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Could probably even make the case of "uncatchable ball."

 

A judgment call I’d like to see utilized more frequently.

 

You know a rule thing that makes me scratch my head sometimes...defensive holding is 5 yards and an automatic first down, but offensive holding is 10 yards and replay the down. I’m sure there’s some logic behind it, but darned if I know how to unpack it.

 

Offensive holding is 10 because teams will hold to avoid loss of around 5 yards and a down all day. Although I think holding should have a judgment call of 5 yards if it's away from the action and not stopping what is believed to be immediate pressure.

 

Call it "inconsequential holding" lol.

 

And the Packers stand alone on top of the NFC North...

 

Lions irate about “awful” officiating...



The Lions had other things to be frustrated with last night, including themselves.

But the officials made such a convenient target.

The Lions were rightfully angry with a number of calls, specifically the two phantom hands to the face calls on defensive end Trey Flowers which helped the Packers come back for a win.

“I didn’t think hands to the chest was a penalty,” Flowers said, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. “I thought hands to the face, but I had him right here in the chest. The second time I changed it to right here [another spot on the chest]. That’s part of a move that I do and, yeah. So, nah, I don’t think that was a penalty, but they did, so . . .

“They saw something different than what actually happened and they called what they thought they saw. I was doing it all game. I didn’t know that was a flag to the chest, so I could change it to [another spot on the collar]. They called it again.”

Those weren’t the only calls that angered the Lions, as safety Tracy Walker was upset with a personal foul for a helmet-to-helmet hit when he was going for the ball. Officials explained afterward that intent wasn’t a factor, and that the foul would have been called even if Walker picked it off.

“Extremely pissed off right now,” Walker said. “It is what it is. Disappointed. Hurt. We had that game. it’s going – I’m going to say the same s—, we should have won it. It is what it is, though. Got to bounce back. . . .

“I feel like we could have had a better game and we was supposed to come victorious with that game but Green Bay came to play. There was some awful, awful calls, but we got to play through that. We got to overcome those, and so we didn’t, obviously, and we came up short.”

Walker was asked if he was worried about being fined, and he said he did not care.

“Detroit vs. Everybody,” he said. “I’m saying it. Detroit vs. Everybody. It’s awful.”

Of course, that would imply this year’s officiating problems have been unique to Lions games. They have not been, and that creates an issue the league can’t continue to ignore.

(PFT)

 

There were 4 calls in that game against the Lions that were just blatantly bad.

It's just a problem every week around the league.

 

This is the first time I watched since the game and I now can't help thinking... WTF was Kameron Kelly doing? That's frickin horrible.

 

The NFL should be embarrassed by stuff like this.

 

Let me guess . . .

Kelly was flagged for DPI, Jones wasn't ?

 

There was no call made on the field. After throwing a challenge flag Riveron called Pass Interference on Terrell Edmunds. It sucked at the time, changing a 3rd and 20 to a 1st and 10 (plus 40 yards of field position). It has sucked even more since considering every week they choose not to flag anyone for PI on appeal. Makes no sense.

 

Roger Goodell and his $48 million dollar a year salary should be at the front of this bad officiating. Where is he? He should explain what the hell happened last night. These calls were awful and he's no where to be found!

That is more unacceptable than the calls themselves.

 

His salary has absolutely nothing to do with it. The fact that he is the Commissioner of the NFL has EVERYTHING to do with it . . . Period.

 

he's grossly overpaid Lyman and is no where to be found when needed like times like these! for $48 mil his ugly mug should be on tv apologizing to the Lions owner, team, players and fans for that fiasco last night. That was a embarrassment.

 

You missed my point entirely.

 

49ers’ defense on pace to allow fewest passing yards since 1982



San Francisco defensive coordinator Robert Saleh was getting plenty of air time during Sunday’s win over the Rams, as the TV cameras repeatedly showed him pumping his fists in celebration as his defense repeatedly got the better of the Rams’ offense. He then got more attention after the game as head coach Kyle Shanahan called on Saleh to address the media.

Saleh has earned that attention.

The 49ers’ defense shut down Jared Goff and the Rams’ passing game on Sunday, but that was far from the first time this season. In fact, the 49ers are allowing an NFL-best 150.2 passing yards per game this season. That’s not just the best this year, it’s a pace to allow just 2,403 passing yards this season. That would be the fewest by any defense in the NFL since 1982.

And, of course, the 1982 season was shortened to nine games by a players’ strike. To find a defense that has allowed fewer than 2,403 passing yards in a 16-game season, you have to go back to 1980.

The passing game was so different back then that it might as well have been a different sport. For the 49ers’ defense to put up numbers against the pass that look like something out of the 1980s is a great credit to the job Saleh is doing, and the biggest reason they’re 5-0.

(PFT)

 

i did not. where is he? why isn't he speaking on this? where is the reprimand on the refs? crickets! bubkis!

he's supposed to be the face of the league, so where is he? counting his $48 mil this year and laughing at the teams, owners, players and fans of the NFL that's where.

 

Cat,

I agree 100% with you on the invisibility of the commissioner. But his salary is irrelevant.