Posted on 12/17/2001 4:42:15 PM PST by TexRef
To all of the official bashers out there, time to eat a little crow... Take a look at the following excerpts from NFL reviewing end of Browns-Jaguars game (Click the link to read the entire article).
According to the article, the NFL reached a conclusion today that the "...correct procedures were followed and the correct decision made when replay overturned what had been ruled a fourth-down catch by Cleveland's Quincy Morgan."
BUT, BUT... All the Cleveland fans whine -- you CAN'T challenge a play when another play has been run -- EVERYBODY knows that.
Well, turns out that's not really how it played out. NFL's Director of Officiating Mike Pereira described what happened:
"The Browns were in a no-huddle offense trying to get to the line of scrimmage to snap the ball and stop the clock. Things were moving very quickly. When the pager went off (just before the snap), the referee allowed the play to take place before confirming with the umpire and the replay assistant that he was paged for a review."
Now you can sit here and debate about the rule all you want, but the fact is that the officials got it right AGAIN!
This has already been addressed -- read the article.
then they overturned the proper call of completion made on the field without sufficient evident
In your opinion, of course, but not in the opinion of the referee who was working the game.
then they gave an in-your-face response to the Browns coaching staff's protest
What? Now you are just making things up.
then they call the game early, then they don't put the proper time back on the clock to complete the game.
I'm not sure about the time issue... As far as I could tell from the article, they started blowing their whistle when they were alerted by the buzzer (which happened a split second before the ball was snapped for the spike play).
So, should they have put back time on the clock? I'm not sure -- it depends on what the rule says and, unlike too many uninformed people here, I'm not afraid to say that I don't know exactly what the rule says. Regardless, putting time back on the clock would not have affected the game in any way, so it is really a moot point.
You should stop reading the propoganda put out by the NFL and start reviewing the film and the facts.
They never blew their whistles to stop the play, NEVER. They didn't even look down at their buzzers until AFTER Couch had spiked the ball.
As for you claiming that the in-your-face response was made up, it was not. Chi-townChief was perfectly accurate and the reason I know that is because I was AT the game and SAW it. Where you? Didn't think so.
Stop buying the press releases from the NFL and watch the film if you get the chance. You can't doctor the film. It's all there in technicolor.
BTW, I have "The Drive" on tape and watch it every once in a while just to laugh. Laugh at Marty Shittenheimer and Earnest Byner...I think I'll watch it with some Stiller fans this weekend and laugh some more...thne watch the Steelers pound the Lyins...I'll be at Heinz for the Clowns game. In the EZ.
And you have "class?"
Even if we acknowledge that the officials did NOT do the correct thing, you think that because of one bad call they should be suspended for half a season?!?! That's absurd.
That crew should either be broken up or dissolved. They were lousy.
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