Comments on: Troy Aikman, the NFL and Personal Foul Penalities

By: irishmafia

irishmafia — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:05:44 +0000

Kenny Phillips from the U

By: gimmeabeerman

gimmeabeerman — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:27:34 +0000

Regarding the call: B-b-b-BULLSHIT!

By: tommyp

tommyp — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:25:45 +0000

Phillips arrived a split second after the ball hit the ground. What did the ref expect Phillips to do? Stop in mid-air like those live mannequins in the Bud Light commercials?

By: tedkerwin

tedkerwin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:15:35 +0000

The ball was dropped but Moore was reaching for it awful call. They have regulations in Rugby Union about how you tackle a player, nothing above the shoulders, arms around the player, etc. You can enforce it because that game is about possession not yards gained, if the game rewards the offense with a first down for ten yards gained the defense is allowed to stop your forward progress by hitting the ball carrier hard. Wide Receivers are not QB’s they are replaceable players, I can understand protecting the QB but everyone else is fair game, you want to play football at 5′ 10 160 prepare to be hit into next week. Awful over regulation of the game. Hell if that was Brandon Jacobs who got hit by a safety they do not throw that flag.

By: John Awesome

John Awesome — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:01:51 +0000

I think moleman is right. Philips took a step and a half after the ball was dropped before he made the hit. I think it was a marginal call.

By: rs27

rs27 — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:01:18 +0000

Sam Rosen was the guy in the Eagles/Falcons game.

That officiating crew that did the game for the Steelers/Giants was miserable from the beginning. I think each team got taunting calls and late hit penalties and the one by Phillips was atrocious. What’s Phillips supposed to do? Stop? So if Moore catches the ball he can run right by him?

This season has now had two calls that decided games. The Hochuli call against San Diego and the muffed punt in the Atlanta game yesterday. The officiating in this league should be getting better and its getting worse.

Godell sucks.

By: Tampa Bo

Tampa Bo — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:59:51 +0000

Even a shoulder to the head is sorta fucked up.

By: Triston27

Triston27 — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:58:12 +0000

the issue wasnt hitting with the head it was that he went after a defenseless receiver

Keith Rivers thinks this rule is unfair.

By: cracker jack

cracker jack — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:55:34 +0000

I couldnt believe the roughing the passer call in Eagles/Falcons.. you are allowed to tackle a QB who is still in the process of throwing the ball, no?

By: spencer096

spencer096 — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:53:10 +0000

The players are bigger, faster and stronger
/Kanye’d?

more like million dollar man’d.