Week 8 Pats @Fins

[CFB_Rules]

Got it. But then why wouldn’t a ref make sure to blow the whistle immediately when forward progress is stopped?

I’m not disagreeing, just think the logistics of it are pretty dumb.

There's processing time between recognizing when forward progress is stopped and getting air in the whistle.

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

I have never been more sure that the refs were actively trying to get one particular team to win as I am today.

 

[Zedia]

Did I have the number wrong? I thought that was 13 lined up deep as effectively a safety pre-snap.

I just assumed Jack was in man because he followed the guy in motion. So Jon shouldve taken the other guy. But I don’t really know what I’m taking about, so who knows.

 

[Tim Salmon]

If the runner is still going forward, the ball isn't dead. The moment his forward motion is stopped, the ball is dead.

Understood how the rule works, but how do they determine when forward motion is stopped if the whistle doesn't blow and his legs are still churning? If the runner lunges forward for an extra yard there instead of fumbling before the whistle blows, do the refs move the ball back to the first spot where forward progress was paused?

 

[PC Drunken Friar]

Chiefs Planet must be so confused with Kelce promoting the vaccine

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Understood how the rule works, but how do they determine when forward motion is stopped if the whistle doesn't blow and his legs are still churning? If the runner lunges forward for an extra yard there instead of fumbling before the whistle blows, do they refs move the ball back to the first spot where forward progress was paused?

Theoretically. Emphasis on ‘theoretically’

 

[8slim]

If a runner stepped out of bounds and then fumbled, nobody here would have any issue with the fact that the fumble doesn't count regardless or when the whistle was blown.

Forward progress is the same deal.

Sure but it’s not the same thing is it? Stepping out of bounds is reviewable and binary. “Forward progress” seems pretty open to interpretation.

 

[Jinhocho]

Great to know. So then will you complain about those guys after every play?

I doubt I would - I have just had enough of Mac Jones.

 

[Dr. Gonzo]

Understood how the rule works, but how do they determine when forward motion is stopped if the whistle doesn't blow and his legs are still churning? If the runner lunges forward for an extra yard there instead of fumbling before the whistle blows, do the refs move the ball back to the first spot where forward progress was paused?

They guess

 

[Beomoose]

Just got home, how we...

...oh.

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

There's processing time between recognizing when forward progress is stopped and getting air in the whistle.

There was a several second delay and the ball was out for another second or two before the whistles blew. Not bang-bang.

This was 100% a blown call by the refs. That's a loose ball and fumble.

 

[PC Drunken Friar]

Understood how the rule works, but how do they determine when forward motion is stopped if the whistle doesn't blow and his legs are still churning? If the runner lunges forward for an extra yard there instead of fumbling before the whistle blows, do the refs move the ball back to the first spot where forward progress was paused?

That call is made pretty frequently that the progress has stopped. It usually benefits the runner, but it is what it is.

 

[Reggie's Racquet]

Chiefs Planet must be so confused with Kelce promoting the vaccine

They probably think it’s for the swine flu.

 

[Big D]

So now they call a personal foul?

 

[Catcher Block]

Maybe JJS can play safety

 

[Ed Hillel]

Call that one

 

[ragnarok725]

Was it 29 that got Parker head to head and celebrated after?

 

[Dr. Gonzo]

Is that really a penalty?

 

[mikeford]

Lmao, JJS gets revenge for the headshot

 

[Diamond Don Aase]

There's processing time between recognizing when forward progress is stopped and getting air in the whistle.

Ah, yes, “dead in the head.” No viewer would dispute that is an apt description of this officiating crew.

 

[ifmanis5]

Mac up for grabs ball.

 

[JokersWildJIMED]

100% on the officiating

 

[radsoxfan]

If a runner stepped out of bounds and then fumbled, nobody here would have any issue with the fact that the fumble doesn't count regardless or when the whistle was blown.

Forward progress is the same deal.

Not disagreeing (or saying it should have been a fumble), but aren't the refs instructed to blow the whistle immediately once they think forward progress is stopped?

Is there some reason they wouldn't blow it dead ASAP once that decision is made? They just forgot?

 

[Big D]

Looks very legal

 

[Mystic Merlin]

But they call THAT ?

 

[Salem's Lot]

That’s what happens when you don’t call the headshot earlier.

 

[PC Drunken Friar]

There was a several second delay and the ball was out for another second or two before the whistles blew. Not bang-bang.

This was 100% a blown call by the refs. That's a loose ball and fumble.

No way the ref saw the fumble and then decided to blow the whistle.

 

[EddieYost]

JuJu did not want another pick

 

[Helmet Head]

Ofcourse they make that call

 

[troparra]

Looked legal

 

[shawnrbu]

Carolina wins!

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

Sure, call that one but the hit on Parker was fine. OK.

 

[heavyde050]

Flag on that JJS hit, but not the one on Parker? These refs are a complete joke.

 

[Ed Hillel]

That was actually clean

 

[Van Everyman]

Wow, even Mac could have hit that pass. So wide open.

Waddle has had two TDs against us where no one was covering him. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a great receiver. But he’s open because guys are keying on Hill.
JSS! OMG.

 

[Salem's Lot]

Nothing illegal about that.

 

[JOBU]

Fuck that flag.

 

[heavyde050]

I have never been more sure that the refs were actively trying to get one particular team to win as I am today.

I have been. But this one is pretty bad too.

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

No way the ref saw the fumble and then decided to blow the whistle.

They most certainly did.

 

[Dr. Gonzo]

Eye in the sky going to overturn?

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Shut the fuck up Longfellow Dedes

 

[ifmanis5]

Clean hit to be honest.

 

[rodderick]

That seemed like a clean hit, he hit his head on the turf.

 

[TheRooster]

Preposterous

 

[8slim]

In-com-pe-tence

 

[PC Drunken Friar]

Who is Long Jr.

 

[GPO Man]

That was a clean hit

 

[EddieYost]

Why would that be a penalty?

 

[Ed Hillel]

Watch them eject him

 

[sodenj5]

Hit JuJu for taunting over a dude while he broke up a duck. lol. This is what it’s come to.

 

[shawnrbu]

Here comes the FU TD.

 

[SteveF]

Doesn't really matter either way at this point.

 

[8slim]

I’m sure the refs made a brilliantly correct call.