Referee complaint thread

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(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.  

Your stupid kicker would have missed, like he's been doing all year.