Pass Interference on Hood?

[Mulli]

I say no. I say Curtis cannot fall over. Even if it was, no way it gets called on fourth and ten in the NFCCG.

 

[schutd]

I watched it repeatedly. I say HELL NO. That was a case of incidental foot tangling.

 

[lobo]

I say no. I say Curtis cannot fall over. Even if it was, no way it gets called on fourth and ten in the NFCCG.

No way!!! Guy ran a poor route...perfect pass that he dropped...at that point in the game you let 'em play.

 

[Ed Burmila]

It was absolutely pass interference....but it's amazing that Philly fans have the balls to whine about it after the blown "onside kick" call at the end of the 2nd quarter.

No way the refs are going to bail anyone out on a 4th down play to decide who goes to the Super Bowl. Hood tripped him, but Hood was going down so he could make the argument that the contact is incidental.

At the very least I see it as a make-up call for the colossal f**k-up by the refs on that kickoff.

 

[Mulli]

I watched it repeatedly. I say HELL NO. That was a case of incidental foot tangling.

There is a specific rule for that right? Good call.

 

[82CardsGrad]

I say no. I say Curtis cannot fall over. Even if it was, no way it gets called on fourth and ten in the NFCCG.

Cris Carter (a receiver himself), emphatically said NO on Mike and Mike this morning... I agree of course.
Did Hood "touch" Curtis? Sure he did. Did it cause Curtis to fall to his knees? Of course not. And still, the ball hit Curtis right in his hands...
Carter screamed at Curtis, saying he needs to make that catch. Needs to run a better route so that a falling Rod Hood doesn't factor in... And in that situation, 4th and 10 in the NFCCG, aint' no way a ref should or would make that call...

 

[Ed Burmila]

I watched it repeatedly. I say HELL NO. That was a case of incidental foot tangling.

Uh, it was Hood grabbing the guy's legs with his arms. You need a brief anatomy lesson if that looked like tangled feet!

 

[Mulli]

It was absolutely pass interference....but it's amazing that Philly fans have the balls to whine about it after the blown "onside kick" call at the end of the 2nd quarter.

No way the refs are going to bail anyone out on a 4th down play to decide who goes to the Super Bowl. Hood tripped him, but Hood was going down so he could make the argument that the contact is incidental.

At the very least I see it as a make-up call for the colossal f**k-up by the refs on that kickoff.

Good point. I was thinking about that same thing.

 

[Spielman]

Could've been called, IMO. Wasn't, and similar calls often aren't. Even if it had been, the odds were very much against the Eagles, and there was plenty of stuff earlier that could've gone the other way too.

Won't stop the bitching. Bucs fans are still carping about the Bert Emanuel non-catch from 9 years ago despite the fact that it was called correctly according to the way the rule was worded at the time.

 

[82CardsGrad]

Uh, it was Hood grabbing the guy's legs with his arms. You need a brief anatomy lesson if that looked like tangled feet!

"Grabbing"??? Take a closer look dude... Hood did of course "touch" Curtis's legs... But by no means did he "grab" his legs and there is NO WAY he did enough to force Curtis to fall to his knees...

 

[Mulli]

"Grabbing"??? Take a closer look dude... Hood did of course "touch" Curtis's legs... But by no means did he "grab" his legs and there is NO WAY he did enough to force Curtis to fall to his knees...

You think Fitz, Q, Jerry Rice, <insert big time receiver here> falls down in that situation?

 

[82CardsGrad]

You think Fitz, Q, Jerry Rice, <insert big time receiver here> falls down in that situation?

Nope... but even if they did, they make the catch. The pass was a perfectly thrown ball. Hit Curtis in his hands... You make the catch...

 

[lobo]

"Grabbing"??? Take a closer look dude... Hood did of course "touch" Curtis's legs... But by no means did he "grab" his legs and there is NO WAY he did enough to force Curtis to fall to his knees...

As I said before , Curtis dropped the ball that was an excellent pass...no way at this point of the season does a ref take the outcome in his hands.

