Officiating at the End of Game (1 Viewer)

[mikedre]

Werner got flagged for too strong of a tackle. I guess it is becoming flag football.

Yet, after Garrett sacked Winston, he kicked him in the head, then leg-wrap- straddled him, but that's sportsman-like, I guess.

 

[TenTwo]

The replay clearly showed Smith calling the T/O before the snap.

I bet you thought that was a well officiated ending

 

[stooge]

Jarvis was touched down in bounds. They spotted him where he was touched down in bounds. If he was out of bounds, he went out of bounds 15 yards down the field. The refs TOTALLY blew that call. I'm glad we overcame it.

Wouldn’t this be a call in our favor though? Unless it was an elaborate trap to get us to spike the ball and get a penalty.

 

[Rdanderson91]

I watched the replay — Lattimore took a cheap shot from the receiver first, a shove to the chest after the play was over. Lattimore retaliated with a shove back, and the receiver sold it well. Then the ref flagged Lattimore for the retaliation…of course.

Refs almost always flag the retaliation

 

[Rdanderson91]

Wouldn’t this be a call in our favor though? Unless it was an elaborate trap to get us to spike the ball and get a penalty.

If he was touched down in bounds, Jameis spikes the ball and it ISNT an intentional grounding penalty, because the clock continues to run.

 

[2024InjuryApocalypse]

Lattimore pass interference was dumb too. I seen him played like that for a long time and it seems so convenience. But Lattimore was an idiot for the personal foul. The spike to stop the clock and the penalty was b/s. Landry was tackle in bound.

Yeah, the holding on Lattimore was weak. The personal foul was legit a personal foul. Yeah, it was retaliation but so what, he's gotta be smarter than that in that situation.

 

[Sailorsaint]

I bet you thought that was a well officiated ending

The refs made some bad calls during the game for sure, but the replay clearly showed AS signalling for a TO well before the ball was snapped, the refs just didn't see it until the last second. Now, if you want to say the refs DIDN"T see it and let him have the TO after the fact, then that's another story.

 

[2024InjuryApocalypse]

Hard to blame Winston for the intentional grounding. Landry looked inbounds. Our coaches should’ve been on top of it and been in Winstons helmet mic.

Yeah, I thought he was inbounds at live speed, but we have to be able to communicate with the QB in that scenario to let him know the clock has stopped.

 

[RichB]

You have to give it to the officials. They did all they could to help the falcons. It made me mad when the Saints were driving for their last TD, and they throw a screen to Kamara who get hit for a 6 yard los and driven back 4 yards. For some reason, they count the yards he was driven back and spot the ball at the 48, making it 2nd and 20. We got a first down on the next play, but still.

Was at the game. The line judge on the Falcons side of the field was CONSISTENTLY spotting the ball a yard further back than where our player landed. The spot on the Kamara loss-of-yardage play was robbery. I believe that same official threw the flag on the supposed Lattimore holding well away from the throw (they never showed a replay in the dome, but the feedback I got was that it was bogus.)

 

[stooge]

If he was touched down in bounds, Jameis spikes the ball and it ISNT an intentional grounding penalty, because the clock continues to run.

Right, but if you take the spike out of it calling him out of bounds is exactly what we would’ve wanted. I’m just saying there may have been some questionable calls, but I don’t think the fix was in against the Saints.

 

[FullMonte]

Jarvis was touched down in bounds. They spotted him where he was touched down in bounds. If he was out of bounds, he went out of bounds 15 yards down the field. The refs TOTALLY blew that call. I'm glad we overcame it.

No. They got it right. He is CLEARLY out at the 40.

 

[RichB]

I don’t understand the thought behind it being intentional grounding if the clock is stopped. What possible benefit or competitive advantage are you gaining by wasting one of your downs when you don’t need to do so. Any ideas?

 

[Sailorsaint]

No. They got it right. He is CLEARLY out at the 40.

That was after he got up and started running, when he caught the ball and landed on his back, inbounds, he was touched by a defender...that's why that defender wasn't chasing him.

 

[DSnfla]

If you have not watched Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul on Netflix I urge everyone to watch it. The point is not so much the gambling it points out how much the NBA has over how games are officiated. Who gets called for certain fouls and more important who does not. It also talks about how NBA refs take matters into their own hands. And how Stern basically squashed an FBI investigation by leaking the story.
My point is with the $ the NBA takes in and they control the game that much how much more with the $ the NFL takes in do they control the outcomes of games?
Today's game was SO one-sided in favor of the Clowns and so many mistakes and things that should have been done it looked quite obvious that something was going on. Especially the decision not to look at the clear and obvious fumble that led to the Clowns FG at the end of the half.
Yes we played like utter crap for most of the game, out coached and out played. But if that kind of stuff goes on in the NBA you KNOW it goes on in the NFL with twice the amount of $$$ involved

 

[FullMonte]

That was after he got up and started running, when he caught the ball and landed on his back, inbounds, he was touched by a defender...that's why that defender wasn't chasing him.

The post I responded to said that if he was out of bounds, he was out of bounds 15 yards down the field. I was pointing out that they got the spot right for where he went out of bounds.

Whether he was touched down or not is a different discussion.

I don’t understand the thought behind it being intentional grounding if the clock is stopped. What possible benefit or competitive advantage are you gaining by wasting one of your downs when you don’t need to do so. Any ideas?

The explanation in the rule book is that it is to prevent a team from using a spike to waste time. The example they give is a stopped clock at 6 seconds. The QB spikes the ball, running a second off the clock so that a field goal attempt will run the clock out.