I get it. Michael Thomas on the Saints pushes off regularly. I've never seen a facemask grabbed and yanked. How do refs not see such an obvious foul? Push offs can be difficult to see and are , as you said, skillfully performed. Higgins yank on the facemask was right out in the open foe the world to see.
The good news is, rams don't have asshole face whining to the refs the rest of the game instead of coaching. Mcvay told Ramsey that everyone saw it, now let's move on. Next play is all that matters.
All the receiver did was try to keep Ramsey from intercepting. He was desperate and grabbed what ever was there. It was a move of desperation and he probably couldn't believe it wasn't called. No skill involved.
I generally agree but ... come-on. Payton was a quality Head Coach.
Wait a second!!!
Unless you saw it from the ref's perspective, you really don't know whether it was a bad non-call. I thought the same about the non-PI call against the Saints in 2018. From the referee's angle, in real time, it could have like a bang-bang play. It was a missed foul, but there are dozens of missed fouls in every game.
Yeah I get it. However, when receivers make a move to intentionally interfere it is most often much more subtle.
And if you look at the replay, there is one ref who had a clear shot at looking at the PI but his assignment was on the other side of the field. But you can see in the replay, he was looking at the play.
In the Saints game, it should have been called. Concerning the officiating mechanics, the short route should have been the responsibility of the head lines person. The HL has the responsibility to release and trail the play once a pass is diagnosed. Last player out of the backfield, that's your responsibility HL, and he was late.
There was an Aints fan website prescribing an app for their phones that would blast a loud tone (a foghorn, IIRC). Nice to have when the vocal cords give out. Classless is as classless does.
