Obviously many do not know the NFL rules. When a ball is in possession of both offense and defense players, the offense gets the call. So it was the correct call.
All pass interference calls are subjective and the referee rules, not the fans.
Wrong. Only when initial possession is simultaneous. Defense clearly had possession first. This means that the offense attempting a grab once on the ground is of no consequence. Clearly an interception.
I agree and pass interference is NEVER called on a jump ball Hail Mary in the end zone!
you are deluded. The ball was clearly possessed by the defense long enough to end the game. Golden Tate only had an arm in there.
You’re SO incredibly wrong. That was blatant pass interference and Tate didn’t even come close to having possession. It’s not a tie when the receiver doesn’t get the ball first. Tate NEVER had the ball. Take off the blinders.
Thanks for the info.
From the NFL rulebook:
“Item 5: Simultaneous Catch. If a pass is caught simultaneously by two eligible opponents, and both players
retain it, the ball belongs to the passers.”
That was not a simultaneous catch, the Green Bay defender clearly had both hands on the ball and pulled it to his chest, while Tate only had one arm on the ball.
You are correct about the simultaneous possession. It’s really a judgement call and the if both players possess the ball with both hands, it’s a TD in that situation because all the wrestling afterwards is too late if the receiver got two feet down with the ball in both hands.
The folks thinking worse call ever should go back and watch the dozens of uncalled Tuck Rule fumbles for years before instant replay, then consider how Walt Coleman overturned a judgment call in a playoff game because he was so caught up that there was a tuck rule that he didn’t stop to consider whether the QB’s non throwing hand touching the ball ends the forward pass process. Everyone on the field from both teams, everyone in the stadium, the announcers and a national tv audience all knew it was a fumble when it occurred. The correct call would have been to say there was No clear evidence that the call on the field should be overturned. Yes I am a Raiders fan, but if the call on the field had been incomplete pass I would have supported that, because if you don’t follow that credo, then basically every game is rigged..
The most essential element of officiating is not to overshadow the players on the field. The fact that Coleman was never assigned to a game in Oakland afterward shows that he had made himself bigger than the game by overturning that call. I see a lot of Walt Coleman in Chief Justice Roberts.
All pass interference calls are subjective and the referee rules, not the fans.
One of the announcers said that the possession of the catch call on the field had to stand. It's not reviewable.
And it's possible the ref wasn't in position see the push in the back, or as others have said, they tend not to call interference on hail marys. Anyway, football is full of crybabies, no game is called perfectly, and it's all too easy to blame the refs during the lockout.
The Offensive player never had possession, it clearly was an interception.
It’s really not subjective when you push a player in the back with both hands and knock him on the ground.
As for simultaneous possession, okay, but that doesn’t apply when one side catches it first, as happened here, nor when the other side never has true possession, as also happened here.
Jennings had possesion with two hands and with its close to his body, Tate only had a hand on it and his other was on Jennings arm. So there was no “tie”