pennstate10 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) Embarrassing missed call on obvious fumble that should have ended game Edited January 9, 2021 by pennstate10 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Digg? Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I wouldn’t say it’s embarrassing but it definitely did look like a fumble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaMilBill Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Only call I’ve ever seen that was worse was the no call DPI against the Saints that sent the Rams to the SB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDubya76 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Good ole Norman Esiason, who has hated Buffalo for decades, was shocked it wasn’t a fumble. No excuse for bad calls with the benefit of replay. Good teams persevere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, VaMilBill said: Only call I’ve ever seen that was worse was the no call DPI against the Saints that sent the Rams to the SB What about how they tried to call a ball that didnt even make it to a recievers hands a catch in our game? That's pretty bad... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niagara Dude Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 8 minutes ago, pennstate10 said: Embarrassing missed call on obvious fumble that should have ended game How many freaking times was River getting away with delay of game? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDubya76 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Niagara Dude said: How many freaking times was River getting away with delay of game? Well you see, the play clock has to hit zero. The referee has to look at his watch to confirm the zero. He then has to look at the ball. Then he has to look back up at the play clock to make sure that the first zero wasn’t a mirage. Then back down to his watch to make sure there are no glitches in the Matrix. Then back up to the ball. If is still not snapped, he/she then the makes the call. Edited January 9, 2021 by JDubya76 1 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 They realized it was too obvious last year so they had them talking to the refs during the replay off the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real McClappy Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) Could you imagine the hell the league would get if we somehow managed to lose this game after that BS? I've seen some really, really bad calls and this one hits the top 5 list easy. I'd be losing it in all honesty if we lost after that. I'm just glad we were able to beat the Colts and refs this game. The amount of O line holding or better yet tackles was absurd. Indy did not have 1 offensive penalty all game. Felt like I was watching the old Patriots on O. Edited January 9, 2021 by Real McNasty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak-O Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 That really looked like a fumble, but other than that I liked the refs today a lot. Very few flags. They let the players play and didn't call every little thing, only the really obvious ones. It was good for my nerves once I realized I didn't have to look for a flag after every successful Bills play. Since we won I'm willing to forgive Fumblegate. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Joshin' Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, JDubya76 said: Well you see, the play clock has to hit zero. The referee has to look at his watch to confirm the zero. He then has to look at the ball. Then he has to look back up at the play clock to make sure that the first zero wasn’t a mirage. Then back down to his watch to make sure there are no glitches in the Matrix. Then back up to the ball. If is still not snapped, he/she then the makes the call. That is the official position. This is an easy tech fix: when the clock hits zero a buzzer goes off on the official watching the ball. If not hiked, penalty. No need to look up. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksilver Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 All of my chat buddies, who are dolphans, said it was an obvious fumble. How is there not a better system for this Multibillion dollar product? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonCents Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 It was a horrible call, many calls the NFL missed are open to interpretation, that one wasn’t. If the Bills lost that would have been up there with the Saints Vikings call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDubya76 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Just Joshin' said: That is the official position. This is an easy tech fix: when the clock hits zero a buzzer goes off on the official watching the ball. If not hiked, penalty. No need to look up. Quick fix.........Referee and QB shock collars. When the clock hits zero.....boom taser, they all fall down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 You mean the FBJ ("Screw" the Bills Judge)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Watkins' Rib Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I got to say. Other than that blown call, which damn near cost us the game, I thought this was the best officiated game I've ever seen. The three play sequence before the half on the Bills TD drive the officials were spot on all three calls. And all three helped the Bills. Also, was there a single false start or offensive holding call for either team all game? A really clean game overall and well officiated until that missed fumble call. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkreed Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Does a 10 second runoff only occur if they change the ruling on the field? The clock was running when they went under the hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 NFL needs to go to countdown with 1/10 counter and have it not stop at 0. -0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxcar Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 24 minutes ago, Real McNasty said: Could you imagine the hell the league would get if we somehow managed to lose this game after that BS? I've seen some really, really bad calls and this one hits the top 5 list easy. I'd be losing it in all honesty if we lost after that. I'm just glad we were able to beat the Colts and refs this game. The amount of O line holding or better yet tackles was absurd. Indy did not have 1 offensive penalty all game. Felt like I was watching the old Patriots on O. That non fumble call was bad but I still think the Knox reception that was ruled an INT even after replay review was worse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niagara Dude Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 33 minutes ago, JDubya76 said: Well