11-23-2014, 08:10 AM
Anybody else think the referees got all three TD reversals right? I understand why the C.al people would be upset--especially people in the stands. I also know that Pereira did not agree with all the calls, but after watching them over and over I was persuaded that all three were correct.Â
On the first, pretty much everyone agreed that his knee was down prior to him flopping across the goal line.Â
On the second, Pereira said he did not see the indisputable evidence to reverse the TD, but I thought it was indisputable that his knee was down before the ball broke the plane. Was I delusional? It seemed obvious to me. You could see him pushing the ball across the goal line while he was lying on the ground, since when he fell the ball had not broken the plane.
Pereira also objected to the third call, saying that the receiver caught the ball and made a football move before crossing the goal line. This one is a rules interpretation, I think. After he crossed the goal line he lost the ball on the way to the ground. It seems to me that we have been told that a player has to control the ball all the way to the ground to prove it was a catch. Their receiver did not do this. So, was it a TD the instant he broke the plane, and then a fumble which did not count because the TD was already scored? Or was it an incomplete pass? Indisputable that he did not possess the ball all the way to the ground--but does that matter?Â
On the onside kick which we challenged and lost--I also think the refs got it right. I think their kicker did touch the ball but not until just after it had traveled 10 yards.
This would not be the first time I have thought Pereira as wrong--but I always feel a bit stupid second guessing someone with that level of expertise.
On the first, pretty much everyone agreed that his knee was down prior to him flopping across the goal line.Â
On the second, Pereira said he did not see the indisputable evidence to reverse the TD, but I thought it was indisputable that his knee was down before the ball broke the plane. Was I delusional? It seemed obvious to me. You could see him pushing the ball across the goal line while he was lying on the ground, since when he fell the ball had not broken the plane.
Pereira also objected to the third call, saying that the receiver caught the ball and made a football move before crossing the goal line. This one is a rules interpretation, I think. After he crossed the goal line he lost the ball on the way to the ground. It seems to me that we have been told that a player has to control the ball all the way to the ground to prove it was a catch. Their receiver did not do this. So, was it a TD the instant he broke the plane, and then a fumble which did not count because the TD was already scored? Or was it an incomplete pass? Indisputable that he did not possess the ball all the way to the ground--but does that matter?Â
On the onside kick which we challenged and lost--I also think the refs got it right. I think their kicker did touch the ball but not until just after it had traveled 10 yards.
This would not be the first time I have thought Pereira as wrong--but I always feel a bit stupid second guessing someone with that level of expertise.