Officiating is why the Lions won this game.

jonnyrotten · 10-20-2014, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by SaintsBro

The thing about the refs is that if you are playing good ball and have good form, the refs will GIVE you all the calls you need. If you are sloppy, half-**ed and look like garbage out there, then the refs will tell you to talk to the hand, all day long. The way to beat the refs is to be the better team of the two. Back in the days when the Saints were really rolling, the refs would give them all kinds of favorable calls. Darren Sharper pick 6 against the Dolphins where he fumbled the ball at the goal line. The two point conversion in the Super Bowl. Jimmy Graham made a huge catch in a Falcons game one time that wasn't really a catch, he used the ground to cradle it. I could go on and on.

The Lance Moore two point conversion was good, but i agree on the other examples....

brees84 · 10-20-2014, 11:53 AM

UK_WhoDat · 10-20-2014, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by spkb25

The Goodwin injury hurt, a lot. They started getting a lot of pressure

The Goodwin injuries (plural) was massive. He was coming into the game with one already and it got worse.
Then add the offensive personnel who were on the field but already carrying injuries and got new one: Graham, Thomas, Stills.
By game end, there were few offensive weapons who want to touch the ball.

dizzle88 · 10-20-2014, 02:08 PM

The air made Khiry Robinson fumble, that hurt our momentum a little, we had a good drive going

The Dude · 10-20-2014, 03:00 PM

Cannot blame the refs. They were calling some tick tacky **** on both teams. We got away with one on that first TD I believe it was. Refs didnt let the Lions Offense back in the game with 5 minutes left on the clock. Refs didnt cause Drew to throw a pick. there is plenty of blame to go around but you cant blame the refs.
In all my years of watching football I can only recall one game where I truely believe blaming the refs was warranted, that game was the game against the Patriots last year.

xan · 10-20-2014, 03:55 PM

You're all wrong.

It's Obama's fault.

saintfan · 10-20-2014, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by xan

You're all wrong.

It's Obama's fault.

Well duh...

nola_swammi · 10-20-2014, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by The Dude

Cannot blame the refs. They were calling some tick tacky **** on both teams. We got away with one on that first TD I believe it was. Refs didnt let the Lions Offense back in the game with 5 minutes left on the clock. Refs didnt cause Drew to throw a pick. there is plenty of blame to go around but you cant blame the refs.
In all my years of watching football I can only recall one game where I truely believe blaming the refs was warranted, that game was the game against the Patriots last year.

Like I said before, one bad play by Drew is irrelevant, if the refs was doing their job, drew wouldn't be in a situation to throw that interceptions. After the saints scored in the beginning of the 3rd quarter the refs turn up the flags on the saints on both end off/def & let Detroit practically do anything they want. People want to find reasons on why we lost, then do some investigation on your own and you will see the refs throwing flags on Colston, Lelito, & Bush was clear B.S.

Mr.Riaton · 10-20-2014, 09:34 PM

The facemask penalty on PT...I don't know if I recall seeing that penalty called before. Usually its on the defense. The refs might have been calling bad for both teams, but it sure seemed to happen to us at critical times in the game.

dizzle88 · 10-21-2014, 04:31 AM

Originally Posted by nola_swammi

Like I said before, one bad play by Drew is irrelevant, if the refs was doing their job, drew wouldn't be in a situation to throw that interceptions. After the saints scored in the beginning of the 3rd quarter the refs turn up the flags on the saints on both end off/def & let Detroit practically do anything they want. People want to find reasons on why we lost, then do some investigation on your own and you will see the refs throwing flags on Colston, Lelito, & Bush was clear B.S.

The colston and lelito ones were wrong, but Rafael bush had hold of Reggie's hand when the ball was in the air, unfortunately that was PI and was the correct call

The sad part is, Reggie was not going to get that pass, Rafael just had to screw up anyway .

10-20-2014, 11:26 AM	#101
jonnyrotten 100th Post Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Nashville Posts: 490	Re: Officiating is why the Lions won this game. Originally Posted by SaintsBro The thing about the refs is that if you are playing good ball and have good form, the refs will GIVE you all the calls you need. If you are sloppy, half-**ed and look like garbage out there, then the refs will tell you to talk to the hand, all day long. The way to beat the refs is to be the better team of the two. Back in the days when the Saints were really rolling, the refs would give them all kinds of favorable calls. Darren Sharper pick 6 against the Dolphins where he fumbled the ball at the goal line. The two point conversion in the Super Bowl. Jimmy Graham made a huge catch in a Falcons game one time that wasn't really a catch, he used the ground to cradle it. I could go on and on. The Lance Moore two point conversion was good, but i agree on the other examples....

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UK_WhoDat 1000 Posts + Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Wherever I lay my hat Posts: 3,824	Re: Officiating is why the Lions won this game. Originally Posted by spkb25 The Goodwin injury hurt, a lot. They started getting a lot of pressure The Goodwin injuries (plural) was massive. He was coming into the game with one already and it got worse. Then add the offensive personnel who were on the field but already carrying injuries and got new one: Graham, Thomas, Stills. By game end, there were few offensive weapons who want to touch the ball.

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10-20-2014, 07:59 PM	#108
nola_swammi 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Monroe, La Posts: 2,626	Re: Officiating is why the Lions won this game. Originally Posted by The Dude Cannot blame the refs. They were calling some tick tacky **** on both teams. We got away with one on that first TD I believe it was. Refs didnt let the Lions Offense back in the game with 5 minutes left on the clock. Refs didnt cause Drew to throw a pick. there is plenty of blame to go around but you cant blame the refs. In all my years of watching football I can only recall one game where I truely believe blaming the refs was warranted, that game was the game against the Patriots last year. Like I said before, one bad play by Drew is irrelevant, if the refs was doing their job, drew wouldn't be in a situation to throw that interceptions. After the saints scored in the beginning of the 3rd quarter the refs turn up the flags on the saints on both end off/def & let Detroit practically do anything they want. People want to find reasons on why we lost, then do some investigation on your own and you will see the refs throwing flags on Colston, Lelito, & Bush was clear B.S.

10-20-2014, 09:34 PM	#109
Mr.Riaton 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Broussard,La. Posts: 1,249	Re: Officiating is why the Lions won this game. The facemask penalty on PT...I don't know if I recall seeing that penalty called before. Usually its on the defense. The refs might have been calling bad for both teams, but it sure seemed to happen to us at critical times in the game.

10-21-2014, 04:31 AM	#110
dizzle88 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 10,838	Re: Officiating is why the Lions won this game. Originally Posted by nola_swammi Like I said before, one bad play by Drew is irrelevant, if the refs was doing their job, drew wouldn't be in a situation to throw that interceptions. After the saints scored in the beginning of the 3rd quarter the refs turn up the flags on the saints on both end off/def & let Detroit practically do anything they want. People want to find reasons on why we lost, then do some investigation on your own and you will see the refs throwing flags on Colston, Lelito, & Bush was clear B.S. The colston and lelito ones were wrong, but Rafael bush had hold of Reggie's hand when the ball was in the air, unfortunately that was PI and was the correct call The sad part is, Reggie was not going to get that pass, Rafael just had to screw up anyway .

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