Rob12
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Polaris":20x1a4qb said:Rob12":20x1a4qb said:seahawkfreak":20x1a4qb said:The Vice President of officiating is on NFL network. Clearly stating that he thought it was a "bat" ( on KJ end of game). I have never heard a front office officials calling out their own refs. This is unbelievable. He has given the media a major headline tomorrow.
At the very least it was close and it is a subjective call. What a douche. Kam made Calvin Johnson fumble the ball, that's the story. Detroit should not have even been in that situation. They were not robbed! Total BS.
Close?
Look man, I'm damn proud to get that W. But KJ batted out intentionally. 99 percent of us didn't even know that was an actual rule until now. It's an obscure one, and I'd guess that most players in the league didn't know it was a rule either.
We were not given a win, but a non-call shot our win probability through the roof. I'm good with that. But KJ absolutely batted that ball intentionally to get the TB called, and it worked.
The ref said he thought it was inadvertent. I'm guessing he didn't know the rule either. And he was just covering his ***.
Either way it's a JUDGEMENT call by the official in question who say the entire play in full view. If it wasn't a penalty in the judgement of the official (for whatever the real reason was), then it isn't a penalty. Otherwise holding would be called on every play in football.
Fair enough. The still shots of KJ right before he hit the ball show intent to me though.
I'm happy. I just know that if we were on the opposite end of that call, we'd be having a good old fashioned .NET meltdown. And calling for some zebras jobs right now.