Please tell me the last time a ref delayed picking up his own flag after reversing a call

[itsyoung!!]

nikka #87 grabbed Hitchens facemask right off the line of scrimmage. That's illegal hands to the face point blank.

i dont know how bad your eye sight is, but he clearly doesnt..

 

[CACarot]

I don't think n1ggas understand the real point here. Everybody is saying well what about this play not called...or lets not act like this didnt happen and no flag. We talking about an actual call that was made on the field with a flag dropped, announced over PA system and was the correct call being reveresed for no reason. Not like this was some red flag challenge sh1t. It's the ref saying oopsie.

 

[RubioTheCruel]

It's 12 hours later, has anyone from the NFL commented why Dez wasn't penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct?

 

[gtj1982]

It's 12 hours later, has anyone from the NFL commented why Dez wasn't penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct?

The ref threw the flag because he still thought face guarding was a penalty but it isn't anymore as explained to him by the other refs

 

[Listen]

The simpletons who are arguing about other calls are like listening to white people talk about how come black people can have BET but white people can't have WET.

This isn't about what other flags could have been thrown throughout the game, it was about this call being correctly called, announced...then before the play starts randomly picked up and changed.

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

It was a bad call period.


I always hear ex players saying "It's the man who got caught/retaliated last"


Really the Hitchens jersey pull/Pettigrew facemask part of that play is null & void.


The flag came out AFTER that.That tells me that the refs "caught Hitchens last"


Normally, when they throw a flag like that, they never pick it up.All year, they've been ruling in favor of the offensive player.

That initial contact/jersey pull by Hitchens/facemask by Pettigrew canceled each other out.

But the way the play ended, it should've definitely been PI on Hitchens....that man "got caught"

But the refs decided to go against protocol for some peculiar reason


And I'm neutral---don't give a shyt about either one of these teams.

 

[Primetime21]

yesterday

 

[Akata Man Bromo]

These niccas furious

 

[Lakers Offseason]

This was worse than the call against UM when they played OSU


Yeah that was for the National Championship, but this call was reversed after they had a conference, announced the call to the crowd, and then waited another 10 seconds

 

[Ineedmoney504]

you guys know damn well know the league and the refs always side with the receiver in situations like that. This not like the old days, 98 percent of contact with a receiver past 5 yards is getting flagged for DPI or Defensive Holding.

Funny thing is that I didnt even see a flag for the offensive pass interference y all were talking about in earlier in the play. At least For them to factor that onto them throwing a flag for DPI and then rescinding it (again I have never seen a DPI called and then get rescinded like that). so

The funny thing about y all nikkas, is that if you flipped it and a lions linebacker did that to Dez or Witten.. And the refs did that bullshyt.... you would be up in arms right now talking about the cowboy haters got to the refs.

Again cut it out, It was Defensive Pass Interference, and the Refs may helped you guys win that game. That was a critical call.

Then again y all deserved to win, Cowboys were clutch on both sides of the ball and the Lions.............. well weren't. But stop trying to justify that call because it was a horrible call. It is universally accepted. I only see Cowboys Fans defending it.





That is all.

just in week 16 broncos vs cinn the ref called that exact offense pass interference on dt grabbing Kirkpatrick which was call wit 2 minutes left while the broncos was down 3, next play pick 6

 

[HarlemUSA]

Week 16. Pete Morelli called unnecessary roughness called it over the PA...put it back in his pocket. He said someone else said it wasn't


Pete Morelli called this game too.

Tripplette and Morelli are one of the worst refs IMO.

 

[duckbutta]

No flag for the PI. No Flag for Dez. No Flag for the Facemask. Lions should of been 1st and goal at that point. How can you be a fan of football and be happy about that Dallas fans? It's wack and it's not how you should win a playoff win. The Lions were the better team period.

How about Demarcco scoring a touchdown and having it called back for holding and illegal shift...when nobody even went in motion on the play?
Oh right the Cowboys scored anyway so we not talking about that...

