I e-mailed Rich Eisen....

[slanidrac16]

and I suggest everybody does the same.
I asked him have the head of the referees ( I can't recall his name) to review the Wilson hit along with the hit on Hines Ward vs the 49ers and explain why one was called a penalty and the other wasn't. The hit on Ward was more flagrant that Wilsons hit.
It will probably fall on deaf ears unless they get enough e-mails. His e-mail is [email protected]

This crap about "defenseless receiver " rubs me the wrong way.
First of all once the receiver catches the ball he is eligable to be tackled. I can see "defenseless receiver" being hit before the ball touches his hands, or he is hit in the head, or helmet to helmet contact or he gets blasted when the ball is sailing 10 ft over his head. But good Lord, once a player touches or catches a ball the "defenseless receiver" is advancing the ball.
Recievers do have a choice.
1. Don't go over the middle
2. Don't catch the ball
3. Use the alligator arm system

Sorry if this comes off as ruthless, but this is a ruthless game. If I'm a db in the NFL , I want every receiver that enters MY zone to keep one eye on me at all times , because my job is to seperate you from the ball within the rules.

 

[football karma]

Better question is why the Ray Lewis hit on Bieneman wasnt called, but the one on AW was

the reason is you are asking why the same officiating crew made two different calls

To manage expectations, the calls are judgement calls and I dont expect the head of officiating (Mike Perreria) to publicly second guess judgement calls. He very well could do so privately, but not on NFL network.

 

[Pariah]

done.

 

[SuperSpck]

Also done. I have no NFL network though, let me know if this ever amounts to anything.

 

[slanidrac16]

Better question is why the Ray Lewis hit on Bieneman wasnt called, but the one on AW was

the reason is you are asking why the same officiating crew made two different calls

To manage expectations, the calls are judgement calls and I dont expect the head of officiating (Mike Perreria) to publicly second guess judgement calls. He very well could do so privately, but not on NFL network.

Good point. I should have asked him about the hit on Bienneman. Drop him a line.

 

[Mulli]

I am sure NFL network would love to cover this, but they have a 1985 Bears' movie to show.

 

[abomb]

I am sure NFL network would love to cover this, but they have a 1985 Bears' movie to show.

Eisen and head of officials Mike Pererra review close calls every Monday on Total Access.

 

[Mulli]

Eisen and head of officials Mike Pererra review close calls every Monday on Total Access.

oh

 

[Crazy Canuck]

Better question is why the Ray Lewis hit on Bieneman wasnt called, but the one on AW was

the reason is you are asking why the same officiating crew made two different calls

To manage expectations, the calls are judgement calls and I dont expect the head of officiating (Mike Perreria) to publicly second guess judgement calls. He very well could do so privately, but not on NFL network.

He did precisely that, when he sided with our view on the Green int. in the end zone in the pre-season.

 

[moklerman]

Sorry I can't remember the exact call...wait, it was the Heap td from a couple of week's ago I think, anyway Eisen WILL put Perrera on the spot. Perrera begrudgingly said that it was the wrong call in that case. I would have been pissed if I was a fan of that team. Wrong/borderline calls happen all the time but taking a td away, especially one that makes difference in the outcome would just send me over the edge.

 

[Capital Card]

Check out Urbans blog.

Jim O emailed the head official for a clarification on the ADub hit and the non fumble.

http://www.azcardinals.com/blog/blog.php?author=1

Go Cards!!!

 

[chicards11]

My opinion is the more we bitch about the calls the worse the calls get.

Not because of sour grapes, but when you add more pressure on the refs to make the right call they either sit on calls or get trigger happy.....its a lose/lose situation

if you want something to bemoan.....get on leinarts first half and the special teams.....

rackers missed makable FG and punt return for TD.

10 point swing......were 2-1

 

[Crazy Canuck]

My opinion is the more we bitch about the calls the worse the calls get.

Not because of sour grapes, but when you add more pressure on the refs to make the right call they either sit on calls or get trigger happy.....its a lose/lose situation

if you want something to bemoan.....get on leinarts first half and the special teams.....

rackers missed makable FG and punt return for TD.

