Atlanta game — tweets, plays, highlights, commentary

I will say that the holding call on that TD was unconvincing to me. You see more flagrant holds than that every single game that go uncalled. It wasn’t a hold. It was a takedown with leverage, and I’m not sure if technically that is a hold nowadays, but like I said, you see worse every single game.

That was PI on the Tutu bomb, too. No question about it.

But I think the call was right on that spectacular Puka catch.

zn wrote:

I’m not saying bad calls cost them the game. Whenever someone blames the calls, I always think that a team should look first at its own missteps and failings. (Like Humphries blowing the block on the Wms 4th down run inside the Atlanta redzone.)

But having said that, I have a very strong suspicion that there is some ref payback for Puka mouthing off about them. Which is one of the many reasons mature veteran players never do that.

Yeah, I know. A bad call is not much different to me than a 2-pt. attempt that gets batted down, and rolls forward into the end zone to be accidentally converted by a random guy who happens to pick up the ball when the ball might just as easily rolled backwards or to the feet of a guy on defense.

As for partial refereeing, anybody with a basic understanding of human psychology would not publicly belittle people who have the power to take revenge with impunity. As to whether that is happening or not, I have no knowledge, but if I were a referee who was offended, I would rule any close Puka catch incomplete, knowing in video review, the ref gets the benefit of doubt. And I might call him for offensive PI any time he stuck a hand on someone. But I wouldn’t call penalties to spite the entire Rams team. But… you know… I also wouldn’t waterboard anybody, but there are humans who do.

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