Chris Long's penalty, bad call?

[bluecoconuts]

Chris Long frustrated with offside penalty: On the game's opening drive, the Rams appeared to get a quick three-and-out when tight end Tony Gonzalez was dropped for no gain on third-and-12 at Atlanta's 18. A flag came out on the play, and Rams defensive end Chris Long was called for offside. The drive stayed alive, and the Falcons scored to take an early 7-0 lead. On the play, Atlanta right tackle Lamar Holmes appeared to move early, causing Long to jump and the flag to come out. Lined up in a two-point stance, the normal reaction to a snap would force Long to come off late, not early, leaving Long stunned when the call went against him.

"Absolutely I was surprised," Long said. "They’ll watch tape, too, and they’ll get better just like we will."

Long said he was offered no explanation for the call.


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[V3]

I'll have to go back and watch it and the wound is still too fresh to do that right now.

 

[Mister Sin]

I noticed it when it happened, the tackle absolutely moved before long

 

[F. Mulder]

I was surprised by the call as well. I know it is a "what if" but the Falcons have to punt at 0-0. Of course the Rams would've committed a special teams penalty and not field the punt and end up on their own 1 yard line, but still....it beats going down 7-0.

 

[Thordaddy]

I said so at the time ,it's my story and I'm stickin to it

 

[CGI_Ram]

I'm not sure if the tackle moved... but I thought at the time Long got a good jump... but a fraction of a second early. Literally a fraction.

 

[Selassie I]

We seem to get NO FUCKING calls our way. He read the snap count perfectly if you ask me. They throw a fucking flag.

Did you see the shit they let Polamalu get away with last week?

The zebras are being influenced.

BULLSHIT CALL



Did you see the falcons holding time after time with no fucking flag being thrown ?

 

[RhodyRams]

I thought the tackle might have puckered up his butt hole a few micro seconds before the snap. CL sensed the fear and pounced!

 

[bwdenverram]

I watched it a few times last night in slo-motion and it's a little weird. It's so dang close I can see why the refs called it. He had such a good read he got off really quick. In slo-motion it looks like he was just over the line BEFORE the ball is actually snapped and the OL reacts to it. Again, very close.

But I can't really complain. We had a ton of chances to still stop them on that drive and didn't.

 

[RhodyRams]

 

[brokeu91]

It was a BS call, but so was the pass interference on Trufant in the 4th quarter which helped us score a TD.

I'm still pissed off about the lack of safety/intentional grounding call though and the lack of holding calls on Atlanta