 

[Mulli]

Nope... but even if they did, they make the catch. The pass was a perfectly thrown ball. Hit Curtis in his hands... You make the catch...

Yup.

 

[CardEd]

Do I need to go over all the bad calls that have gone against us in the past? If this was PI and not called so be it. I'm not sold on if it was PI anyway.

 

[Mulli]

Do I need to go over all the bad calls that have gone against us in the past? If this was PI and not called so be it. I'm not sold on if it was PI anyway.

Yep. If this was against the Cards, no one says a word. Except to blame Cardsfan for whining.

I said as much when Buckman mentioned PI.

 

[Ed Burmila]

Die-hard Cardinals homers are probably not real objective sources of opinion on that call, so with due respect I'm pretty sure the flag gets thrown in a regular season game (or much earlier in this game) regardless of how much the board insists that it was incidental contact.

But as the NFL Network guys said in their recap, Curtis can't get up begging for the flag on 4th-and-10 with 1:57 to go. No official is going to bail you out in that situation unless the penalty is just absolutely flagrant and ridiculous. Plus, you'll note that the highlight vids on ESPN and NFL.com both conspicuously neglect to mention the "Whoops, we blew the whistle so it's dead" call on the kickoff. Convenient how they forgot that play.

 

[Mulli]

I say no. I say Curtis cannot fall over. Even if it was, no way it gets called on fourth and ten in the NFCCG.

That is what I said.

 

[BCEagle]

I say no. I say Curtis cannot fall over. Even if it was, no way it gets called on fourth and ten in the NFCCG.

That is my opinion, too.

 

[nashman]

^ +1

 

[Mulli]

Per NFL Network highlites (two different sets of announcers --Mooch, Deion, Tom Waddle, and some other dudes on the NFL Network):

1) there was some hijinks/poor play/alligator arms/missed throws to make it 4 and 10.

2) no interference. Curtis has to catch the ball and not hope to get bailed out.

 

[Mulli]

Per NFL Network highlites (two different sets of announcers --Mooch, Deion, Tom Waddle, and some other dudes on the NFL Network):

1) there was some hijinks/poor play/alligator arms/missed throws to make it 4 and 10.

2) no interference. Curtis has to catch the ball and not hope to get bailed out.

 

[Bert]

Everyone on ESPN and everywhere else I've seen said exactly this; "there was contact, but in that situation it wasn't nearly enough contact to throw a flag and regardless, he should have caught the ball anyways."

Exactly how I feel about it. Let them play, the dude shoulda caught the ball, plain and simple. I'm not a homer, I'm not denying there was contact but dude got both hands on the ball, nobody was holding his arms. Man up and make a play, dont bounce right up and cry to the official because you choked.

I've seen PI 10x worse than that at the end of games that wasn't called.

 

[BCEagle]

Everyone on ESPN and everywhere else I've seen said exactly this; "there was contact, but in that situation it wasn't nearly enough contact to throw a flag and regardless, he should have caught the ball anyways."

Exactly how I feel about it. Let them play, the dude shoulda caught the ball, plain and simple. I'm not a homer, I'm not denying there was contact but dude got both hands on the ball, nobody was holding his arms. Man up and make a play, dont bounce right up and cry to the official because you choked.

I've seen PI 10x worse than that at the end of games that wasn't called.

Yep. At least it won't be called in the playoffs -- every player knows that, including Curtis. Even after falling down, Curtis was in position to catch the ball. The refs rightly decided to let them play the game. I know that many of my Eagles fans brethren disagree with me, but, honestly, if the Eagles had scored a TD after a PI call in that situation it would have felt cheap.

 

[Mulli]

Yep. At least it won't be called in the playoffs -- every player knows that, including Curtis. Even after falling down, Curtis was in position to catch the ball. The refs rightly decided to let them play the game. I know that many of my Eagles fans brethren disagree with me, but, honestly, if the Eagles had scored a TD after a PI call in that situation it would have felt cheap.

You are the smartest Eagle fan alive!!!!