you see, the play clock has to hit zero. The referee has to look at his watch to confirm the zero. He then has to look at the ball. Then he has to look back up at the play clock to make sure that the first zero wasn’t a mirage. Then back down to his watch to make sure there are no glitches in the Matrix. Then back up to the ball. If is still not snapped, he/she then the makes the call. Right, so why not snap the ball with 1 sec or more left. Rivers was purposely sucking as much time as possible, no reason to wait until 0 to snap the ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsShredder83 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 They also missed 2 obvious facemasks. One on Zack moss, and the other one on the kick return we got called for holding on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 They let everyone play today. There were a couple of defensive holding calls we got away with as well. They gave old man Rivers every opportunity today they possibly could. Still a W for our Bills, though I'm sure I'm a little more thin up top after this one. Now we get to do it all again next week. Go Bills!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malazan Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 My view is that it was definitely a fumble, but it's not insane that they said it wasn't clear enough to overturn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Just now, jeremy2020 said: My view is that it was definitely a fumble, but it's not insane that they said it wasn't clear enough to overturn. Oh, it was clear and it was definitely a fumble. Should have been our ball and kneel down time. Glad we still got the win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsShredder83 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, jeremy2020 said: My view is that it was definitely a fumble, but it's not insane that they said it wasn't clear enough to overturn. These guys should be smart enough to know this was a smart play by Poyer* to let him up, not a flukey fumble. Add that to a call that looks pretty clear and you have extra evidence of what your eyes told you. Edited January 9, 2021 by BillsShredder83 Autocorrect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real McClappy Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, H2o said: They let everyone play today. There were a couple of defensive holding calls we got away with as well. They gave old man Rivers every opportunity today they possibly could. Still a W for our Bills, though I'm sure I'm a little more thin up top after this one. Now we get to do it all again next week. Go Bills!!! I don't have an issue with letting them play. But when your D-line is straight being tackled by an O-line that is really not letting them play is it? Edited January 9, 2021 by Real McNasty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Darragh Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 28 minutes ago, qwksilver said: All of my chat buddies, who are dolphans, said it was an obvious fumble. How is there not a better system for this Multibillion dollar product? My oh my, Balvenie 21? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetermansRedemption Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) Absolutely obvious call. NFL officiating is comical. I understand in real time getting the call wrong. To get it wrong on replay is embarrassing. Also, we all know they weren’t going to review it until McDermott called that T.O and forced them to. Then, suddenly, the replay official happened to be buzzing and we get the T.O back. Edited January 9, 2021 by PetermansRedemption Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7975 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 In Tampa to make sure Brady wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaB Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 It was funny we had to call a time out for them to look at the call. Kind of bull####, so it was no surprise they let the call on the field stand. It was clearly a fumble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwai San Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) OK....here is my thought.....wasn't a fumble that wasn't unlike the 3 in a row calls the Bills got earlier in the game....people ease down!!! These refs are not perfect. Bills made out more than they lost out. Bottom line they won...breathe people breathe! Edited January 9, 2021 by Kwai San Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) Turns out it was freaking Al Riveron — who has no business being employed as an NFL official — who made the decision: ”The final minute had a major controversy, with the Colts’ Zach Pascal appearing to fumble and the Bills recovering to seal the win. The officials ruled Pascal down on the field and the replay official didn’t signal for a review, but Bills coach Sean McDermott called timeout, and during the timeout the play was reviewed. Most observers weighing in on social media thought it was a fumble, but Al Riveron in the league’s officiating office decided that the ruling on the field would stand.” https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/01/09/bills-hold-on-to-beat-colts-in-wild-postseason-opener/ Edited January 9, 2021 by dave mcbride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorin' Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 12 minutes ago, jeremy2020 said: My view is that it was definitely a fumble, but it's not insane that they said it wasn't clear enough to overturn. I could see why they ruled it down at first. On review it's pretty clear that he gets back up before he's contacted. But I don't see the exact moment the ball comes out, and he gets tackled again. I couldn't see when the ball was clearly fumbled before his butt hits down again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba Gump Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Anyone hear Tasker going absolutely bat ***** crazy on the radio? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmart128 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 2 hours ago, JDubya76 said: Well you see, the play clock has to hit zero. The referee has to look at his watch to confirm the zero. He then has to look at the ball. Then he has to look back up at the play clock to make sure that the first zero wasn’t a mirage. Then back down to his watch to make sure there are no glitches in the Matrix. Then back up to the ball. If is still not snapped, he/she then the makes the call. There was one that was at 0 for like 3 seconds and then they just gave Colts a timeout. I swear they dont even look at the play clock and use that procedure as an excuse for not paying attention. They really need a buzzer that goes off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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