New Orleans Saints (5-5) at Atlanta Falcons (4-6) (FOX) (1:00 PM EST)
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Buffalo Bills (6-5) at Philidelphia Eagles (9-1) (CBS) (4:25 PM EST)
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Bills have gotten so many ticky-tack grounding penalties this year. But they would be in a much better position if they stopped with all the other penalties…
grounding calls have been more common this year, and often they’re called in bizarre plays that go against what the spirit of the rule is.
that grounding call on Allen today was a great example of how fucked officiating is: Allen got horse collar tackled, and tried to throw it away. the refs called for IG, totally ignoring the horse collar that caused the “foul.” then MFing Gene Steratore (sp? WC) comes on to explain why the IG call was legit (which is fine), “so although they unfortunately missed the horse collar, now you have an intentional grounding.”
dude, just do the right thing! the IG occurred because the defense was breaking the rules and caused it to happen! change the damn rules to (I say this hesitantly) give the officials ability to use discernment to fix these obvious, egregious missed calls that affect the outcomes. when everybody sees the obvious foul/whatever, just fix it, use the damn tech at your disposal, (lose the ego), and FIX THAT SHIT.