Indianapolis/Jacksonville

[inigo montoya]

Originally Posted by OverAndBack

Don't know how many of you saw it, but a fourth-down pass interference foul on Indianapolis kept Jacksonville's winning drive alive.

I happened to be in Indiana driving on Sunday and heard (Colts GM) Bill Polian's postgame show and he was (as he usually does) ranting about the call and whining (as he always does) about how how unfair it was and how they didn't play well enough to win but he was still irate and blah blah blah blah blah.

Anyway, the NFL said it was a good call (I saw it that night and then again yesterday and thought it was a bit iffy, but whatever).

They may have missed a pretty bad shirt tug on a Jags' defender who (they said) got into position to make an interception which he returned for a touchdown.

Harrison and Mathis grabbed each other, which may be why they opted not to throw the flag on that one? The PI call didn't give 'em first down in FG range, it gave them a first down with something like 30 more yards to go. The officials also didn't give up 234 rushing yards.

[bisonlj]

Originally Posted by inigo montoya

Harrison and Mathis grabbed each other, which may be why they opted not to throw the flag on that one? The PI call didn't give 'em first down in FG range, it gave them a first down with something like 30 more yards to go. The officials also didn't give up 234 rushing yards.

I completely agree with you and the replay I saw made it the correct call. To play devil's advocate though, if the penalty had not occurred, the ball would have been turned over on downs with the ball deep in Jacksonville territory. The Colts probably would have had to at least kick a field goal since Jacksonville still had all 3 time outs but it's almost certain the Colts would have won if the penalty had not occurred. This is a similar argument used by Chargers fans on that play. The Colts still had several chances to stop that drive. In case you didn't see the game, Jacksonville had like a 27-3 time of possession advantage in the second half!

[inigo montoya]

No, I definitely watched the game. Most of the media types and vocal fans think it was a bad PI call since Williams was really just trying to pick Keiaho, but the fact remains there were (and always are) plenty of missed calls for both sides. To their credit, I haven't heard many Colts fans complain that the refs "cost" them the game. Down here in Jax, most of think it's just very ironic that a ticky-tack PI call would go against the Colts, who have lobbied for years for increased PI & illegal contact calls, and that they would then whien about it.

[OverAndBack]

Originally Posted by inigo montoya

To their credit, I haven't heard many Colts fans complain that the refs "cost" them the game.

Shoulda heard their postgame radio show, then.