Pats v Panthers

[Melchior]

i actually thought a bigger play was on that last scoring drive. i can't remember the patriots name but he got called for a penalty...i think holding...on greg olson. when they showed it again on replay you could see olson had the guy in an arm bar.

i think that was on a 3rd down too.

This.

[slag]

On a related point ... the NFL better fucking get religion on the contact rule.

Aside from that bullshit call in the Frisco/N.O. game where they put two skirts on Brees .. they need to allow contact down the field until the ball is thrown.

Teams cannot play defense anymore and it's becoming arena league ball where they're more interested in whether fans have access to wifi than game play.

The contact rule need to be changed.

You grab a guy?

Fine ... flag.

Contact with ball in the air ... flag.

But hand checking and whatnot beyond 5 yards has to be allowed ... to many fucking situations when the receiver initiates the contact and the db gets the flag ... but then you get that bullshit last night which was, as you said, clearly a contact violation under the new rule and not called.

[RSE]

There is contact on almost every play past five yards. There must be rhyme and reason, and some sort of tacit understanding between the players and the refs, about when it is called, but sure as hell the fans don't know.

[Greenstealth]

I thought they have eased off the ticky tack ic calls, then I watched the broncos game.

[art vandelay]

Regardless of PI or not, how is it not at the very least an illegal contact?

Great question