Calvin Johnson was a catch. Lee Evans was a drop.

Still stings in Bmore today.

If you’re going to screw your team, always wear a Condon.

It sucks, but it wasn’t a catch…now move on to the next year.

Second, to overturn a call, there has to be indisputable video evidence to overturn the call. Again, based on whichever angle you view, it can go either way. With no indisputable evidence, you can’t overturn the call. Still incomplete.

Third, this wasn’t the only play in the game. What about the other 59 minutes and change where the Ravens offense and defense didn’t do their jobs by making sure the Pats didn’t score more points than them? I don’t hear anybody talking about that.

And for Steelers fans talking about the Ravens needing help, I’ve got 3 items for you to think about:

1. Watch the replay of the incomplete catch from the Super Bowl last year at the end of the game. You clearly see Ben telling the ref they should have thrown a flag. Looks like Ben needs the help here.

2. In the Super Bowl vs. the Seahawks, Ben NEVER crossed the goal line and the ball never broke the plane. But the refs gave him the TD anyhow. Looks like Ben needed the help here.

3. Same Super Bowl vs. the Seahawks, and Seattle is called for holding on a long completion. Watch the replay, and there was no holding there. Looks like the Steelers needed the help here.

So Steeler fans shouldn’t talk about needing the help of the refs when the Steelers have clearly needed/wanted the help for every SB win they ever got (or didn’t get).

Then why wasn’t it a TD for Johnson? I just watched it – the replay – again, three times. His feet were down, both of them, then he landed on his ass and THEN he put the ball down. Total possession all the way through. Still pissed.

It’s because the definition of “controls the ball” requires a player going to the ground to maintain possession. The “Calvin Johnson Rule” is unrelated to the end zone because it applies anywhere. I think in the case of CJ’s infamous catch it was applied too strictly, but the CJ Rule is not incompatible with the rule in the OP.

Once again, the NFL gives the Patriots some help to get ahead.

Official can arrogantly say “called incomplete, correctly, ” all they want. From the replays I saw, he had two feet down and possession. That’s a touchdown.

So tell me why you couldn’t at least look at such an important play? Isn’t that the purpose of instant replay?

Oh I get it. The purpose of instant replay is to assist the Patriots to win as many SB’s as we can give them. This is the second one they don’t belong in.

However, it clearly wasn’t a catch since his left foot wasn’t “completely on the ground” at any point while he had control of the football. But that’s tough to see in real time, so there should have been a review.

For those people who say “It WAS reviewed”, I thought the purpose of the review system was to give the referees a chance to verify or overturn a questionable call, not some guy sitting up in the booth. And doing reviews in this manner makes them completely transparent to the viewer, which also negates the point of having a review system at all.

But obviously, the point is that the NFL just wants to cram as many commercials into as little football as possible, as evidenced by how the clock never stopped when Flacco ran out of bounds. The NFL wants to hurry up and go to commercial, so they have to cut out stupid, unnecessary things like reviews and clock management.

Again, I’m not complaining about the actual outcome of the game. It was a great game played well by both teams, with errors made on both sides of the ball on both teams. But the lack of quality and consistency in NFL officiating is terrible, and the NFL would rather make excuses than change things or even just admit that “Yes, we should have had the guy on the field review it, just so that the viewers would actually know that it’s being reviewed.” Because if they had done that, then they wouldn’t have to defend anything today.

Thank you. That is a better tone.

The reason for the Pittsburgh games mention was to defend Joe Flacco (or is that Slacco?). I thought you would have figured that out. I understand you don’t like the Ravens, but the guy is better than you give him credit for. You act like he is Joe(y) Harrington. Flacco is more than just a servable QB. And the guy throwing all the 3 yard passes yesterday was not wearing purple either. Joe did man up during the presser and say that he under threw Torrey. He was not perfect. I have seen Ben underthrow people occassionally also. And while Ben is a great QB, he is not perfect either.

Man, I get that you hate of the Ravens. I feel the same about the Steelers. The difference is I have no issue admiring your players for what they do well. Even the hated Hines Ward. In your initial comments all you were doing was bad mouthing Joe and Ravens fans.

I guess I don’t think someone is a fan of this game unless you can be objective and fair. Those that can’t be are just “homers.” As for “whiners” about calls. Yes, even the Ravens fan base has a few misdirected souls that are dumb enough to complain about a missed call as an excuse. But so does EVERY team on these blogs. And frankly, the majority of the complaints I see are about Evans and Cundiff, and I think Ravens fans have a right to be upset with them. Yes, there are some that think Evans possessed that ball long enough for a TD (which he did not, IMHO).

Yes, it’s a game. But dude, think a little more fairly in your comments. Maybe taking off the black and yellow glasses once in a while will help.

I am not speaking ill of others. I just think its funny that the ravens fans are whining about refs. Avtually, i was rooting for the ravens the last time they won the SB. But seems like they have changed and think the “deserve” more respect than they get. Yes, i will give it to you, they did beat us twice and Joe drove them right down the field in pittsburgh to beat us at the end. It was a great game for him and one of his best drives. Not really sure what beating pittsburgh twice this year was part of your response. Using your logic, Hey, the steelers beat new england this year. That win got us as much as the ravens beating us twice, no where. I actually respect the ravens and have no reason to speak bad about other fans because i realize its just a game. Again, its just irony that a team that can never just lose a game without 100 excuses, needs to make them when they dont get 1 call.

why be so vile? so bitter?

Ben is a great QB. And no, Flacco is not his equal. And Joe was far form perfect yesterday, but had a really good day? Why is it, many of you from Pittsburgh are incapable of being “good sports?” Do they not teach you all to respect other people, teams, players, etc.

And really. No Steeler fans whine about calls? Really? Last year when we lost I came out in this forum and said we had the game an blew it. We had no one to blame but ourselves. As I have said before, bad calls are part of the game. You get some. You have some against you. Everyone does!!!!

And every team has decent fans, who can respect the other teams and their fans, and then there are fans like you who nonsensically make statements about players and fans and have no real knowledge of the game. Sorry your life is so terrible you need to speak ill of others to make yourself feel better. I feel sorry for you. I do.

And last, the “gane” manager beat you all twice this year. Sorry about that. Maybe you’ll do better next year.

You are retarded! Do you know nothing about how NFL scheduling works? Seriously? You said this same crap last week and I, as well as probably a dozen others, explained how NFL scheduling works. Before you spend all your time on a football site you might want to look into the basic stuff… like, say, how the schedule is determined. Idiot!

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Amen! He obviously didn’t read the comments from his last dumbass post re. scheduling or maybe he wouldv’e learned something. He’s either some idot kid, a monogoloid or someone who lives in their own fantasy world believing that ignorance really is bliss.
You trully know how to make an ass out of yourself snnyjcbs!!

If that had been Brady to Branch in the endzone, there would’ve been Gulf War-like mobilization of video reviews by the refs and the Pats awarded a TD. Just like that 2007 regular season game when Ben Watson bobbled the ball as he stepped out of bounds but was awarded a TD to give the Pats an undefeated regular season record.
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Interesting that all you people crying about how if this were the Pats they would have been awarded a TD aren’t discussing the TD BY BRADY HIMSELF that was reversed upon review. However, that doesn’t suit your argument so its easier to just blow past it.

If that had been Brady to Branch in the endzone, there would’ve been Gulf War-like mobilization of video reviews by the refs and the Pats awarded a TD. Just like that 2007 regular season game when Ben Watson bobbled the ball as he stepped out of bounds but was awarded a TD to give the Pats an undefeated regular season record.

But I guess it wouldn’t be a Ravens loss without a little whining from about the officials.