Officials Erred on Punt Return Call

[johnerotten]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

have we gotten a TD from a bad call?

we did'nt get a td,but we got a huge no call in dallas when todd yoder almost pulled off pacman's head on a face mask call the refs missed.
no that i cried or lost sleep over it considering all the times the refs have screwed the skins when they play dallas.

[Jamaican'Skin]

I mean it doesn't take away from the fact that we won, so it doesn't matter to me. Had it cost us the game, the apology wouldn't have mattered either, because we wouldn't get that 7 pts off the scoreboard. I realize that there's human error in anything we do, but it just seems like the refs are really screwing up this season

[over the mountain]

you mean the one where pacman got up and screamed "thats bullshit" in the refs face on nat'l tv? lol

[Ruhskins]

game changing calls (like ones leading to TDs) should be reviewable if they are questionable. so for instance, ed hochulli's erroneous call at the chargers/broncos game should have been reviewable regardless, due to the fact that it happened towards the end and it was a game changing call.

[JWsleep]

Originally Posted by Smooter

Not surprising to hear this. I felt like throwing my redskins gnome through the tv when that happened.

Redskins gnome?

[Darrell_Green_28]

yeah, he said Redskins Gnome
Washington Redskins

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by SkinFan4Life

And lets no forget the other teribble call in that game that cost us a TD...ARE was never touched!

I thought the same as you but when watching NFL replay it seems that he does touch ARE in one of the angles. Its hard to see and a caught it by accident.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Daseal

Get rid of coaches challenges, put someone up in the booth with the ability to challenge ANY play. This "whistle was blown" and "Down by contact" bullshit pisses me off.

I think if we're not careful, we will reach a point where what happens on the field takes a backseat to what the replay official can see on tape. I really don't want to see games decided by whether or not a good camera angle of the play exists.

I agree with you that coaches challenges are not necessary, but you generally want to do everything you can to limit the power of a replay official in the booth. There would be zero accountablity in replay decisions if we did that, and IMO that would be a mess.

I'm generally against instant replay, but if we are going to have it, we should be able to use it to solve those penalty confusion issues. It's when it starts getting to the point where we review critical plays to see if there was holding on them, that instant replay will be doing more harm than good.

And you absolutely can't do the "whistle was blown, but the play doesn't end" argument. If we have a system where the Whistle doesn't stop the play 100% of the time, now we have a player safety issue.

[EternalEnigma21]

whistle has to stop the play. period. I think it sucks when they get it wrong, but its a rare occurrence.

I wouldn't mind them trying to take the college approach in which every play is reviewed. Losing a game on a bad call can cost a lot of money in the pros.

[53Fan]

They saw a Eagle jersey illegally block a Redskin jersey, who gives a crap if they get the number right or not?

[JWsleep]

Makes a great projectile as well.