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Actually that is what I thought to. However a pass interference was called against the Rams OFFENSE on a play early in the game 20 yards away from the incompletion and there was nobody hustling around trying to talk anyone out of a flag. Matter of fact there was a hold on the patriots that last for only 5 or 6 yards and it ended with a blatant clip of the receiver that was being held. Of course some people can actually look at this play and say it never happened that way which is why I hesitate to link you to it but just to prove a point
http://stlouisrams.net/xxxvi/clips/001a.wmv
Also the only flag that was succesfully picked up on the day was when Prohel fumbled late in the 2nd quarter and though Kukar mumbled something about it, it was unclear on what he said and naturally there was no replay shown. [/B][/QUOTE]
This clip shows that whoever made that video has no knowledge of any kind about the responsibility of the Referee. It was funny "Referee has clear view". That's not even the Refs key. He is not responsible for that player. The Ref is looking at the tackle and then reads pass and then stays with the QB. If he throws a flag in that area, he'd be seriously downgraded. It's called "fishing is someone elses pond", which is a no-no. The receiver runs toward the DB and appears to be driving the defender. It doesn't show what the receivers arms are doing. Their was no clip. A clip is a block that is below the waist from behind when the intial contact was below the waist and behind. If anything it was just incidental contact. I don't see any cheap shot. The NE player doesn't appear to see the receiver coming accross, and he got the worse end of the deal. Receiver puts him to the turf. You'd have a better argument by saying that offensive pass interference was committed. Or maybe it wasn't seen. You got 3 receiver running a route covered by 3 defenders. Do you expect the Back Judge or Side Judge to be able to see all that? You need to learn the areas of resposibility of each official so that you will realize how easy it is to miss something. What you failed to point out is all the dropped passes, missed blocks, poor play calling, missed tackles. How about the good calls the officials made. You can't hinge a game on the officials. So they may have missed something, but I guarantee you they didn't miss their assignments anywhere near what the players did. By the way, I was cheering for the Rams in that game.
[Edited by JasonTX on Jul 14th, 2005 at 10:07 AM]