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sp6488
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 Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 10:21 am Post subject: Owen Daniels TD Catch |
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Just wanted to bring in something that I posted in the Good/Bad/Ugly thread in Gen. I wasn't on during the game, so I'm not sure if this was discussed in the gameday thread. I'm a little hesitant to go in there and see what was written prior to page 25 or so. Anyway, I was surprised that the Owen Daniels TD catch held up to review. Not that it would have changed anything, but considering how loosely interpreted the ball touching the ground rule is (generally if it touches then no catch, even though that's not the correct ruling necessarily) I was shocked they didnt call no catch. You can see his hands seperate from the ball and it bounce back up into his chest. They probably would have still scored, but I was a bit miffed by this.
Thoughts on the Pollard helmet-to-helmet as well? All day the CBS crew would say something then have to backtrack. They were all over Pollard at first, but when they saw the replay resorted to, "well, it may not have been h-t-h, but you cant make contact with his helmet!" Seemed like a reach to me.
| sp6488 wrote: | | Jaytrajik wrote: | | sp6488 wrote: | The Good-
Terrell Suggs coming back strong off the Achilles injury, despite looking out of shape.
Jacoby Jones continues to give us a return threat that we haven't had in years.
Ray Rice was effective running the ball when he had the opportunities.
The Bad-
O-line couldn't give Joe any time at all.
Our receivers couldn't get a lick of seperation.
Flacco missed some throws.
The Ugly-
Cam Cameron's playcalling.
Defensive scheme/execution.
The Dierdorff/Gumbel broadcast crew was awful along with the production team. They were blatantly wrong on so many of their first reactions and highlights/replays of big plays were either missing or severely delayed.
**Side note: In no way did this impact the game, but I thought the TD catch by Daniels was BS. I feel like we see refs call any ball that even touches the ground incomplete (even though that's not the rule). In this cas we saw his hand seperate from the ball and a bounce. Just want some consistency. |
I didn't see a bounce. If there was, it was shielded by his body.
Bottom line is you couldn't overturn that play because there was no conclusive evidence. Had it been called an incompletion, it would have stood as well. |
Right around 0:50
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/0ap1000000082815/Owen-Daniels-dives-for-TD-catch |
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SnA ExclusiVe
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| Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 10:58 am Post subject: |
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I thought the Daniels play was a TD, but the call on Pollard was beyond atrocious. In no way did he even ATTEMPT to go helmet to helmet with the guy.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 11:07 am Post subject: |
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I'm with SnA.
Daniels caught the ball, but that personal foul flag was pathetic. Not that it mattered.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 11:40 am Post subject: |
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It looked like a TD to me. Looked like the ball hit the ground but he didn't lose control of it.
Though, I think if it had been called an incompletion the call would have stood too.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 11:44 am Post subject: |
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| Flaccomania wrote: | It looked like a TD to me. Looked like the ball hit the ground but he didn't lose control of it.
Though, I think if it had been called an incompletion the call would have stood too. |
See, before the ball hits the ground, though, it appears that his left hand comes off of the ball then reclutches as it hits the ground and seems to bounce up into his chest/stomach. Not a big deal, didn't decide anything, just seems a little inconsistent considering that refs generally seem to equate any ball touching the ground as using the ground to secure the catch. Now, this is very similar to the Boldin TD in week 1, which I feel could have gone either way, and maybe the key here is original ruling. Just thought it was an interesting call. When I was watching the game later, there was another similar catch that was reviewed. Was glad they kept some consistency by ruling that as a catch as well.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 11:45 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, I didn't think the ground caused the ball to move at all so it looked like a TD to me.
The Pollard helmet to helmet call was mildly questionable. I basically dislike the rule more than the ref's calls. I have seen refs call far worse instances than that. |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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You guys may have tuned out of the game at that point or something. That clearly wasn't a touchdown.
Daniels had control of the ball, then went to re-position it into his body, and in the process of doing that, took both hands off the ball, the ball then hit the ground and bounced right back up into his chest so it didn't really look to move around a lot, but he didn't have actual control of it at that point. Looked clear as day that it wasn't a TD.
But no big deal, they probably would've scored right after that anyway.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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| spiritoftruth wrote: | You guys may have tuned out of the game at that point or something. That clearly wasn't a touchdown.
Daniels had control of the ball, then went to re-position it into his body, and in the process of doing that, took both hands off the ball, the ball then hit the ground and bounced right back up into his chest so it didn't really look to move around a lot, but he didn't have actual control of it at that point. Looked clear as day that it wasn't a TD.
But no big deal, they probably would've scored right after that anyway. |
Well this makes me feel like I'm not totally crazy here. If anyone needs a refresher, please see the link in the OP.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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After watching the NFL.com clip, yeah, that ball hit the ground.
However, it doesn't matter they would've scored on the next play, and if that failed they would've gone for it on 4th down and walked into the endzone probably.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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| SnA ExclusiVe wrote: | After watching the NFL.com clip, yeah, that ball hit the ground.
However, it doesn't matter they would've scored on the next play, and if that failed they would've gone for it on 4th down and walked into the endzone probably. |
I agree that it probably didnt matter, but then again every play does matter. We can speculate what may have happened, but maybe there's a tipped ball with a Reed return on the next play. Again, not saying this impacted the final score at all, but the correct call should be made regardless of situation. This rule in particular seems to be one of the least consistently administered/applied in the league.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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Actually the ball never hits the ground. His hands are underneath the ball the entire time. The only question is, did he bobble it or secure it when he was bringing it into his chest and there wasn't any conclusive evidence to state that he didn't.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Jaytrajik wrote: | | Actually the ball never hits the ground. His hands are underneath the ball the entire time. The only question is, did he bobble it or secure it when he was bringing it into his chest and there wasn't any conclusive evidence to state that he didn't. |
I disagree. It appears that after he gets both hands back on the ball, the nose hits the ground. The key thing, though, is that it was so quick that I don't think there's conclusive evidence that he didn't catch it cleanly, at least not enough to overturn.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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| sp6488 wrote: | | Jaytrajik wrote: | | Actually the ball never hits the ground. His hands are underneath the ball the entire time. The only question is, did he bobble it or secure it when he was bringing it into his chest and there wasn't any conclusive evidence to state that he didn't. |
I disagree. It appears that after he gets both hands back on the ball, the nose hits the ground. The key thing, though, is that it was so quick that I don't think there's conclusive evidence that he didn't catch it cleanly, at least not enough to overturn. |
I posted a poll in the general section, check it out.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Jaytrajik wrote: | | sp6488 wrote: | | Jaytrajik wrote: | | Actually the ball never hits the ground. His hands are underneath the ball the entire time. The only question is, did he bobble it or secure it when he was bringing it into his chest and there wasn't any conclusive evidence to state that he didn't. |
I disagree. It appears that after he gets both hands back on the ball, the nose hits the ground. The key thing, though, is that it was so quick that I don't think there's conclusive evidence that he didn't catch it cleanly, at least not enough to overturn. |
I posted a poll in the general section, check it out. |
I saw. Congrats on finally getting that in the right place 
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