How about the corner pushing williams into another corner and it being called offensive PI on williams?
Oh right the cowboys scored anyway so we not talking about that...

How about the Lions getting a bad spot and the ref going to talk to Caldwell about it...when inside of two minutes the booth is supposed to determine if a play is reviewed and not the coach
Oh right we held them to a field goal so we not talking about that...

How about the Lions calling a timeout and it originally being charged to the cowboys?
Oh right the Cowboys won so we not talking about that

How about the cowboys run into the punter and it's a penalty...they run into the cowboys punter and no flag...
Oh right the cowboys won the game so we not talking about that

It's funny...when you get a bad call and respond and score anyway...no one talks about the bad call...

 

[Stone]

just in week 16 broncos vs cinn the ref called that exact offense pass interference on dt grabbing Kirkpatrick which was call wit 2 minutes left while the broncos was down 3, next play pick 6

You're missing the point. The ref threw the flag, announced the correct call, and THEN picked it up and said it wasn't pass interference.

I highly doubt that the dude grabbing the facemask was the reason for it , because if it was then why wouldn't they just call offsetting penalties?

 

[Supa]

I'm a known Cowboys hater, that's a no call fam.

#59 made NO play on the ball and made no effort to turn his head around to locate the ball


How was that NOT P.I.

I still can't figure it out.

Funny how nikkas doesn't talk about that non-flag when the Lions player knock down the Cowboys punter.

That's only 5 yards and wouldn't have given Dallas a first down.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-picking-up-flag-face-guarding-is-not-a-foul/
A couple of hours after the game ended, ESPN’s Todd Archer, acting as a pool reporter, was able to ask referee Pete Morelli about the non-call. Morelli explained that his crew decided that there was not enough contact to justify a pass interference call, and that the “face-guarding” on the play is not illegal in the NFL.

Here is a transcript of their discussion:

Todd Archer: Can you talk about the decision to overturn the call and why you overturned the call?
Pete Morelli: The back judge threw his flag for defensive pass interference. We got other information from another official from a different angle that thought the contact was minimal and didn’t warrant pass interference. He thought it was face-guarding.
Archer: Which official?
Morelli: The head linesman.
Archer: What did you see?
Morelli: It’s not my responsibility. I’m a hundred miles away.
Archer: Face-guarding is not a foul?
Morelli: Face-guarding is not a foul. It is a penalty in college but not in professional football.
Archer: What is the process you go through after you announce the call? Should you have waited before you announced the call?
Morelli: Probably, yes. The information came and then the officials got together a little bit later, after it was given to me, the first information. It would have probably been smoother if we got together.
Archer: Do you remember this type of player happening before?
Morelli: No, not particularly.
Archer: So one more time on who the person was that had a better view?
Morelli: The better view was from the head linesman.

Morelli is incorrect about at least one thing: Face-guarding (i.e., a defender facing the player he is covering, rather than looking at the ball) is not illegal at the NCAA level. Rather, college football has the same penalty threshold as the pros — face-guarding is legal, as long as there is no contact.

Those who want to take issue with the decision to pick up the flag can point out the NFL rule book’s explanation of what constitutes pass interference. The rules list six “actions that constitute defensive pass interference.” Here is the first one:

“(a) Contact by a defender who is not playing the ball and such contact restricts the receiver’s opportunity to make the catch.”

It’s impossible to say that there was no contact. Pettigrew’s left hand is obviously blocked by Hitchens’s body as the tight end reaches for what appears to be a catchable pass (another situation that could cause a PI penalty to be waved off).

Rather, the head linesman (Jerry Berger) decided that “the contact was minimal.” That’s the kind of judgment call — especially one that contradicts, after a flag has been thrown, another official’s decision on the play — that will have Lions fans howling well into the offseason.

 

[Ineedmoney504]

You're missing the point. The ref threw the flag, announced the correct call, and THEN picked it up and said it wasn't pass interference.

I highly doubt that the dude grabbing the facemask was the reason for it , because if it was then why wouldn't they just call offsetting penalties?

The refs huddled and the man wit the best view said it wasnt