Decent game but BS call at the end. You see that kind of hold all game/season long. Have the people saying it was a good call watched Sauce this season?
2nd viewing you see it. 1st view they started too late and just showed the hand on the back. Play of game? Unforced fumble for Td. May have cost hurts a SB win and a SB MVP.
The salient point is that the refs were letting them play and all of a sudden . . . ?! Of course if that was the Jets - and it will never be the Jets - that wasn't even Mark Gastineau Part 2. Three letters: F-I-X.
It's like in baseball when an ump has a wide strike zone. As long as they are consistent you can deal with it. It's when all of sudden those pitches start getting called balls for your team it's becomes a huge problem.
I'm asking the refs to have awareness on game situation and if the foul would have effected the end result. I agree with you the refs aren't mandated to do this, but I think it's a very big problem in the NFL in general, specifically the ladder. If Wilson was prevented in a play he could have made, in your scenario, I would be furious. But the play in question I don't think the receiver was getting the catch either way.
I think JuJu woulda caught the ball and won the game but even if I didn't, I don't want refs blowing calls just because it's down the end in the super bowl. Ju Ju had his man beat, so he held him. The players decided the outcome
I think we've fallen into the opinion part of the debate. If he would have caught it without the hold and if refs should treat a game defining moment the and way a play nobody will remember in the first
This SB proves what almost everyone already knows. QB and coaching win SBs. Defense is optional and a big plus if you have the other two.
If he catches the ball, the Eagles still have 1:45ish left on the clock. The only way the game ends where it did without a rebuttal is if they call that penalty.
Non-calls can affect the outcome of the game just as much as calls made so if that is the criteria there is no argument based on that to warrant not making the call.
I don't think it's that black and white, but again everyone is entitled to their opinion. The particular play in question, I don't think the receiver would have caught it. That should negate even time/score considerations.
The Eagles are exactly who I thought they were. A team with a weak schedule, who took advantage of some decent teams with key injuries. Sent from my SM-S906U using Tapatalk
Huh? I mean they lost to the #1 seed in the AFC who has the best QB in the game and won the MVP. They lost by a field goal with 11 seconds left. It’s not like they didn’t belong on the same field.
The Eagles also have a great roster. One of the tops in the NFL. They are a really good team. My only doubt was Hurts and he more than lived up to the task.
I agree but I do think they benefited strongly from a cakewalk NFC schedule and a cake playoff schedule. Next year it wont be as easy because I dont think ive seen a team ever have an easier road to the Super Bowl than this Eagles team. They could make it back though, but it will be more difficult. NFC couldn't be much worse than it was this year.
The Chiefs did not belong on the field actually. The Refs robbed the Bengals of the Super Bowl game. I normally hate the Eagles and would have rooted for the Chiefs, but the AFC championship officiating caused me to root for the Eagles oddly enough. The refs were bad in this game, but it could be argued they were bad for both teams. The holding call was proper by the rules, but improper based on the way the game was being called. The Eagles' defense is the real reason the Eagles lost. How do you leave two receivers so wide-open in the red zone? The Special Teams' punt return defense was 2nd. If any fan base has a right to complain, it is the Bengals fans, not the annoying Eagles fans.
