Jauronimo

Don't be modest; show your work. Lets see the trajectory of the ball, distance from upright to netting, distance from where the ball struck the netting to right upright, height of the ball when striking the netting, distance from where the ball struck the netting to where the netting is lined up with the right upright, spin rate, coefficient of drag, wind speed, etc.

One poster in this thread "triangulated" the position of the ball and was able to determine the kick was good. Ask @GG for his math.

Then lets do it.

Show me the triangulation you performed.

I'm dismissive of the thought process. 1. OP asserts the call was wrong but can't prove it. 2. Asserts the official has no clue and can't even admit it was a very close call. 3. Because the call was wrong (which hasn't been established) immediate action is needed. 4. Here are the actions needed. Its a house built on sand but it has a lot of people eager to move in. Congrats on the new house! I'm busy the day of the housewarming party.

Take it up with the OP whose entire supposition is that the call was wrong and clearly wrong at that. This is the underlying premise for this thread and the call for immediate action. That premise has widely been accepted by a number of participants. I don't think it is unreasonable for those calling for immediate action to first demonstrate there is a real problem with poor officiating on field goals.

This issue hasn't even met the criteria of being a problem until someone can demonstrate any one of these calls was incorrect. Until then the only known issue is fans whining about the outcome of judgement calls which is an immutable fact of sport. I agree that we could use tech to solve a non-issue in the sport and clarify 2 to 5 field goal calls per decade at the pro and collegiate levels. How much investment and effort that is worth is debatable.

Did you read the OP? The original title contained the words "Immediate Action".

I've watched it many times. Looks like a close call and one that was left up to referee judgement due to an errant kick. I do not see proof of a grievous mistake or anything necessitating a call to arms like the OP demands.

The point of this thread is that there is a major problem with field goal officiating in the NFL specifically with good field goals being ruled as misses. The proof is 2 close calls and some crap that happened in the NCAA, 4 or 5 instances in televised football over the past decade none of which is proven to have been an example of a missed call. No one has successfully established there is a real problem with field goal officiating. If you want to talk about using tech to address non-issues in the game, be my guest but that isn't the premise of this thread.

What does that prove?

Prove it was good, mmmkay. Sure, please share it.

No. The guys with the best view ruled it no good and there is no video evidence available to definitively prove otherwise.

In which one of these instances were points taken off the board due to referee errors? People are actually arguing that because some fans were disappointed at the outcome of close calls that the referees must have been in error.

So 2 times in 8 years this is a concern. Meanwhile baseball fans have to deal with this same issue 300 times a game. Non-issue.

Field goal officiating is not a problem in the NFL. If the ball isn't clearly through the uprights then you live with the results. If judgement calls on kicks over the uprights become an issue for a team then the far bigger issue is the kicker.

Exactly. The top of the uprights sway easily in the wind so any camera or laser would not stay pointed 90 degrees to the ground. The easiest solution is to affix the camera or a friggin laser beam to the officials head who then stands directly under the upright and hope he doesn't blow over.

I just wish she could have witnessed a Bills super bowl victory before she passed. RIP.

I thought we didn't like his freckles. Personally, I can't stand them.

He has said many times he doesn't settle into a game until he takes his first hit. I agree on the intent of the early called runs.

Allen's touch on screen passes impressed me as well. He has missed a number of swing passes and screens in his first two years. I think the game is slowing down for him, he's handling his excitement, and he is more confident in taking some speed off the ball now. Maybe not dealing with an electric crowd is helping him settle into games?

And Bass accounted for more than 10% of the missed kicks week 1.

The Bills were ok in red zone efficiency last year. They were abysmal in red zone trips. If I were offensive coordinator of the Bills and I wanted to make RB touchdowns the goal of my offense for special reasons, my first priority would be to upgrade one of the worst passing attacks in the NFL so my RBs would have more chances to carry the ball in scoring position. This isn't rocket science. Look at the median distance of touchdown runs in the NFL. Its as you might guess, under 10 yards. So how do you score more rushing touchdowns? Get the ball inside the 10 or better yet, inside the 3 yard line. Well you can't do that when you're 26th in the league in getting the ball inside the 20 yard line on a per game basis. https://www.footballperspective.com/median-length-of-rushing-touchdown-2017/

More TD production from the RBs would be mean less goal line scores for Josh. That doesn't put more points on the board. If you take $20 out of your left pocket and deposit it in your right pocket you don't have $40.

Holy specious reasoning, @Lieutenant Aldo Raine! Lets compare the #1 scoring offense last year to the Bills who were bottom feeders as evidence that we need better running backs. More trips to the red zone = more touchdowns. The Ravens had the most red zone possessions per game in 2019. Is anyone surprised that they punched in a bunch of rushing TDs? Its almost like...wait for it....the two are related! I've already demonstrated multiple times in this thread that the Bills running game was more than adequate. Even a cursory glance at the stats will show you our passing game sucked. You really want more rushing TDs??? Develop a real passing attack and move the ball between the 20s.