or the last play of the game, DON'T CHANGE THE CALL, it will ruin the game.
I was shocked the play was not reviewed as it appeared like the defender was clearly there early, especially after seeing the replay. With being a turnover I thought for sure they would take a look at it. I did not really expect it to be changed though since they did not change any of the earlier defensive PI reviews. The PI reviews are not good for the game
BoltNlava
Footballguy
First thing I thought of was wow an extra timeout. Coaches will use this tool I would think.
Thunderlips
Footballguy
Is the call consistent with the way the refs called the game?
That being said, I'm surprised it wasn't PI.
This new rule is going to suck more of the spontaneous enjoyment out of the NFL. The fan used to take TDs as they occurred. Now, we have to wait for the replay. Now, big Defensive plays are going to follow suit; we'll be holding back enjoyment for fear of the idea that a play like that, with no flag on the field can be called a penalty on replay.
That being said, I'm surprised it wasn't PI.
This new rule is going to suck more of the spontaneous enjoyment out of the NFL. The fan used to take TDs as they occurred. Now, we have to wait for the replay. Now, big Defensive plays are going to follow suit; we'll be holding back enjoyment for fear of the idea that a play like that, with no flag on the field can be called a penalty on replay.
Stinkin Ref
IBL Representative
I completely disagree with this....why even have replay and review things if we are going to base it on previous plays....the whole point of having replay is avoid exactly what you are saying happens...unckeyherb said:
I agree, The NFL is close to becoming unwatchable. They had an egregious error on a pass interference play in the rams saints game but that was more the exception than the norm. And now they are using the exception to the norm to make policy. They should have just left it alone. Nobody wants to watch the penalty fests. theyve also put DBs at a competitive disadvantage with the tweaks to the PI rules over the years to spur offense so now its DBs basically have to risk PI on every pass play or give up big plays. This situation is the NFLs fault.
Doug B
Footballguy
This is an excellent point. Roll some of that back and encourage how pass defense was played in the 1980s-90s. Seemed to be a nice balance then.
Insein
Footballguy
We all know different crews have different definitions of PI in each and every game. Unless you start having robots as refs, it's always going to vary. This crew called it consistent the whole night. Every call was text book PI but not every crew calls text book PI on the field.
Amused to Death
Footballguy
Analogous to MLB umpires. Some expand the corners, others do not. Just call it the same for both sides.
Gachi
Footballguy
Honestly if they're gonna allow DPI challenges then allow the DBs to make contact past 5 yards again.
Also, this has probably been mentioned but in real time things are different than being able to dissect it from every angle in slow motion. Instant replay really changed things for the worst for the NFL.
Also, this has probably been mentioned but in real time things are different than being able to dissect it from every angle in slow motion. Instant replay really changed things for the worst for the NFL.
need2know
Footballguy
Snotbubbles
Footballguy
Riddick Bowe, Shane Moseley and Evander Holyfield are three that come to mind. They call it "punch drunk".
unckeyherb
Footballguy
For the same reason you don’t establish a strike zone then change it in the 8th inning. I care more about consistency with application of rules. Even if they are letting things go.
Ditkaless Wonders
Footballguy
I'd like to ##### about the reffing but when you give the opponent three short fields, two on special teams and one on a turnover things are going to go bad. When you don't convert in the red zone things are going to go bad. The Eagles gouged the Packer on the ground. The Packers, gouged the Eagles through the air. The Packers had better long drives than the Eagles but when the Eagles are stopped by the goal one maybe that is a partial explanation for that. Average starting field position was a big story in the game.
I was surprised by how few possessions each team had but the Eagles running the ball really ran the clock.
Going back to the long drives Denver had, and they had several, the Packers D is not getting off of the field. Seems they turn the ball over or they get scored on.
I was surprised by how few possessions each team had but the Eagles running the ball really ran the clock.
Going back to the long drives Denver had, and they had several, the Packers D is not getting off of the field. Seems they turn the ball over or they get scored on.
Insein
Footballguy
Very similar to the Eagles loss to the Lions last week. Could the Eagles have won? Yes. Did the refs shaft them on some calls? Yes. But ultimately the Eagles put themselves in that spot by playing poorly on offense and defense AND special teams. Hard to win when you make so many mistakes.
Shutout
Footballguy
I just find it so hard to have genuine interest in the NFL these days. It is literally every single game that has real issues. Not issues that are just guys griping because it's their team or they had money or ff on the line, but real issues that cause us to question the outcomes of games.
I'm going down memory lane and I know I shouldn't but, geez, back in the day, things happened in games and we just cried for a minute and said bad call and let out a boo or whatever but we didn't seem to be how we are these days and just nit-pick every play to death to the point we don't know what we are looking at. Maybe it's because we now have the technology to get it right..but don't that bothers us. Is there any REAL reason why a ball can't be chipped and then use it to know where it should be spotted or if it broke the plane or got theyardage needed?
The game has been attempted to be legislated to the point of sheer boredom and arrest deal of it is under the guise of safety, which should be what they should do except it has two major problems.
1-the shield is hypocritical. They talk safety but then they trot out pre-season games that are sheer garbage to turn a buck and they fly players to Europe to play to get more market but never consider how utterly terrible that has to feel for a player trying to recoup or injured. We have TNF which 90 percent of the time would be 100 percent unwatched if it weren't solely for the gambling aspect.
2-the sport is, by nature, violent. It simply isn't a sport that is conducive to being an activity that can be played safely now that we have the information and medical knowledge we now have.
I truly see this sport as one that identifies with us in America so strongly that we are becoming a "reluctant lover" of the game. We don't truly want to love football..the sport of football, like we once did. We are now just caught up in all the peripheral things that are attached to it and the younger generation, IF they can avoid getting hooked on the gambling side of it like a lot of us are, will demonstrate much less interest in it going forward.