10 point swing......were 2-1

Fall on ball in endzone against SF: We are 3-0...

 

[red desert]

done.

 

[football karma]

He did precisely that, when he sided with our view on the Green int. in the end zone in the pre-season.

You are right -- he did

I think the difference is this: 1. it was an unusual play in that you dont often see an intercepting player pushed out of bounds, and it was an opportunity to clarify that defensive players also get the benefit of a "pushout" ruling; and most importantly, 2. That was in a preseason game, where it really doesnt matter.

We will see --

 

[crisper57]

From Eisen's Article Today:

The Gus Johnson Most Entertaining Games Award:

And the 3/17th goes to ... the Arizona Cardinals. For only the 27th time in NFL history, a team has played its first three games with each decided by three or fewer points. That 27th team is the 2007 Arizona Cardinals. However, the '07 Cardinals are the first such team to play three such close contests and lose more of them than they won since the 1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. As Cardinals fans know all too well, such is life in the Big Desert. But, as Cardinals fans know all too well, at least the team won one.

In fact, Ken Whisenhunt became the first Cardinals coach to win his home debut since Don Coryell did it back in 1973! And that Week 2 game came down to a Neil Rackers field goal with no time remaining against a Seahawks team that appeared poised to boot a last-second game-winning kick of its own. Inexplicably, two Seattle Pro Bowlers collided in the backfield as Matt Hasselbeck and Shaun Alexander could not complete a simple handoff, giving Arizona the ball on the Seahawks 46. The Cardinals took the gift horse and won a squeaker… after nearly blowing a 17-0 lead.

Their losses were lulus, too. In Week 1, the Cardinals led in San Francisco with 6:46 to go after Matt Leinart and Edgerrin James engineered a sweet nine-play, 68-yard drive. But, Alex Smith had the last laugh with a game-winning 86-yard touchdown drive that nearly got derailed when 49ers receiver Arnaz Battle fumbled into the end zone with 30 seconds left. With the ball loose and rolling around, Cardinals cornerback Eric Green had a chance to win the game by merely falling on The Duke. Instead, he misplayed it. The 49ers recovered and by Holy Roller Rule took possession at the spot of the fumble. Battle ran it in one play later on an end around. Ballgame.

Then came last week in Baltimore. After falling behind the Ravens 20-6, Arizona still wound up tying the game at 23 -- thanks to an incredible comeback fashioned by, of all people, Kurt Warner. Whisenhunt flexed some courageous muscle in just his third game by benching an ineffective Leinart and going with Warner, who responded by completing 15 of his 20 passes, two of them touchdown throws to a rampaging Anquan Boldin. But Kyle Boller, of all people, went a perfect 5-for-5 on a final drive aided by a controversial 15-yard penalty on safety Adrian Wilson. The extra 15 yards came in extra handy, as Ravens kicker Matt Stover booted one through the uprights with no time left. Arizona lost the game ... but won the Gus Johnson 3/17th Most Entertaining Games Award for Arizona.

See, there is a silver lining. And in case anyone is wondering why that award is named after Gus Johnson, all you need to do is listen to him call a game on CBS. Every play, he acts as if Valparaiso just knocked Ole Miss out of the tournament.

(RE: The penalty on Wilson -- that flag earned a lot of angry e-mail from Cardinals fans to the getrichquick inbox, but it wasn't even close to being the most-complained-about penalty call by The Readership this week. That distinction belongs to the clear Vernon Davis catch in Pittsburgh initially called a fumble, then mystifyingly reversed on replay to an incompletion. Did someone put my e-mail address on a 49ers blog or something? About 50 livid 49ers fans spammed me about this. Don't worry, people. I will ask Mike Pereira about it on Wednesday's show.)

 

[Pariah]

(RE: The penalty on Wilson -- that flag earned a lot of angry e-mail from Cardinals fans to the getrichquick inbox,

Nice acknowledgment.

 

[slanidrac16]

Good job guys and gals!!!

 

[cardfan]

Sent my email just now.