Larry Gude
Strung Out
...in what was a very entertaining and exciting game, Dallas had three pass interference/holding calls against them that were marginal, if not out right bad calls and they did not receive the same interpretive open mindedness in return when they had the ball.
Further, the overturned call late, when Whitten was ruled on the field to have gotten the 1st down at the 1, was a travesty. We're told that there must be clear evidence, like when Talapia Tofu, the Seattle linebacker, barely stepped out of bounds tossing Glens fumble back in play for an apparent TD.
The Whitten play, you could argue, yeah it looks like he might of been short but all the shots they showed us were on an angle, not on the goal line, right there, like the man who made the call. To me, it was not indisputable and should not have been overturned.
Also, Seattle #27, Jordan Babineuax, not even hesitating when Romo botched the snap made maybe the play of the day, in a day filled with them, running Romo down. If he doesn't trip him, Romo at least gets the 1st and maybe tumbles in for 6.
The KC game sickeningly reminded me of us vs. Seattle last year; D playing lights out and doing everything you could ask and more, but no offensive support at all. If Law scores on that one pick, like Rogers last year flat out dropping an easy TD pic, who knows? Give Manning credit for getting in the way just enough.
Give the Colts D some credit too. If they can play like that 2 more times, they get a shot at a Lombardi.
Further, the overturned call late, when Whitten was ruled on the field to have gotten the 1st down at the 1, was a travesty. We're told that there must be clear evidence, like when Talapia Tofu, the Seattle linebacker, barely stepped out of bounds tossing Glens fumble back in play for an apparent TD.
The Whitten play, you could argue, yeah it looks like he might of been short but all the shots they showed us were on an angle, not on the goal line, right there, like the man who made the call. To me, it was not indisputable and should not have been overturned.
Also, Seattle #27, Jordan Babineuax, not even hesitating when Romo botched the snap made maybe the play of the day, in a day filled with them, running Romo down. If he doesn't trip him, Romo at least gets the 1st and maybe tumbles in for 6.
The KC game sickeningly reminded me of us vs. Seattle last year; D playing lights out and doing everything you could ask and more, but no offensive support at all. If Law scores on that one pick, like Rogers last year flat out dropping an easy TD pic, who knows? Give Manning credit for getting in the way just enough.
Give the Colts D some credit too. If they can play like that 2 more times, they get a shot at a Lombardi.
He had to hesitate for a second too so Gramatica didn't kick him in the sack as he passed by.
I don't remember the preceding 3 other downs but I think the plays were within Grammatica's range??? Given all that's at stake in this game, couldn't they have gone for a field goal on 2nd down and again on 3rd down and 4th? That's probably a really dumb question and I'm sure if I gave it some thought I can think of the answer.... there's no cokes in the house (my coffee) so my head is spinning. Just thought I'd check in before heading out to the store.