I'm going down memory lane and I know I shouldn't but, geez, back in the day, things happened in games and we just cried for a minute and said bad call and let out a boo or whatever but we didn't seem to be how we are these days and just nit-pick every play to death to the point we don't know what we are looking at. Maybe it's because we now have the technology to get it right..but don't that bothers us. Is there any REAL reason why a ball can't be chipped and then use it to know where it should be spotted or if it broke the plane or got theyardage needed?
The game has been attempted to be legislated to the point of sheer boredom and arrest deal of it is under the guise of safety, which should be what they should do except it has two major problems.
1-the shield is hypocritical. They talk safety but then they trot out pre-season games that are sheer garbage to turn a buck and they fly players to Europe to play to get more market but never consider how utterly terrible that has to feel for a player trying to recoup or injured. We have TNF which 90 percent of the time would be 100 percent unwatched if it weren't solely for the gambling aspect.
2-the sport is, by nature, violent. It simply isn't a sport that is conducive to being an activity that can be played safely now that we have the information and medical knowledge we now have.
I truly see this sport as one that identifies with us in America so strongly that we are becoming a "reluctant lover" of the game. We don't truly want to love football..the sport of football, like we once did. We are now just caught up in all the peripheral things that are attached to it and the younger generation, IF they can avoid getting hooked on the gambling side of it like a lot of us are, will demonstrate much less interest in it going forward.
renesauz
IBL Representative
Everyone always talking about putting a chip in the ball for spotting....but no way that works. The spot isn't the furthest the ball goes, but the furthest the ball goes BEFORE THE KNEE (hip, whatever) is down.
Putting a chip in the ball will do little to help, outside of a very small hanfull of goal line plays...and it would be small
Putting a chip in the ball will do little to help, outside of a very small hanfull of goal line plays...and it would be small
MooversShakers
Footballguy
If the knee (hip, whatever) is down and the ball is chipped you have your spot. If you are looking at it on replay I am not sure how that equates to now working?
renesauz
IBL Representative
because you still have to use replay. People speak as if a chip would be a panacea, but it wouldn't be. The chip would only make a difference to determine a matter of inches if/when the ball isn't visible on the replay. IN the middle of the field, watch how the INITIAL sticks are set....by eye. IN order to use a chip ANYWHERE but the goal-line, you'd have to use it on EVERY play, because what difference is a few inches to determine 1st down if it's lined up by eye on the previous first down. It isn't practical.
The one and ONLY place it would matter (AND BE BOTH PRACTICAL AND FAIR) would be on certain goal line plays, most of which they get right on replay anyway. It wouldn't work and solve things like you expect. It would add a replay nightmare that would dwarf what we have now
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MooversShakers
Footballguy
I have no idea what you are talking about. If a chip were used in the ball it would be able to determine the exact spot of the ball during the replay, definitively. You wouldn't use it other then to determine first downs and touchdowns. The sticks and end zone are where they are, as long as the chipped ball shows the spot as being behind/over either then you have your spot.
modogg
Footballguy
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Pipes
Footballguy
Who’s still complaining aboug it? The last post about it here was well over 24 hours ago.
The Claymaker
Footballguy
Let’s drop this already. We lost, end of story. As BB says, we are on to Dallas. Philly won the game, we both had calls go are way. Glad to get that loss outta the way so we don’t have to worry about that undefeated season. 
Hopefully the NFL will re-evaluate the PI challenge as it stands now and fine tune it. No penalty ever should based on previous good or bad calls, they should be based on the current play and whether it’s a penalty or not. Clearly it’s messed up now and doing more harm then good.
Again, good game Eagles, the lines were the difference in this game as your D line man-handled our O line again the run and your O-line kicked our D lines ### as well. It won’t be easier in Dallas that’s for sure.
Good luck the rest of the way.
Hopefully the NFL will re-evaluate the PI challenge as it stands now and fine tune it. No penalty ever should based on previous good or bad calls, they should be based on the current play and whether it’s a penalty or not. Clearly it’s messed up now and doing more harm then good.
Again, good game Eagles, the lines were the difference in this game as your D line man-handled our O line again the run and your O-line kicked our D lines ### as well. It won’t be easier in Dallas that’s for sure.
Good luck the rest of the way.
MooversShakers
Footballguy
Sure...Let’s drop this already. We lost, end of story. As BB says, we are on to Dallas. Philly won the game, we both had calls go are way. Glad to get that loss outta the way so we don’t have to worry about that undefeated season.
Hopefully the NFL will re-evaluate the PI challenge as it stands now and fine tune it. No penalty ever should based on previous good or bad calls, they should be based on the current play and whether it’s a penalty or not. Clearly it’s messed up now and doing more harm then good.
Again, good game Eagles, the lines were the difference in this game as your D line man-handled our O line again the run and your O-line kicked our D lines ### as well. It won’t be easier in Dallas that’s for sure.
Good luck the rest of the way.
Ditkaless Wonders
Footballguy
Perhaps the Packers would have run it in, or tried, had not their power back been but out on an unnecessary shot by a guy who was not ejected for it, a guy who caused the critical turnover before half. Still, what ifs. The Eagles won. They did so on a short week, traveling, and overcoming injuries. They needed that. They also needed Dallas to lose tonight, which they did. Next week Eagle fans will be Packer fans as well since they will need Green Bay to hand Dallas another loss to help the Eagles chances. I know I will appreciate your good will and best wishes next week. Say, maybe you can lend us Fletcher Cox for the week.modogg said:
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