Around the NFL (Week 14)

[htownskinfan]

I didnt see the end of the game but I saw the highlight of him falling back into the endzone and I heard he was flagged for excessive celebration,did he do something after he scored or was the flag just for the falling back into the endzone? If it was for just falling back into the endzone that is complete and utter bullshit

[MTK]

Originally Posted by htownskinfan

I didnt see the end of the game but I saw the highlight of him falling back into the endzone and I heard he was flagged for excessive celebration,did he do something after he scored or was the flag just for the falling back into the endzone? If it was for just falling back into the endzone that is complete and utter bullshit

It shouldn't have been a penalty since there's no rule against diving into the endzone.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by htownskinfan

I didnt see the end of the game but I saw the highlight of him falling back into the endzone and I heard he was flagged for excessive celebration,did he do something after he scored or was the flag just for the falling back into the endzone? If it was for just falling back into the endzone that is complete and utter bullshit

I heard they called the penalty "going to the ground during a celebration." But since he wasn't in the endzone I don't think it should've been a penalty. Dumb penalty but if the officials see something questionable they will call a penalty every time, and justify it under whatever rule they think is appropriate.

I'm more pissed that even with officials staying in the background of the offense, they keep ignoring blatant holding by offensive tackles. That td pass to Winslow never would've stood if the official had just keep his eyes on the offensive line instead of watching the ball. I mean really? His quote was "I was watching the ball in the air, not the offensive line." MFer that's your f'n job, there's 7 refs and you can bet your sweet ass at least 2 of them are watching the ball in the air and the receiver, and somebody (you) needs to be watching the offensive line, because if one ref sees their tackle with his arm around Orakpo's neck, it would've gotten called. No ref could look at that and call it legal football.