Comments on: Cardinals hang on after ref gives Seattle fourth timeout

By: savannahrose44

savannahrose44 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:20:24 +0000

pardon me they held Arizona’s offense without a first down. Their defense ranked #4. Point being this was a battle of 2 very good defenses.

By: savannahrose44

savannahrose44 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:18:42 +0000

tdrundmc says:
Sep 9, 2012 9:20 PM
What happened to that great Seattle defense everyone kept talking about? They couldn’t even stop Arizona’s horrible offense.

———————————————-

They held Arizona’s defense (rank #4 overall after week 1) without a first down up until Kolb entered the game. Seattle’s D finished just above Arizona at rank #3 in the league. The team was within one lousy catch of winning, had receivers made catches on any of 3 end zone passes Seattle wins. Do a little research before you speak or at least watch the game.

By: al40110

al40110 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:43:41 +0000

Yes the refs made some bad calls/missed some calls this week, but I remember seeing bad calls/missed calls last year with the “reg refs”. When you consider the refs this week haven’t been working together for years like the “reg refs” they didn’t do bad. My question is that when/if the reg refs come back will the game announcers review everycall they make? Will Mr P point out every mistake, or will he just talk about the “good” calls?

By: thingamajig

thingamajig — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:39:56 +0000

The Cardinals got Knob for just a 2nd rounder and nickel CB at best DRC. Boy did they rip off Reid and the Eagles. This will be ranked as the best trade ever for the Cardinals.

By: westclaims

westclaims — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:48:33 +0000

A win within the division is huge. And, the Cards had to beat the refs and Seattle and they did it. I’m glad that Seattle had so many shots at the end zone at the end of the game. Just proves the point even further, of who was the better team yesterday.

By: blackandbluedivision

blackandbluedivision — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:27:00 +0000

Chris Webber wants an explanation.

By: eaglesw00t

eaglesw00t — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:22:13 +0000

onlysane1intheroom says:
Sep 9, 2012 8:29 PM
Define a “fine weekend overall” please. The refs I saw were pretty bad.

—————————-

Ive been saying that for several years now. Referees have been getting progressively worse for years.

It has nothing to do with being replacements. I see holding on every play. Hands to the face on every play. Its a matter of when they want to call it is all.

Lesean McCoy had 4 runs of 10+ yards in a row, all called back because of ticky tack holds. I say let the scabs stay though. They, at least, can get better. The old refs have been doing it this bad for years.

By: hawksfanallday

hawksfanallday — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:25:17 +0000

@citynative

I think the situation can be very similar. For example, two years ago the seahawks beat the bears on the road in the regular season and in the postseason were chosen as underdogs becuz of how much the bears changed over the course of the season. and ended up winning 35-24 with 28-0 lead. It goes to show things can change.

By: raideralex99

raideralex99 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 05:42:48 +0000

Wow the refs make a mistake … so tell me something new … as a Raider fan we are use to seeing bad calls. I’m just happy the other teams get to experience it.
Lets see how many penalties the Raiders get tomorrow and then I will tell you how much I love the replacement refs.

By: jeffesky

jeffesky — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 04:10:29 +0000

remember hawk fans, peyton manning was 3-13 his rookie year and troy aikman was 1-15. not saying were gona be that bad but our wideouts were injured a lot in the preseason so they should get better as the year goes on. more so than wilson i thought our playcalling was blan and our D didnt attack until the second half (other than when Kolb came in and kicked our butts). this is simply going to be a long year and im bumed cause i drank the koolaid. i miss holmgren and matt h,,,,those were the days. it is just one game but if we start 0-3 the wheels our gona come off the 12th man. 12 man looking for a contender now so the leash is short Pete. GET IT DONE !!!!!!

By: whereyaat

whereyaat — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 03:55:29 +0000

Seahawks also got a gift 5 yards in the 3rd quarter when Wilon threw a 5-yd backwards screen outta bounds (aka a laterel), yet the SCABs treated it like a forward pass. Wilson played well for a QB besieged by a good Cards dline. The Patriots will show us just how good that Cards defense is next week, may get ugly!

By: bigblu73

bigblu73 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 03:24:32 +0000

I dont understand all the Wilson criticism!!! He cant throw and catch the ball!! On that last drive he threw 2 very “catchable” passes!

By: footballfan71

footballfan71 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 03:22:11 +0000

What’s all the 49er chest thumping about? Didn’t they lose to the Cardinals last season? Let me check… Yes! Short memory I guess for some folks. The Cards are a tough team. They just have a QB to find.

