Ok, let’s say that Sproles did go out of bounds. That would mean that a Saints touchdown drive was aided by a bad call. The Bears lone touchdown drive was aided by that ridiculous roughing the passer call on Roman Harper for his “continuous contact”. Bad calls on scoring drives were even for both teams. Get over yourselves Bears fans. All this whining over a bad call, yet none of you seem to be outraged over the fact that your offensive line can’t block a mosquito and is on pace to allow 88 sacks this season. Yall are worried about the wrong thing.

You are completely missing the point. Are you being this obtuse on purpose?

I don’t care who’s playing, the NFL made a rule that says all scores must be reviewed, and coaches aren’t allowed to challenge them.

They lucked out that this bad call was late in a game well in hand by the Saints, and not a go-ahead TD in a divisional game or late-season game with playoff implications. It’s the big picture.

That’s what most of the complaint about the call has been around, the fact that the NFL made this review mandate, they took it out of the coaches hands, and now the league can’t execute the system properly.

It’s not just about some random garbage TD in a blowout. It’s about a something that could wind up causing a big problem going forward.

Get over yourself, bub.

scarab21 says:
Sep 21, 2011 11:54 AM
@stadenko.. in the given situation, would you rather have the TD scored on you on that play… or have 4 chances to stop a TD from the .0000001 yard line?
ill take my chances with the 4 plays.

do you believe fumbles/interceptions/center-qb fumble exchanges exist.. or goal line stops?

===
Even if the Saints don’t get any points in that drive, they were up 10 already and it was the 4th quarter. What makes anyone on here believe the Bears would overcome 10 points with less than a quarter left, when they had taken 3 quarters to score 13??
____________________________________
scra22, i’m not even sure why the bills came out to play the second half this week

The system was put in place to make sure the refs got it right. They refs blew the call and the review officials compounded the blown call by failing to even review the play which they were supposed to do in the first place. Someone needs to be disciplined or equipment needs be double and triple checked. With all the technology used in football games these days, this type of blown call is simply inexcusable.

The NFL can use officiating to help teams win on a selective basis to help drive up revenue. In this case, they wanted the Saints to win so they helped them win.

The sad part to me is, that most fans don’t care that the NFL is rigging games. This is especially true for fans of teams getting the breaks. See: Steelers and Saints fans.

————–
boisestatewhodat says: “Sproles wasn’t OOB!”
————–

Thank you for proving my point.

You are completely wrong. Under Norv Turner’s offense Brees would be just as good as Rivers. What held Brees back when he was in SD was Marty (3 yards and a cloud of dust) Schottenheimer. If Brees would have been allowed to throw, he would have had success. You might be on thatt same bandwagon.

Now hold up one second. There is a big difference between pointing out the inconsistencies of a (dumb) rule and saying “the refs screwed the Bears.”

The majority of talk I’ve heard from Bears fans has been:

a) It wouldn’t have ultimately affected the game, as the Saints probably would have scored on the next play and were well on their way to winning.

b) The game was called pretty poorly for both sides over the course of the entire game (the roughing penalty as example #1, not the non-TD).

Stop generalizing a legitimate question as sour grapes. Had the situation had been reversed and it was Matt Forte who stepped out of bounds for garbage points in a blowout, would you be so dismissive?

And this whole “he was going to score anyway” argument is terrible.

If nothing else, you do it when it “doesn’t matter” so that when it actually happens in legitimate game-affecting plays, you’ve got your sh*t together. Which clearly, the crew did not. If you’re going to make a blanket rule, treat it as a blanket rule.

Oh, and yes, Sproles was clearly out of bounds. Saints were clearly going to win either way, but come on, I would have hoped even the biggest homer would see his foot was clearly on the line.

Someone above said Lovie should’ve thrown the red flag regardless… But Andy Reid did that in the preseason… he threw a challenge flag for a play that was clearly not a touchdown. The Eagles were penalized, and the play was NOT reviewed! I don’t care if its unsportsmanlike conduct or not, they still should’ve reviewed that play.

and im a big USC fan.

HELL to the N-O we don’t miss him. Darren Sproles is everything Ol’ Deuce Nickel was supposed to be and more. The Dolphins better be glad they got Daniel Thomas or otherwise they’d be super-screwed. I don’t wish Reggie any ill, but I am glad that we moved on from him.

all im saying is that it was a blown call..
you sir are the idiot. cause you ASSUMED i said it was a fixed call.
i dont like either team.. and i like sproles..
im just commenting on the blown call.

as far as the “saints dominated the game” that has nothing to do with the blown call. “they would have scored on the next play” is the same as saying they would have been stopped 4 times in a row..

damn dude calm down. it was a blown call thats it.
doesnt effect me one way or another who won.

why dont you “reach” into the pill case and take a chill pill.

but you never know what could happen.. that was my second point.. momentums change.. thats why they have the term “game-changer”

That way no matter how many mistakes the zebra team makes, the coach has a chance to fix it. Unless the coach is the one making the mistake of challenging things he shouldn’t. Then he losses the right to challenge for the rest of the game.

This allows for every mistake a ref makes to be correctible, keeping a team from being victumized by a ref;s bad day, and prevents a coach from challenging everything under the sun.

SMH 6 months ago when they made this change. It sounded so Big Botherish it is not funny.

Don’t even worry, we have it allllll taken care of.

The Saints dominated the Bears most of the game. You’re basing this idea of a fix on the thought that in four plays a miracle in the meadowlands style play would occur? Really? That’s why the NFL “gave” Sproles the touchdown? To prevent that? You’re an idiot if you seriously believe that.

When we win, the NFL fixed the game. When we lose, it’s because we are the same old Aints followed quickly by stale Katrina jokes. That’s the way it’s been for 5 years now. I’m tired of hearing the same haters say the same old things. Come up with something original, at least.

do you believe fumbles/interceptions/center-qb fumble exchanges exist.. or goal line stops?

===
Even if the Saints don’t get any points in that drive, they were up 10 already and it was the 4th quarter. What makes anyone on here believe the Bears would overcome 10 points with less than a quarter left, when they had taken 3 quarters to score 13??

—————

That came after Lance Briggs hit Robert Meachem after he’d already gone out of bounds, and the refs didn’t call a penalty. It should have not only been a first down, but 15 extra yards for a personal foul. How is Joe Buck a Saints homer? I’m pretty sure he’s not from New Orleans nor has he ever had any affiliation with anything Louisiana related.

As a bears fan I wasn’t too upset because I thought the saints would have scored on the next play anyhow. The play that did bother me was the Saints time out (offering up some cash) to get a much needed first down.
It was 4 & 1, saints take a time out and talk to the ref. Next play is first and 10. Even though the play didnt get reviewed and no challenge was issued. Even Joe Buck (the saint biggest homer) was confused on how they got the first down.
Just another advantage given to the media darlings.
=====

Are you really going to complain about that? That timeout came after your guy Briggs hit Meachem out of bounds and the refs didn’t throw a flag. It was a blatant hit out of bounds, and you SHOULD have been penalized 15 yards, but weren’t, and Sean Payton called the timeout to chew out the refs. And it wouldn’t have been 4th down, it would have been 3rd down.