Blandino, Pereira both say Zach Miller scored

SmashMouth · 10-31-2017, 12:19 PM

Two former heads of the NFL’s officiating department say Bears tight end Zach Miller was robbed of a touchdown on what turned out to be the last play of his season on Sunday.

Miller, who suffered a serious knee injury as he fell to the ground after catching a pass in the end zone, was initially ruled to have caught the pass. But on replay, V.P. of Officiating Al Riveron ruled that Miller hadn’t maintained control of the ball as he went to the ground.

Riveron’s predecessors Mike Pereira and Dean Blandino, who now work as FOX analysts, both said on their weekly online show that Riveron got it wrong.

“At some point the process of the catch ends, and it ends when he rolls over on the ground with control,” Blandino said. “It was ruled a catch on the field. I didn’t see anything definitive to overturn it and quite frankly, if it had been ruled incomplete on the field, if it had been me in the command center, I would have reversed it to a catch.”

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SmashMouth · 10-31-2017, 12:20 PM

Is it me, or are these two much better at making obvious calls than they were when they were employed by the NFL?

saintfan · 10-31-2017, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by SmashMouth

Is it me, or are these two much better at making obvious calls than they were when they were employed by the NFL?

Dilly?

jnormand · 10-31-2017, 12:28 PM

If it was it was. We're usually the ones getting screwed. We can't control officiating and there's been plenty of times where the Saints got the **** at the end of the stick.

I'd rather not have something like that contested. It doesn't change the outcome because the game is already over.

blackangold · 10-31-2017, 12:35 PM

I thought it was a catch, but regardless they wouldn't have won. Instead of running the ball at the end of the game we would have opened the offense up, thus no Mark Ingram fumbles.

Can second guess everything and play the what if game all day. What I do know is the announcer for the game was slobbering on the bears jock strap, was embarrassing to listen to their bias.

WillSaints81 · 10-31-2017, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by blackangold

I thought it was a catch, but regardless they wouldn't have won. Instead of running the ball at the end of the game we would have opened the offense up, thus no Mark Ingram fumbles.

Can second guess everything and play the what if game all day. What I do know is the announcer for the game was slobbering on the bears jock strap, was embarrassing to listen to their bias.

Are you saying our offense was playing conservative and not trying to put up more points?

The bears were all over the pass yesterday.

blackangold · 10-31-2017, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by WillSaints81

Are you saying our offense was playing conservative and not trying to put up more points?

The bears were all over the pass yesterday.

Ya... That's why Brees threw for 300 and was over 80% completions....

Seer1 · 11-01-2017, 06:27 AM

Originally Posted by blackangold

Ya... That's why Brees threw for 300 and was over 80% completions....

And we decided to run, run, run then have Ingram hand the ball to da Bears 'cause we was so nice.

WillSaints81 · 11-02-2017, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by blackangold

Ya... That's why Brees threw for 300 and was over 80% completions....

Who cares about completions. Brees connected on some big third down throws to get past mid-field only for the drives to not finish with a score. Ingram fumbled one of them but still. We also were gonna kick a FG anyway on one of his fumbles. Brees also threw passes below the line of scrimmage just to avoid the sack. Is that the oline or is the short-window no longer an option for his arm strength? And did I mention we scored no TDs in the second half.

Tobias-Reiper · 11-03-2017, 12:41 AM

[QUOTE=WillSaints81;773840 Brees connected on some big third down throws to get past mid-field only for the drives to not finish with a score.[/QUOTE]

The Saints only converted two 1st downs.

