Un-freakin'-believable game!

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(01-17-2016, 11:08 AM)Beaker Wrote: You know my main grievance in all this was the inconsistency of the refs, especially in this game, but also all season.

This hit by nelson on daniels was neither flagged, nor fined:





But this hit by Shawn Williams on wheaton was:





Daniels doesn't even get the chance to take steps, wheaton does. And Williams' shoulder does make glancing contact with wheaton's facemask, but wheaton clearly ducks his head as he knows he is about to get crushed. And the refs called wheaton a defenseless WR, said nothing about contact to the head. But in those two situations, it is clear that daniels is the more defenseless of the two. The daniels hit not flagged, the Williams hit flagged.

And if you think about all the arguing about the happenings in this game, I can't recall too many people sticking up for Burfict's hit on brownn. Most concede he clipped brown's head and should be flagged. But to me it feels like the Bengals were on the short end of every call the refs made that was a judgement call. That's what was so frustrating.

Reggie hit Daniels in the torso. You're allowed to hit a defenseless receiver as long as you don't contact his head and neck area. 

Wheaton had actually become a runner. 3 steps and he braced for the contact. The flag was wrong on that play, though he did contact him in the head/neck area, he was a runner at that time.