I don't remember the Referee pulling Donald up in (SB LVI)

[Florida_Ram]

Maybe this was already discussed on the ROD Forum, and I simply don't recall the details?

If this was already posted, I don't remember seeing it or responding to the post.

I'm flabbergasted that an NFL referee in the Super Bowl (so late in a close game) would reach down to assist a player (Aaron Donald) after he makes a critical tackle with 48 seconds left in the game.

The Bengals are trailing 23-20 with the ball at the Rams 49-yard line on 3rd down with 1 yard to go for the first down.

Donald makes the tackle stopping the Bengals from getting the first down and while he's on his back.........

The referee reaches his down and pulls Donald up as if he was a player on the Rams defense.

Watching this clip (0:40/13:28) is like nothing I've ever seen in the Super Bowl.



View: https://youtu.be/x7dg-1jn_xM?t=40

 

[Karate61]

That does seem to be a bit odd, doesn't it?

 

[RamFan503]

Ed Hockoli did it all the time if I recall. I don't think it's a big deal. These refs get to know players and this wouldn't be viewed as favoritism - merely being in the game.

 

[RamFan503]

That does seem to be a bit odd, doesn't it?

Nope.

 

[FaulkSF]

That does seem to be a bit odd, doesn't it?

Not if you consider the Dallas and Whiner game. They were in a hurry to get the ball ready for play I'm sure.

 

[André]

Fuck it. Pay the man.

 

[jjab360]

I don't see anything wrong with it tbh. I don't see anything regarding favoritism there, just a human being helping another human being up to his feet.

Now if there were a Bengals player and a Rams player on the ground at the same time and the ref chose one to help up and not the other, and it happened more than once? Now that'd probably be a little odd.

 

[Florida_Ram]

Ed Hockoli did it all the time if I recall. I don't think it's a big deal. These refs get to know players and this wouldn't be viewed as favoritism - merely being in the game.

Not a big deal?

Never been done in a Super Bowl that late in a game @RamFan503

That is a first in SB history regarding down, distance and time left in the game.

Maybe not a big deal to you, but that assist by the referee was very odd with just (one play away from) Checkmate...

By the way, nobody including myself said it helped the Rams win the SB.

It's simply a first time ever witnessed SB moment (by a referee) late in a game that will always be historical imo.

The Rams win the SB by double digits if OBJ never gets injured. They win by at least win by 7 points if the obvious offensive pass interference non call by Tee Higgins wasn't ignored.

I only posted this because I've never seen anything like it in a SB on the second to last play of a game.

Nothing more to be said here.

 

[Allen2McVay]

Not a big deal?

Never been done in a Super Bowl that late in a game @RamFan503

That is a first in SB history regarding down, distance and time left in the game.

Maybe not a big deal to you, but that assist by the referee was (one play away from) Checkmate...

You sure about that?

I could swear I remember a Ref giving Bart Starr a pat on the butt right before he hit Max McGee for TD.

Seriously, I just re-watched the play and did not think it was a big deal either.

 

[RhodyRams]

it's not a big deal..IIRC the Begnals called a time out so clock was stopped

 

[Karate61]

Well, I still say it's a bad look.

Referees are supposed to be neutral. So, be neutral.

A player should get up themselves, let another teammate give them a hand, or even a player or coach from the opposing team. But, not a ref.

That's how I'd prefer the game be played.

 

[MachS]

One thing I never noticed about the 4th&1 play that we won the game on... Burrow looks left first and cant go to his first read which was Higgins because Darious Williams drove down on the slant hard. Made him double clutch right as Donald was arriving to Burrow. But great job by Williams on that play taking it away. Something that doesn't get mentioned enough that I just actually noticed was Williams' role on that play. Can't get enough of it!!

 

[ProGen]

Ref probably felt bad after his buddy failed to call OPI on Tee Higgins for their lone 2nd half TD.

 

[kurtfaulk]

Ref probably felt bad after his buddy failed to call OPI on Tee Higgins for their lone 2nd half TD.

