Referee complaint thread

[BFritz21]

(10-15-2018, 01:03 PM)JS-Steelerfan Wrote: After studying this a little more closely and listening to Al Riveron's explanation, my official opinion is that it could have gone either way.  The main question is who initiated the contact.  If the defender initiates it in an attempt to jam the receiver, the receiver has the right to fight through the attempted jam beyond that one-yard zone.  Charlie Batch even offered that explanation on the Steelers post-game radio show several hours before Riveron tweeted about it.  

After watching the play several times, I'd say that the problem is that reasonable people could disagree on who initiated the contact.  

The thing is, had it been called, it's anybody's guess as to what would have happened next.  The Steelers would have had fifteen seconds and all of their timeouts to regain that yardage and kick a field goal.  No one can say with any degree of certainty whether they would have been able to do that.  Therefore, it's a bit of a stretch to say that not getting the penalty absolutely cost them the game.  No one can really say that for sure.  

But, anticipating that you lack the emotional maturity to accept any of this, I'll just say this to you: tough noogies.  

I'd say that you can't be this stupid, but you've proven me wrong time and time again.

The fact that you're even saying that it could have gone either way, which it couldn't, means that you know you've been full of shit this entire time with any empty argument.  It makes me wonder if you even watched the play beyond the time you saw it live.  

If the defender initiated the contact and the receiver was just trying to get by, then he would have continued to try to do beyond the initial contact.  Watch it again, he runs out, makes contact, and shoves McRae, and then doesn't even try to go any further, which why would he stop if he was just trying to run his route?  He doesn't have eyes in the back of his head and no way he could have known that the ball had been thrown.  Any time I see a receiver trying to fight through a jam, they may use their hands to throw them aside or swat their hands away, but I can't recall any shoves.

The Steelers only had two timeouts and would have had to use one to prevent a clock run-off, so they're left with one timeout and need to gain ten yards on one play.  Further proof that you didn't even watch it and you're just making up bullshit and hoping that I'm too stupid to call you out on it, right?

But, anticipating your lack of maturity, as well as lack of football intelligence and common sense, to accept any of this, I know that you'll have no answer to any of this.