1. How many times did they let Burress push off on Sheppard or Brown? Not only that, but that PI call, Burress grabbed Brown by the back of the jersey pulling him back which is why Brown had the arm bar on him--it was made more disgraceful after Aikman, whom I respect as a broadcaster, said" you just can't do that to a reciever"--he must not have seen the handful of white jersey Plaxico had.
2. How in the hell can a referee, standing no more than 2 yards away, not call roughing the passer on Gibril Wilson, after Wilson took an extra three steps before launching himself at Garcia after the ball was thrown--then
3. Have another official throw a flag for taunting when Wilson again went for Garcia's head on the hook slide for the first down?
4. Or how about the phantom defensive holding call on the 3rd down, I think on the Giants' FG drive right before the half? They showed a replay, but I didn't see Hood hold Tyree as he came off the line.
the PI call on sheldon was a joke
whitefield mugged killa ALL DAY
but lets not turn into ES with referee complaint threads....especially when the eagles won
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 18, 2006, 09:07:16 AMbut lets not turn into ES with referee complaint threads....especially when the eagles won
good point
I agree with both bobby and IGY.
At least it didn't cost the Eagles a win. Let's move on.
Basically, they should play well enough every week to take bad officiating out of play.
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 18, 2006, 09:07:16 AM
the PI call on sheldon was a joke
whitefield mugged killa ALL DAY
but lets not turn into ES with referee complaint threads....especially when the eagles won
Agreed--I was yelling and shouting the whole time--the bad thing was it was near midnight over here and my vocal support was waking up my wife and daughter.
can anyone honestly say they've seen a game this year where the officials did a good job? i can't think of one, there may have been one, but i don't remember it.
No. Officials are EXPECTED to officiate fairly, so those games aren't memorable in that regard.
It was bad. But IGY is right...no need to ES it up here.
The one penalty that really pissed me off was the PI on Sheldon. Not for the lousy arm bar crap but because that goddamn ball was farging uncatchable. It almost hit a photographer on the sideline.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on December 18, 2006, 01:03:38 PM
It was bad. But IGY is right...no need to ES it up here.
The one penalty that really pissed me off was the PI on Sheldon. Not for the lousy arm bar crap but because that goddamn ball was farging uncatchable. It almost hit a photographer on the sideline.
It would have but it was out of his reach too.
Out of curiosity. Why didn't McQuarters (I think?) get an unsportsmanlike conduct call after Reggie toasted him for a TD. He kicked that pylon and it hit some camera dude in the face. :-D
Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. If anything it would have just been enforced on the kickoff, and if I remember correctly the Giants returned it out to the 25. So, assuming that Akers would have booted it out of the endzone, we would have netted 5 yards.
One thing I didn't understand. Westbrook got a 15 yard penalty for a chop block during the play where Garcia fumbled. the Giants got the ball and then the penalty was tacked onto spot of the turnover.
since it wasn't a dead ball foul, shouldn't the Giants have either taken the ball or accepted the penalty, thus replaying the down?
Quote from: SunMo on December 18, 2006, 01:22:16 PM
One thing I didn't understand. Westbrook got a 15 yard penalty for a chop block during the play where Garcia fumbled. the Giants got the ball and then the penalty was tacked onto spot of the turnover.
since it wasn't a dead ball foul, shouldn't the Giants have either taken the ball or accepted the penalty, thus replaying the down?
I was wondering the same thing. I didn't think you got the ball AND the penalty yardage--either one or the other.
Westbrook also got called for offensive pass interference on that first 2-point try, even though he didn't make contact until after Reggie Brown caught the ball.
Etc etc - the Eagles were getting housed by the refs. I'm over it.
im not even saying they got screwed on the turnover + penalty thing. i am just curious if that was the correct call or not.
Someone get some screenshots.
Quote from: SunMo on December 18, 2006, 01:22:16 PM
One thing I didn't understand. Westbrook got a 15 yard penalty for a chop block during the play where Garcia fumbled. the Giants got the ball and then the penalty was tacked onto spot of the turnover.
since it wasn't a dead ball foul, shouldn't the Giants have either taken the ball or accepted the penalty, thus replaying the down?
It doesn't have to be a dead ball foul, but I would think it would have to be a post-change of possession penalty. Can you get penalized for a chop block when you are on defense? ???
The Westbrook offensive pass interference was the worst call of them all. Westbrook knocked the player down after Brown caught the ball and after he got into the end zone even. Therefore it becomes a block. Total bogus call. Just awful.
Penalty calls usually are close to even a well officiated game. When you see an unbalance like yesterday, the game is normally poorly officiated.
Quote from: King Cole on December 18, 2006, 03:58:45 PM
The Westbrook offensive pass interference was the worst call of them all. Westbrook knocked the player down after Brown caught the ball and after he got into the end zone even. Therefore it becomes a block. Total bogus call. Just awful.
It actually becomes nothing. Once a player has possession of the ball in the endzone the play is over at that exact moment.
But, I think the ref saw that Reggie Brown was TOO wide open and he saw Westbrook chuck the CB. Intuitively the ref probably thought something was up, but even if Westbrook didn't chuck the CB Brown would have been wide open regardless. The CB just fell asleep on the play. It was actually great play call because the CB was playing off and trying to anticipate the fade, but Reggie just came underneath. Great play, but the penalty was an unfortunate call.