2015 NFC Wild Card Game: #6 Lions @ #3 Cowboys

[the Brain]

What was up w/the punters last weekend anyway? The Cards punter couldn't kick it 40 yds with the wind.

 

[ThunderHorse]

In the end, was it a terrible call? Perhaps. I was more angered at the fact that they threw the flag, ANNOUNCED it, and then without explanation, took it away. Even after that, Dez should have been flagged for being on the field without his helmet, but what's done is done.

It's stuff like this with Morelli though that really makes me wonder why he's still allowed to ref games.

When Pittsburgh upset Indianapolis in 05, there was a play where the Steeler's left tackle jumped before the snap and Dwight Freeney, with some other colts I might add, jumped offsides in that way so many defensive lineman do when they see an offensive lineman move. Morelli stopped the action, called no penalty on either team, and started the game again.

I still can't wrap my head around this. If the tackle didn't jump, Freeney and half of the Colt defense should have been called for offside (In the replay we saw that the tackle did jump). That play was extremely significant because it was a 4th and inches play, and because that penalty wasn't called Cowher decided to go for it and succeeded. I doubt he would have still gone for it on a 4th and 5 the way the Colts were storming back that half. However when I think about that game even more, the play most people remember is the Polamalu interception that was reversed even though he obviously caught the ball. Things like that make me believe that Morelli is more incompetent than he is crooked, but regardless, he should never be calling playoff games.

 

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

It's stuff like this with Morelli though that really makes me wonder why he's still allowed to ref games.

When Pittsburgh upset Indianapolis in 05, there was a play where the Steeler's left tackle jumped before the snap and Dwight Freeney, with some other colts I might add, jumped offsides in that way so many defensive lineman do when they see an offensive lineman move. Morelli stopped the action, called no penalty on either team, and started the game again.

I still can't wrap my head around this. If the tackle didn't jump, Freeney and half of the Colt defense should have been called for offside (In the replay we saw that the tackle did jump). That play was extremely significant because it was a 4th and inches play, and because that penalty wasn't called Cowher decided to go for it and succeeded. I doubt he would have still gone for it on a 4th and 5 the way the Colts were storming back that half. However when I think about that game even more, the play most people remember is the Polamalu interception that was reversed even though he obviously caught the ball. Things like that make me believe that Morelli is more incompetent than he is crooked, but regardless, he should never be calling playoff games.

The fact it's all the same guy is nuts to think about.

 

[MrBill]

 

[dope]

(whoever called for Martin to be cut is crazy by the way; the guy is one of the top 3 punters the past 2 years, check the stats)

i know martin is good, but a punter makes a better scapegoat than a coach, just look at vanderjagt with the colts (though he fell apart big time after that season)

 

[MrBill]

It's stuff like this with Morelli though that really makes me wonder why he's still allowed to ref games.

When Pittsburgh upset Indianapolis in 05, there was a play where the Steeler's left tackle jumped before the snap and Dwight Freeney, with some other colts I might add, jumped offsides in that way so many defensive lineman do when they see an offensive lineman move. Morelli stopped the action, called no penalty on either team, and started the game again.

I still can't wrap my head around this. If the tackle didn't jump, Freeney and half of the Colt defense should have been called for offside (In the replay we saw that the tackle did jump). That play was extremely significant because it was a 4th and inches play, and because that penalty wasn't called Cowher decided to go for it and succeeded. I doubt he would have still gone for it on a 4th and 5 the way the Colts were storming back that half. However when I think about that game even more, the play most people remember is the Polamalu interception that was reversed even though he obviously caught the ball. Things like that make me believe that Morelli is more incompetent than he is crooked, but regardless, he should never be calling playoff games.

Morelli also blew a call at the 2009 NFC Championship game I went to watch in New Orleans. It was the game that blew open the "BountyGate". Bobby McCray drilled Favre purposely below the knees and Morelli didn't see a penalty. Of course, on the following Monday the league office said there should have been a personal foul called on the play and McCray was fined.

It is mind boggling that Morelli is rated as one of the all-star officials and gets to work playoff games. He's changed the outcomes of multiple playoff games.

 

[Cornelius]

How do the Cowboys call an empty backfield 5 WR set on 3rd and 2 inside the red zone? With one of the league's best RB's and OL's?

Scott Linehan. He sucks.