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Post by melkaman8200 on Nov 18, 2010 7:48:30 GMT -5
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Post by cj on Nov 18, 2010 9:14:20 GMT -5
Sorry if this is going to ruffle some feathers....this segment instead of being informative is sort of becoming whitewash city. They've beaten the catch/no catch ruling to death. Okay. But as Periera did in his chat, there were 2 pretty much game deciding calls on Sunday, the dpi in the Ram-Niner game where MP said it was uncatchable and should never have been called (although he implied Rams had gotten some breaks earlier in the game) and the opi on the td winning play in the Falcon-Raven game. No mentin of either...MP used to do three plays in his segments...there was only one and then a discussion of what happens when the replay system breaks down which I think there is nothing that can be done about it. Sorry NFLN, you've got to do better.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2010 9:35:06 GMT -5
Part of the reason that official review is repetitive is because the League is working too hard to defend a rule (maintaining possession through the ground) that is not in the best interest of the game. I understand the former VP of Officiating's desire to have rules that were black and white to protect the officials, but the truth is that rules written in this way reduce the effectiveness of on-field officials by implying that they lack what is needed for a jdugment call. Football officiating is no where near as subjective as soccer officiating, and the great football officials (we talk so much on this site about Jerry Markbreit) are known for their judgment and discretion. This is what we want in all NFL officials. One of the great additions in recent years is officials' physical conditioning. BJ 111 Terrence Miles's excellent coverage of DeSean Jackson's opening catch in the Eagles-Redskins' game (it seemed that he moved as fast as the players) shows what happens when good officials work games. I hope the NFL continues to work at getting plays right, but also at developing officials' conditioning, judgment, and discretion.
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Post by FredFan7 on Nov 18, 2010 10:47:00 GMT -5
I continue to be impressed with Carl Johnson. He is becoming more and more comfortable each week doing these segments.
Thank you, Mr. Johnson, for continuing Official Review!
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