Here is the problem there are no calls on BOTH sides. There was a penalty committed on Gates that was more egregious but people don't care because it wasn't the last play of the game.
Of course you could but the players are competing against other players who are also doing their job. Every play has winners and losers. The refs are not competing against people trying to prevent them from doing their job. That means they should get it right every single time. Obviously that doesn't happen but it doesn't excuse them when they blow a big call and that is happening far too often all over the league
Some calls are bigger than others just as some plays are bigger than others. You need to get the late game stuff right. That's just the way it is. If a QB throws for 300 and 3 TDS but throws a terrible pick to lose the game he is seen as a failure. Officiating all over the league has been a massive failure this year. That's just reality
Alright, i disagree, but id like to hear how the refs screwed you guys in ot when the falcons have the ball first and didnt score when they had the chance too. Clearly it wasnt the falcons the refs had to have screwed them somehow.
Refs don't "screw" anyone. They aren't I'll intentioned. They simply are occasionally incompetent OR ( worse ) they don't want to be seen as determining a games outcome NY making a call so instead they help determine it by not making the call. OT was fine. It just shouldn't have and wouldn't have gone to OT had they done their job in the last minute
That's irrelevant BK. A game is 60 minutes long and just because a team blows a lead or makes a huge comeback doesn't make them more deserving of a call. The call needs to be made when it's the right call
Well you can say the refs lost you this game with that 1 call, but youre wrong the falcons lost this game all their own
There's a difference between losing a game and having a call cost you the game. Every team that loses lost because they missed out on making a play when they had the chance. The refs blowing a call isn't the sole reason any team ever loses but it can still be the major ingredient in what cost a team a win.
No they're not. All calls need to be made BUT dome are more important to the games outcome. Those calls need to be spot on. The two ideas are not mutually exclusive
It is just false to assume that a bad call early in the game couldn't have or didn't have as much impact as a call late in the game. Just because it is harder to predict the ultimate outcome earlier doesn't mean that one call was more important than the other.
No its really not. A call made 2 minutes into the game gives a team 58 minutes to overcome it. A blown call with 2 minutes left gives a team w minutes to overcome it. They're not of the same importance. ALL calls need to be made correctly but calls made at the end are simply more vital and always will be. And those same calls will always be more scrutinized. That's reality
Agree to disagree, I guess. Just because they will be more scrutinized does not make them more important.
So say you're driving somewhere and you have 4 hours to get there. 20 minutes into the trip you run out of gas. It's takes you 15 minutes to get gas and get back on the road. Now you've got 3 hours and 25 minutes to make the drive that normally take you 3:40. Does that suck? Sure but you drive a little faster and you make it. Now say you've got 20 minutes LEFT in that same trip and you run out of gas. It takes you the same q5 minutes to go refill. Now you've got 5 minutes to drive the last 20 minutes. That's impossible. Moral of the story is that WHEN something happens is certainly relevant. The exact same thing happening late is more important to the outcome than when it happens early. It just is.
I'm fine with there being no PI calls because generally the WR is bigger, faster and stronger than the DB. Shit if Julio could push off and use his size and strength without fear of penalty he'd have 500 YPG. That may be what he needs to start doing at games end. The officials are clearly hesitant to throw flags so he should use that to his advantage
