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[swede]

This from JSO:

The official that ruled tight end Bubba Franks out of bounds on a fourth-quarter reception in the end zone against the Washington Redskins on Sunday was "really wrong," according to Mike Pereira, the vice president of NFL officiating. With 10:06 left and the Packers leading, 17-14, quarterback Brett Favre threw a pass to the right corner of the end zone from the 8-yard line intended for Franks.

He caught the ball but was only able to get one foot in bounds before Redskins cornerback Fred Smoot pushed Franks out of bounds. The official ruled the pass incomplete because, in his view, Franks would not have gotten two feet down inbounds without contact.

"Clearly Bubba Franks would have come down in bounds and it would have been a catch," Pereira said Wednesday night on the NFL Network. "I think we were really wrong in making that judgment."

What does this get ya? There should be some kind of penalty for crews that err like this!

There is a penalty, its called "you most likely will got get to officiate a playoff game which means you cost yourself extra money".

...along with the "you'll be seeing a lot of Green Bay, Cincinnatti, Cleveland, and Chicago in December" penalty.

[swede]

I completely disagree. It's like when a player catchs a punt and gets drilled, should he be given the opportunity to run? When a guy makes na catch should a defender be allowed to hit him before he gets a chance to run?


It's called a good play. How about when a defender drills a reciever over the middle as he catches the ball. One could argue the defender didn't give him a fair chance to catch the ball....


Again, I call it a good defensive play and move on.


Uncatchable pass and force out rule require the ref to guess at things that might have happened and that's just dumb in my opinion.

Oh hell, if you're going to go there then why not just allow the defenders to tackle the receivers before the ball arrives. We'll call it a good defensive play.

In the situations that this call is likely to be made receivers have already created a favorable position for themselves on the field. Defensive backs could make a play on the ball if they wish to make a "good defensive play". The game would change for the worse if you gave defensive backs permission to take the lazier and less-skilled tactic of simply hammering offensive receivers with the thought of knocking an in-bounds receiver out of bounds.

I don't agree with making the call reviewable, but I do think the rule makes sense as a judgement call. This guy got this call wrong imo. Sucks for Bubba and the Pack, but we'll continue to live our lives as best we can.

[woodbuck27]

I completely disagree. It's like when a player catchs a punt and gets drilled, should he be given the opportunity to run? When a guy makes na catch should a defender be allowed to hit him before he gets a chance to run?


It's called a good play. How about when a defender drills a reciever over the middle as he catches the ball. One could argue the defender didn't give him a fair chance to catch the ball....


Again, I call it a good defensive play and move on.


Uncatchable pass and force out rule require the ref to guess at things that might have happened and that's just dumb in my opinion.

Oh hell, if you're going to go there then why not just allow the defenders to tackle the receivers before the ball arrives. We'll call it a good defensive play.

In the situations that this call is likely to be made receivers have already created a favorable position for themselves on the field. Defensive backs could make a play on the ball if they wish to make a "good defensive play". The game would change for the worse if you gave defensive backs permission to take the lazier and less-skilled tactic of simply hammering offensive receivers with the thought of knocking an in-bounds receiver out of bounds.

I don't agree with making the call reviewable, but I do think the rule makes sense as a judgement call. This guy got this call wrong imo. Sucks for Bubba and the Pack, but we'll continue to live our lives as best we can.

We struggle but moreso struggle on !

Too bad it seems that LIFE continues to get just weirder.

Day to day we cannot expect too much and on the good days we see our rainbows.

PACKERS FOREVER !!