By: citynative

citynative — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 03:02:57 +0000

@hawksfanallday

I dont think its hypocritical. To be fair, one fan base is cheering what happened in the pre-season, one in the regular season. I think if you look at my earlier post on this article you will know i try to be fair. But the situations you raise are different.

By: thatyankeedude

thatyankeedude — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 02:36:18 +0000

I cannot believe the rent-a-refs are this bad!

By: pens5829

pens5829 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 02:28:12 +0000

Time for the high school refs to go back to doing what they’re qualified for. Friday night lights.

By: bkostela

bkostela — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 02:17:01 +0000

what happened to the “extra man” being added to the officiating crews to communicate with the head of officiating during games for rule interpretation? or was that only for the nationally televised wednesday night game?

By: abninf

abninf — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 02:11:17 +0000

onlysane1intheroom says: Sep 9, 2012 8:29 PM

Define a “fine weekend overall” please. The refs I saw were pretty bad.
—————————————————-

Yeah, next thing you know they’ll get a coin toss wrong.

By: fumblenuts

fumblenuts — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 02:11:16 +0000

It looked like the O-Line of the Hawks hit an Ice Burg. Too many holes, Wilson was running for his life most of that game.

Receivers couldn’t get very good separation, in the last few plays of the game. Could be a very long rookie QB season…….

Defense REALLY needs to show why they were in the Top 10 last season when we play the Cowboys at home.

By: hawksfanallday

hawksfanallday — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 02:11:06 +0000

Niner fans are the biggest hypocrites. They tell us to calm down about Wilson but now after beating green bay there acting like they won the super bowl. Yes we lost to cardinals because they simply stopped us. Its week 1. There is alot more football left.

By: jeffesky

jeffesky — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 02:08:53 +0000

As a die hard hawks fan i admit this loss hurt. i did expect we would win and thought we were a better team. if it wasnt for leon washington we wouldnt have been in the game. with the cards being a 500 team the hawks may be sittin on the bottom again this year. oh well the niners look as good as the experts said and the hawks are far frm that. Another long season , kinda like the mariners, although the mariners are a farm team for boston and the NYY.

By: youcantmakemepickausername

youcantmakemepickausername — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 02:00:53 +0000

Kolb is basically like a back-up goalie in hockey that comes in to replace the injured starter and stops everything, then gets the job full-time and can’t stop anything.

People in Philly made him out to be this
“cool, pressure doesn’t bother me guy”, but he’s clearly better when he’s not “the man”.

By: hawksfanallday

hawksfanallday — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:55:33 +0000

As a hawks fan, I see great things for Wilson. He looked very poised in that final drive for them as a rookie QB.

By: seahawks4lyfe

seahawks4lyfe — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:51:26 +0000

Actually Wilson had a good game the WR’s couldnt catch the ball in the endzone 3 times and the oline couldnt protect him the whole game so he did good for what he had

By: fnc111

fnc111 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:47:26 +0000

I said all summer that Kolb in time will be really good for AZ. Be patient he is the guy.

By: danphxariz

danphxariz — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:44:50 +0000

The replacement refs also had another huge blunder earlier in the Arizona vs. Seattle game. Following a sack of Wilson which should have put the Seahawks at 2nd and 15, the refs incorrectly gave Seattle 5 extra yards on the spot of the ball following the sack. That 5 yard mistake was obvious to everyone but the replacement refs, the Cards threw a challenge flag but the refs said that their spot wasn’t challengable. So there were at least two huge officiating mistakes in the Cardinals game.

By: scoobaj

scoobaj — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:41:31 +0000

Play calling killed the hawks this game, they will turn it around tho, it is week 1 people, relax.

By: matthewcarlson1

matthewcarlson1 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:36:16 +0000

Yup its time to just pay the real refs.. The Vikings Jags game had a division II ref as the head official.

By: seahawksdan72

seahawksdan72 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:33:05 +0000

that was a botched timeout call,thank God it didnt change the game,but it was the play calling that hurt the hawks,fix that and the hawks are fine,kick the cowboys butts next week and we are fine GO HAWKS

By: nflfollower

nflfollower — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:24:26 +0000

I never saw a Seahawks game in the preseason, and I didn’t see this game today. My only information on Russell Wilson in the NFL is posts I have read on PFT this preseason. Based on what I know, I am shocked that the great Russell Wilson didn’t put up more points than this vs. the Cards.