What the hell about the refs?
- Thread starter brokeu91
- Start date
-
To unlock all of features of Rams On Demand please take a brief moment to register. Registering is not only quick and easy, it also allows you access to additional features such as live chat, private messaging, and a host of other apps exclusive to Rams On Demand.
pretty sure holding hasn't changed so much that UFC rules are allowed
mr.stlouis
Legend
Sims hit make contact with the helmet, but it wasnt much.
They got the number wrong, I beleive.
IDK about the offensive holding, but I'm sure there was a lot. Made no dam sense how that heat wasn't even getting close. That's a no call...
I wasn't watching the play clock in the dome so IDK.
In the end, we didn't shut the door. That's all there is to it, for me.
duckhunter
Starter
When you compare this blatant holding to the two penalties against Sims how can anyone say there is not partiality, inconsistency, incompetency or unfairness on the part of the refs. These examples make a mockery of the letter of the law. As far as I'm concerned anything the NFL says is hollow and reeks of excuses.
The NFL product is deeply flawed and getting worse.
- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #106
I realize that refs can make mistakes...it's human. But when EVERY SINGLE TERRIBLE CALL goes against the Rams you have to wonder.
Seriously, when was the last time the refs made a blatantly bad call that went in favor of the Rams?
In a three point game just the bad spots changed the outcome,penalty yards are the same length as rushing or receiving yards ,aren't they?
We played well enough to win without the bad calls ,hell on the roughing call he threw himself to the side to avoid any further contact.
Then again the field goal we just threw away made us have to be more desperate at the end.Just a f-ed up damned thing that leaves a bad taste for two weeks.
Next up Philly and if they don't find a way to protect Foles better we may see Sanchez .
We played well enough to win without the bad calls ,hell on the roughing call he threw himself to the side to avoid any further contact.
Then again the field goal we just threw away made us have to be more desperate at the end.Just a f-ed up damned thing that leaves a bad taste for two weeks.
Next up Philly and if they don't find a way to protect Foles better we may see Sanchez .
The problem with that is as an athlete you wanna be the reason you lose not because of a bad call. If I'm Cook I can buy myself one of those football tossing machines and practice catching but I will be a circus clown before I buy a ref glasses to help him do his job. What's worse is they all huddle up and still get it wrong. It's the ridiculously bad calls that are frustrating. They change momentum and momentum is everything in sports period.I didn't like a lot of the calls, but I also don't like letting Dez Bryant run FREE for 15 yards. Blaming the refs can only carry so much water. That's 7 points absolutely gifted by McCleod, not the zebras.
I'm not sure how much that defensive holding call changes things in the grand scheme, but it definitely had an impact on field position and the clock.
I'm pissed too, but this team did plenty of things to earn that loss. Hopefully they'll be able to put a heated game behind them after the bye.
Our defense did NOT blow it -- I wonder how much of the trigger-happy flag throwing is Goodell's and the ref's way of being very aware that Greg Williams is the Rams defensive guy? aka the guardian of bounty-gate. And so ANYTHING the Rams do, that is even close to being a penalty, now draws a flag -- even if it is not a penalty. Something to ponder.
WOW i was at the game and to see a close up of the "obvious" hold all i can do is SMH at the refs.
That's the one where I lost it at home.
No way in hell a ref didn't see that because you bet your ass 98 would've been called for roughing the passer had he grazed Tony Romo there.
Total BS and I'm tired of it.
If Fisher doesn't send this to the league office and raise holy hell, then fck him. I'm tired of him so passively accepting the refs bending us over and f'ing us in the ass. This is blatant, it's obvious, and it's ridiculous, and it has a significant affect on the game.
Where's my blood pressure meds.
Believe me nobody gets more upset with officiating than I do, however, when you're a good team you overcome those penalties, but when you're not, they kill you and you put them under a magnifying glass. Keep in mind they should've called tripping on Jenkins which resulted in a turnover, but the call against Romo to the head and the call against Sims for holding was just plain horrendous.
incorrect. glancing blows don't count AND he hit the shoulder pad anyways. Even mike perrera said it was wrong. then you had Britt get a holding call when he jacked up a DB during a run play ZERO holding. then how on earth do you explain holding on Sims??? If that was holding then flags should have been flying all over the field against the Dallas Oline. I'm being serious did you actual watch all of the game? cus I did and replayed every one of those calls. they weren't judgment calls in any way they were completely made up!
The answer to all of this is simple. Put the head referee in the box. Review every play just as us fans do. Call to referee on field...on the headset they already wear...pick up stupid obviously blown flag...This doesn't eliminate the human element, or the judgement call, just gives the ref in charge a better look.
That's how I see it. If they officials can't get the calls right, they deserve to be embarrassed like that on national TV.
It may not stop them from strategically missing calls, like holds against our defensive line, but it at least slows down the BS calls against and give a team some semblance of controlling their own destiny.
Last edited:
Sorry, but you can't fall back on that one. The game has to be called clean and the playing field has to be level. It's hard even for a good veteran team to overcome some of the calls that went against us yesterday and have been going against us this year. The holding call against Sims on the sack late was beyond atrocious and cost us a chance to get the ball back in good field position. Sims did what someone from a good team should do - he made a play at a critical time of the game. The refs, either through gross incompetence or malfeasance, decided to take the play away. How do you overcome that? How do you blame the team for not making a play when they DID make a play and it was taken away from them?
You might argue that Jenkins got away with one, but then again, so did the Cowboys on the blatant hold against Langford shown earlier in this thread.
And what about four, (4!!!) Dallas first downs due to penalty? While we can all agree out D could have played better, you have to wonder how different the numbers would have looked had Dallas drives not been extended by questionable, if outright horrible penalties (like the roughing call). In all three games this year, the opposition has had at least one scoring drive extended by a questionable penalty on the Rams.
You can say all you want about how good teams overcome that, but at some point it becomes too much to overcome.
It's because Jerry Jones payed more to get what he wanted.
If I was a Dallas fan I'd be embarrassed about this "victory".
Crazy thing is I'm sure he and every coach in the league does this every week, and every week they ignore it.
Heck, they probably take the tape out and throw it straight into the shredder, just like the evidence they had against the Patriots.