Refs were not that bad. There wasn't any calls that you could say greatly effected the outcome of the game.
You can run out of bounds in defensive pursuit, it gives you no lateral advantage at all, you just can't touch the ball. The only time this really is an issue is when a gunner runs out of bounds and then downs a punt, or if a receiver runs out of bounds and then is the first one to touch the ball. What Fitzgerald did was perfectly legal.
I thought the refs did a pretty good job given that there were so many close calls that really could have gone either way.
Yeah, Fitzgerald was running out of bounds for about 30 yards. I'm about 90% positive that is a penalty.
Dude, this is football. Harrison didn't do anything that warranted an ejection. All he did was wait for the guy to get up and then block him hard. That's Harrison's job on that play. He only got a flag for it because the refs were interfering way too much in the game. That is the most ridiculous statement I have ever heard regarding a football play. IT'S FOOTBALL PEOPLE!!! These are grown men that get paid millions to play hard from whistle to whistle. If you expect a blocker to allow his man to get up so he can start running downfield to get involved in a play, you are watching the wrong sport. Harrison did his job of blocking his man. He could have really let the guy have it, but only blocked when the guy was in a position to actually go somewhere.
A receiver cannot go out of bounds and then return to the field of play to make a catch. Players can, however, go out of bounds and return to the field of play to make a legal tackle on a ball carrier. Illegal Block in the Back: When an offensive player blocks a defensive player from behind and above the waist(Note block on Hightower at the 21sec mark). There is your illegal part of that play. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HebjyhlU-_s&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HebjyhlU-_s&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
I think everything is within reason aside from the decision to not have the Referee review that fumble at the end of the game. That was inexcusable to me. They could have even let the call stand because it was a close play. It was like they didn't want to risk it getting overturned because the first one was.
Harrison went nuts for whatever reason. He did a dumbass thing, well outside the realm of normal football play. That was one of the flags that the refs got right (in fact, they could possibly have done more). It's pretty obvious.
No. It isn't. There are two cases which I have already illustrated. Illegal Participation: When 12 or more players participate in a play by either team. No player may join the field of play once the play has begun, even if their team has less than 11 players on the field. This penalty is also called when a player runs out of bounds and touches the ball whether by reception, or loose ball recovery. This is a 15-yard penalty and the referee signals this by placing both hands on top of his head. You have to remember that in the event of a turnover, the sides are instantly switched. Larry Fitzgerald is now a defender... not a Wide Receiver or a Gunner in a punt formation. He has no intent of catching a pass or downing a ball, he is simply trying to make a tackle. There is nothing illegal about being a defender and running out of bounds and coming back in to make a tackle, I'm 99% percent sure.
Was what I had in mind. 10% of my mind win! (90% fails) Harrison's blocking should not have been called. He was flagged, because it looked like a punch.
Yeah, he should have totally let the guy get up and get back into the play before blocking him. Maybe he should have had a nice friendly conversation while running with him back downfield before gently pushing him over.
that's not why they called the penalty. it was for the chicken **** open palm to the throat (while the guy was down, no less).
The guy was getting up and he got hit with an open palm (not a punch like alot of the posters on here are claiming) to the chest. If he got hit in the throat, he would not have gotten back up. If Harrison wanted to hurt the guy, he had plenty of chances during and at the end of the play.
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i guess he just has an abnormally high chest because that sure looks like the throat to me. and nice elbow to the back as well while the guy is down. it was a chicken **** play and the refs made the right call.
