Did the refs today save Tampa's tackles?

Tour2ma

@bob806 said:

Bingo!

He finally got called for it on the last drive. The guy pushes off more than Steve Smith & Michael Irvin- how do they let a rookie get away with that?

Yup... My draft take on him was that he would lead the league in Offensive PI calls. Silly me... I forgot how infrequently that's called.

Funniest part though? I thought the one he was called for at the end was one of his lesser offenses for the game. Just shows what I know...

bringbackbrownie2

@bob806 said:

Bingo!

He finally got called for it on the last drive. The guy pushes off more than Steve Smith & Michael Irvin- how do they let a rookie get away with that?

The funny part is he did it in college and I always thought the NFL would make more of those calls. Obviously not. Also wonder if JF appreciated being made fun of by a former teammate..

Comeonman

@bringbackbrownie2 said:
The funny part is he did it in college and I always thought the NFL would make more of those calls. Obviously not. Also wonder if JF appreciated being made fun of by a former teammate..

I hate bitching about refs, but any other team would have got fifteen if they turned and taunted the bench after a score

jcam222

Wasn't the head ref today the head ref for the bottle throwing game?? I'm thinking he has a bug up his ass over that still lol

Kvoethe

@bringbackbrownie2 said:
The funny part is he did it in college and I always thought the NFL would make more of those calls. Obviously not. Also wonder if JF appreciated being made fun of by a former teammate..

Yeah i laughed at that. Wake up call, your old teammates were tired of your antics also.

ITHIKA

Uh the helmet to helmet hit on hawk was agregious. Gholston is lookin at a huge fine. The refs were awful all game tampas oline was constantly holding, arms wrapped around the neck tackling defenders. It was horrible.

hx214

I thought it was odd that Evans kept doing the Money taunt after he scored... Isn't he friends with Johnny? Why would you taunt and try to make fun of a friend? Even if he isn't a friend the guy helped Ya get drafted first round...

nickers

I saw one play where Karlos Dansby got clipped and chopped at the knee's and no call was made.. since when has it been legal to clip a player?

Kvoethe

Hoyer took some hard hits from what little I saw of the game.

Axe

A couple points..

First, it was Goldson, not Gholston that will get fined.. Gholston is the dumbass that bit on the hard count that took a 4th & 4 1/2 at about the 8 to a 4th and 1/2 yd at about the 3 yd line..

Second, You can call multiple penalties on every play either way in the NFL.. But do you want to?

The fact that you guys are still whining about the refs after a win is a bit pussified..

3rd, Wasn't Evans drafted way ahead of Johny Bench? So who helped who get picked in the 1st rd might be in question considering Evans plays, and contributes....

4th, I think JB and Evans are ok with each other

Tour2ma

@nickers said:
...since when has it been legal to clip a player?

I believe it's always been legal inside the tackles, but not elsewhere. Used to be a commonplace call... not so much anymore.

hx214

@axe said:

A couple points..

3rd, Wasn't Evans drafted way ahead of Johny Bench? So who helped who get picked in the 1st rd might be in question considering Evans plays, and contributes....

... Ya I'm pretty sure they helped each other. Yet that was hardly the point.

I stated it was really odd that a guy making plays in a game would taunt his buddy using his sign, as he is sitting on the bench knowing full well the media would play it up like they did when Sam did it after sacking him. That's something you do to someone you don't like. Dick move for a friend to do.

Axe

Look at the pic again.. Evan's jersey is clearly soiled so it's a post game pic.. Just look at the pic, and try not to create friction where there clearly is none