Vikings insist officials missed interference call

[AtlPackFan]

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=669379

Actually, I didn't see the game yesterday so I can't say if it was or it wasn't. But it seems to me that its difficult to point to one referee's call and say "this is what cost us the game". Was this a blatantly bad call? Was this the difference in the game?

[Zool]

Holy schnarks Holcomb, you're really going to do this? Say that a penalty was missed? If the back judge had bothered to call holding on the MN line yesterday, the Vikes would have had 25 penalties. Complaining about officiating after a game is weak, as are his QB skills.

[Joemailman]

Holcomb showed no leadership at all yesterday. His demeanor all day was that of someone looking for someone to blame whenever things went wrong. I suspect his own teammates probably don't respect him much.

[MadtownPacker]

He seems to forget that if dumbass Grant doesnt fumble he never even gets the ball back.

[Joemailman]

Wasn't Woodson about 2 yards from the line of scrimmage? So if they call the penalty, it's a 2 yard penalty. It's still no guarantee they would have scored if the penalty was called. He should be more concerned about the pass where he missed a wide open Rice. Maybe he's hoping people will forget about that one.

[HarveyWallbangers]

People in Minnesota seem to whine about officiating more than most. It's a big conspiracy or something--because Brett is the NFL's darling. What did we get 4 or 5 illegal contact penalties? I'm sure the Vikings defenders never touched our guys more than 5 yards down the field. Occasionally complaining about officiating is fine, but when you do it all of the time, it just sounds whiny. People here think Hall clearly fumbled too. To me, that was a bang-bang play that could have gone either way--just like the illegal contact penalty on Charles Woodson's interception return for a TD.

[rpiotr01]

I thought that if anything the officials were too aggressive with the PI and defensive holding calls.

Apparently Ed Hochuli never heard of "bump and run coverage". To him, "bump and run coverage" means that, in order to cover your ass when you buy steroids to jack yourself up, you accidentally bump into your dealer at the gym, and when he drops the package on the ground, you pick it up and run.

[AtlPackFan]

Holcomb showed no leadership at all yesterday. His demeanor all day was that of someone looking for someone to blame whenever things went wrong. I suspect his own teammates probably don't respect him much.

But it wasn't just Holcomb who was bitching. Childress and others said the same thing. It sounds like the whole Minny team was blaming their loss on that call.

[Bossman641]

I thought that if anything the officials were too aggressive with the PI and defensive holding calls.

Apparently Ed Hochuli never heard of "bump and run coverage". To him, "bump and run coverage" means that, in order to cover your ass when you buy steroids to jack yourself up, you accidentally bump into your dealer at the gym, and when he drops the package on the ground, you pick it up and run.

LOL.



I've always wanted a huge brawl to start in an NFL game just so Hochuli could come in and kick some ass.

[mraynrand]

Things are murky inside 5 yards from the line of scrimmage. So it's legal to bump inside 5, but then if the ball is thrown, magically, bumping becomes interference, even if the receiver is engaged - bumping or hold you (like happened to Al Harris this week and last). If a receiver starts blocking before the ball is caught by another receiver or running back, it's a penalty. There again, a receiver being bumped and pushing in 'bump and run' is magically converted to a receiver committing a penalty.

There's no good fix for this - it has to be a judgment call by the refs. If Harris and Woodson are engaged in pushing and shoving and the receiver is pushing back, inside 5 yards, I would think that the rule for calling interference (offensive or defensive) would be if one player is gaining an advantage. Otherwise you'd have to abolish all contact - then it would be worse than Arena league. So when Ty Davis pushed off last week against San Diego, he gained an advantage and pass interference was easy to call. Sunday, when Al Harris and the receiver were pushing each other, no advantage was gained, so nothing should have been called. I'll have to look at that Woodson coverage again, but I recall the receiver giving him a pretty good stiff arm - so I suspect the ref figured it was a pretty fair exchange and didn't call anything.

[Joemailman]

Good post mraynrand, but who is Ty Davis?

[mraynrand]

Good post mraynrand, but who is Ty Davis?

Oh crap, I was thinking of David Lee - they all blend together after a while - like LeShon Johnson and DeMond Parker.

[mraynrand]

Good post mraynrand, but who is Ty Davis?

Oh crap, I was thinking of David Lee - they all blend together after a while - like LeShon Johnson and DeMond Parker.

It is David Lee, right? Or am I confusing him with David Martin? LOL. Donald Lee! or was it Donald Driver?

HELP!!!!!

[FritzDontBlitz]

could have been minnie driver or donald pleasance? or sutherland?

donald duck?

lol

[cpk1994]

Holcomb showed no leadership at all yesterday. His demeanor all day was that of someone looking for someone to blame whenever things went wrong. I suspect his own teammates probably don't respect him much.

But it wasn't just Holcomb who was bitching. Childress and others said the same thing. It sounds like the whole Minny team was blaming their loss on that call.

I guess they have decided to ignore the fact the ball was tipped, negating PI. It further shows how dumb they are.