Phantom pi call?
- Thread starter EvilBetty
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The problem I have with the call is the receiver initiated contact and stuck his arm into the defenders chest. You see hand fighting like this all the time and typically the refs let it go when the receiver is being the equal aggressor like I believe is the case in this play. But definitely not near as bad as what I thought I saw from the stands on the replay.
That is just as bad as I thought it was the first time. It is as much offensive PI as anything. Guy puts his arm up to push off and Pevy is pushing it off more than grabbing it.
Also looks like it was uncatchable.
Miller, but that is what I was thinking too. He also was the guy that earlier in the game fumbled the ball out of bounds and got hit by Peavy. He laid on the ground for 2 minutes hoping to get a call, and after the flag didn't come he popped up and headed to the sideline.
Meh, that call is only really upsetting due to the circumstances. I've seen way worse. It's just that at the time, I'm sure we were all thinking "here we go AGAIN".
If it was called holding and not PI ( I don't remember) uncatchable does not apply. Holding is/was penalized whether the ball is catchable or not.
That's the sign of an average receiver who knows he has been outplayed the entire day. Well done Peavy. You definitely won this battle too!