10-31-2017, 12:19 PM	#1
SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 38,554 Blog Entries: 29	Blandino, Pereira both say Zach Miller scored Two former heads of the NFL’s officiating department say Bears tight end Zach Miller was robbed of a touchdown on what turned out to be the last play of his season on Sunday. Miller, who suffered a serious knee injury as he fell to the ground after catching a pass in the end zone, was initially ruled to have caught the pass. But on replay, V.P. of Officiating Al Riveron ruled that Miller hadn’t maintained control of the ball as he went to the ground. Riveron’s predecessors Mike Pereira and Dean Blandino, who now work as FOX analysts, both said on their weekly online show that Riveron got it wrong. “At some point the process of the catch ends, and it ends when he rolls over on the ground with control,” Blandino said. “It was ruled a catch on the field. I didn’t see anything definitive to overturn it and quite frankly, if it had been ruled incomplete on the field, if it had been me in the command center, I would have reversed it to a catch.” read more on PFT

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SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 38,554 Blog Entries: 29	Re: Blandino, Pereira both say Zach Miller scored Is it me, or are these two much better at making obvious calls than they were when they were employed by the NFL? saintfan, Rugby Saint II and st thomas like this.

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saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	Re: Blandino, Pereira both say Zach Miller scored Originally Posted by SmashMouth Is it me, or are these two much better at making obvious calls than they were when they were employed by the NFL? Dilly? Halo, jnormand, foreverfan and 1 others like this.

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jnormand 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Free State of Idaho Posts: 5,745	Re: Blandino, Pereira both say Zach Miller scored If it was it was. We're usually the ones getting screwed. We can't control officiating and there's been plenty of times where the Saints got the **** at the end of the stick. I'd rather not have something like that contested. It doesn't change the outcome because the game is already over. Halo, Danno and Beastmode like this.

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blackangold 1000 Posts + Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 3,422	Re: Blandino, Pereira both say Zach Miller scored I thought it was a catch, but regardless they wouldn't have won. Instead of running the ball at the end of the game we would have opened the offense up, thus no Mark Ingram fumbles. Can second guess everything and play the what if game all day. What I do know is the announcer for the game was slobbering on the bears jock strap, was embarrassing to listen to their bias. Halo, SmashMouth, Rugby Saint II and 2 others like this.

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WillSaints81 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 4,278	Re: Blandino, Pereira both say Zach Miller scored Originally Posted by blackangold I thought it was a catch, but regardless they wouldn't have won. Instead of running the ball at the end of the game we would have opened the offense up, thus no Mark Ingram fumbles. Can second guess everything and play the what if game all day. What I do know is the announcer for the game was slobbering on the bears jock strap, was embarrassing to listen to their bias. Are you saying our offense was playing conservative and not trying to put up more points? The bears were all over the pass yesterday.

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blackangold 1000 Posts + Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 3,422	Re: Blandino, Pereira both say Zach Miller scored Originally Posted by WillSaints81 Are you saying our offense was playing conservative and not trying to put up more points? The bears were all over the pass yesterday. Ya... That's why Brees threw for 300 and was over 80% completions.... Halo, RockyMountainSaint and Seer1 like this.

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Seer1 Site Donor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Bayou Bayfield CO Posts: 4,722	Re: Blandino, Pereira both say Zach Miller scored Originally Posted by blackangold Ya... That's why Brees threw for 300 and was over 80% completions.... And we decided to run, run, run then have Ingram hand the ball to da Bears 'cause we was so nice.

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WillSaints81 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 4,278	Re: Blandino, Pereira both say Zach Miller scored Originally Posted by blackangold Ya... That's why Brees threw for 300 and was over 80% completions.... Who cares about completions. Brees connected on some big third down throws to get past mid-field only for the drives to not finish with a score. Ingram fumbled one of them but still. We also were gonna kick a FG anyway on one of his fumbles. Brees also threw passes below the line of scrimmage just to avoid the sack. Is that the oline or is the short-window no longer an option for his arm strength? And did I mention we scored no TDs in the second half.

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Tobias-Reiper Merces Letifer Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 4,161	Re: Blandino, Pereira both say Zach Miller scored [QUOTE=WillSaints81;773840 Brees connected on some big third down throws to get past mid-field only for the drives to not finish with a score.[/QUOTE] The Saints only converted two 1st downs.

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