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So, here is something that happens so easily at RamsOnDemand… if you post a topic with a few questions… you get some good replies.
Good opinions. Funny stuff mixed in. The whole deal. You guys are awesome.
I love reading your replies.... So keep telling me what YOU think!
Today I want to ask about officiating.
Does it appear more calls (penalties) impact the game bigger? The judgement call ones, in particular?
Or is that age and time doing that to me?
I mean, there were always calls in the past like Emmanuel Sanders in our ‘99 run. But that was the rule at the time. Not a penalty extending drives “cheaply”.
I dunno... Super bowl LV was painful. Almost hard to watch at times. And… it wasn’t all Tom Brady. The penalties. It felt like the penalties really shifted momentum of that game, and they were (at least a few of them) close calls that probably shouldn’t have been called.
If there are penalties, call them. But if it’s close, don’t. Why is that a tough ask?
What do the stats say? LINK TO STATS
In 2008 defensive pass interference was called 156 times. In 2019 it was called 269 times.
Offensive holding... 2008 was called 485 times, 2019... 724.
Total flags according to this data (DATA LINK) 2019 = 3,572.... 2009 = 3,167. This site includes 2020, which shows penalties were actually down to 2,989.
Penalty data appears to move all over the map. That inconsistency seems odd too?
Is the rulebook just too ticky tack?
Too many rules?
Passing and offense-first approach by teams driving some of this?
Replay creating a “perfection mentality”?
What’s the deal?
Good opinions. Funny stuff mixed in. The whole deal. You guys are awesome.
I love reading your replies.... So keep telling me what YOU think!
Today I want to ask about officiating.
Does it appear more calls (penalties) impact the game bigger? The judgement call ones, in particular?
Or is that age and time doing that to me?
I mean, there were always calls in the past like Emmanuel Sanders in our ‘99 run. But that was the rule at the time. Not a penalty extending drives “cheaply”.
I dunno... Super bowl LV was painful. Almost hard to watch at times. And… it wasn’t all Tom Brady. The penalties. It felt like the penalties really shifted momentum of that game, and they were (at least a few of them) close calls that probably shouldn’t have been called.
If there are penalties, call them. But if it’s close, don’t. Why is that a tough ask?
What do the stats say? LINK TO STATS
In 2008 defensive pass interference was called 156 times. In 2019 it was called 269 times.
Offensive holding... 2008 was called 485 times, 2019... 724.
Total flags according to this data (DATA LINK) 2019 = 3,572.... 2009 = 3,167. This site includes 2020, which shows penalties were actually down to 2,989.
Penalty data appears to move all over the map. That inconsistency seems odd too?
Is the rulebook just too ticky tack?
Too many rules?
Passing and offense-first approach by teams driving some of this?
Replay creating a “perfection mentality”?
What’s the deal?