That was a really bad look for the nfl. The booth should be able to look at any td and see for any blatant fouls that led up to a td.

.

 

[Rambitious1]

Maybe this was already discussed on the ROD Forum, and I simply don't recall the details?

If this was already posted, I don't remember seeing it or responding to the post.

I'm flabbergasted that an NFL referee in the Super Bowl (so late in a close game) would reach down to assist a player (Aaron Donald) after he makes a critical tackle with 48 seconds left in the game.

The Bengals are trailing 23-20 with the ball at the Rams 49-yard line on 3rd down with 1 yard to go for the first down.

Donald makes the tackle stopping the Bengals from getting the first down and while he's on his back.........

The referee reaches his down and pulls Donald up as if he was a player on the Rams defense.

Watching this clip (0:40/13:28) is like nothing I've ever seen in the Super Bowl.



View: https://youtu.be/x7dg-1jn_xM?t=40

My response is………

 

[SWAdude]

Great.

Lets give something else for the Bungle fans to be butt hurt about.

Those idiots already think this game was robbed from them.

Favoritism my ass. A ref trying to keep a game going IMO.

AD is a living legend playing the game. May have been in poor taste but even refs are human.

I have watched every angle of this game a hundred times, if not more, and never noticed that.

And if I did I wouldn't ever, of all years, make this an issue that has nothing to do with the outcome.

We are World Champions. Because we are the best.

Not because a ref helped AD up on ONE PLAY.

GO RAMS!!!

 

[leoram]

The real bungle on that play is by Collinsworth and nearly every sportscaster who continues the narrative that Perine was stopped by Donald wrapping his left arm around him and pulling him back once his right arm came around. In reality, it was Greg Gaines who made the tackle but the camera angle hides him. I thought it was the most incredible tackle I've ever seen...and it still would be if Gaines wasn't driving him back in perfect tackling position. Surely Donald helped some...but not nearly the level most people believe.

But hey, why let the truth get in the way of a great narrative? AD is the greatest football player of all time with or without the ghost tackle. It was the next play that is undisputed because he closed the game.

Which tackle was more important? "The Tackle" by Mike Jones or the "fling Burrow like a gator twists his prey" by Donald?

 

[Soul Surfer]

The real bungle on that play is by Collinsworth and nearly every sportscaster who continues the narrative that Perine was stopped by Donald wrapping his left arm around him and pulling him back once his right arm came around. In reality, it was Greg Gaines who made the tackle but the camera angle hides him. I thought it was the most incredible tackle I've ever seen...and it still would be if Gaines wasn't driving him back in perfect tackling position. Surely Donald helped some...but not nearly the level most people believe.

But hey, why let the truth get in the way of a great narrative? AD is the greatest football player of all time with or without the ghost tackle. It was the next play that is undisputed because he closed the game.

Which tackle was more important? "The Tackle" by Mike Jones or the "fling Burrow like a gator twists his prey" by Donald?

The Tackle.

 

[RamDino]

Which tackle was more important? "The Tackle" by Mike Jones or the "fling Burrow like a gator twists his prey" by Donald?

They are equally important, as they both clinched the Rams Super Bowl wins. But the tackle was more "dramatic", getting pulled down at the 1-inch line -lol.

 

[RamFan503]

Not a big deal?

Never been done in a Super Bowl that late in a game @RamFan503

That is a first in SB history regarding down, distance and time left in the game.

Maybe not a big deal to you, but that assist by the referee was very odd with just (one play away from) Checkmate...

By the way, nobody including myself said it helped the Rams win the SB.

It's simply a first time ever witnessed SB moment (by a referee) late in a game that will always be historical imo.

The Rams win the SB by double digits if OBJ never gets injured. They win by at least win by 7 points if the obvious offensive pass interference non call by Tee Higgins wasn't ignored.

I only posted this because I've never seen anything like it in a SB on the second to last play of a game.

Nothing more to be said here.

Yeah... I don't think you recall everything that has happened in every Superbowl. First in SB history on that particular down, distance, and time left in a game? Talk about searching to make something significant.

Nope. Not a big deal.