KJ Wright illegal bat

[Hawks46]

Who cares? if green bay can get the ball back after one of our O linemen recovered a fumble then we can do it too.

Yup. Exactly.

At least this one got a review.

The GB play didn't even get a review. Just like the AZ "interception" that cost a game 2 years ago didn't even get a review.

That said I honestly don't know why Wright doesn't just fall on the ball. He's halfway into the endzone and obviously pushes the ball out of the end zone. If he falls on it, which he easily could've done, it's the same result. Why not just fall on it ?

 

[Throwdown]

All I see is a W

 

[strohmin]

I'm glad we won the way we did. I can't wait for the Cincy game!!!

 

[Blitzer88]

Guess I will avoid sports shows this entire week now..................

 

[Ambrose83]

Webzone having a tough time...

i dont get how hes saying we've been so lucky. That's only twice now we have had calls go our way. GB and DET.

we weren't lucky during last years super bowl thats for sure. Also, the way our defense is built....this isnt luck. This is a result of skilled defensive players.

also....SB40....dont need to say much more.

seahawks are 50/50 when it comes to luck from the refs....if that

I love messing with those guys... its almost too easy

 

[Seafan]

Could have cost us the game

So could have RW.

You mean the OL

RW is literally the ONLY reason we scored any points today. So tired of him receiving any of the blame.

RW is literally the only reason the Lions scored a TD last night and kept them in the game. You can credit him for the nice job he did but don't excuse the fumbles and miss throws and blame all the sacks on the OL.

 

[Seafan]

No it's not an illegal bat. If it had been the ref would have thrown a flag. It's a judgement call and the ref judged it not illegal. Blandino is wrong.

 

[jlwaters1]

Should have cost us the game...wow! once again the refs hand us a bullschiit win on a MNF game

You sound disappointed.

It was a bullschit win... again...

No it wasn't . The ball batting was a technicality. The spirit of that rule is if there's a fumble in the endzone and there are a bunch of people trying to recover and someone just bats it out of bounds. That's bad form. There was NO chance of a Lion recovery. The only possible player to make a play was KJ. If he just dives at the ball-- being more artful in knocking it out of bounds, then we're not even talking about this.

This supposed controversy is diminishing the fine play of Chancellor. In reality they got it right by not making a call that had no bearing at all. IF they would have done that penalty, half of the country would be talking about how ludirious the call was, similarly to Calvin Johnson's NON-Catch against the Bear's a few years back when most fans would deem it a catch.

 

[timmat]

It's sounding like this wasn't a case of the refs missing the bat. They saw it, discussed it and determined it wasn't worthy of being called. Right or wrong, that was their take. Did KJs action alter the course of the ball enough to have a penalty change the course of the game? They decided no.

There's a reason games aren't called by robots. Interpretation of not only the rules, but the timing and application of the rules is all part of it. Not great for Lions fans, but I'm happy they took that approach, and not for the obvious reason of I wanted a Hawks W. I hate penalties that have no bearing on the flow of the play. It could be argued the ball may have bounced funny, but given it's trajectory and rotation, I doubt it - it was going out anyway with no Lion in the immediate area. I'm thankful the refs saw it that way.

May have been a different call if he batted it out amongst a crowd of Lions.

 

[Our Man in Chicago]

That Wright's illegal bat (it was) is more talked-about than the Chancellor punch/Thomas hit is pretty sad.

I guess the media feels like they need a Fail Mary 2 more than a Fantastic Goal-Line Stand.

#bleeding,leading

 

[KitsapGuy]

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[Smellyman]

if they called everything by the rules, every play by the Patriots, Packers and Broncos would be a pick play or blocking down field. They never do. Not calling those down in and down out is way more egregious than one call that wouldn't have impacted the game.

again.

technically illegel

spirit of the rul. nope

 

[Smellyman]

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ha....no

 

[Seahawk Sailor]

No foul if this is it:

Rule 12-4-1(a) explains that an illegal bat occurs if “a player of either team bats or punches a loose ball in the field of play toward his opponent’s goal line. While Rule 12-4-1(a) doesn’t expressly require intent, Rule 3-2-5(g) defines illegal batting as “the intentional striking of the ball with hand, fist, elbow, or forearm.”

not towards the opponents goal line

Edit: someone else could find the actual rule, someone smarter than me.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...-dolphins-patriots-game-comes-under-scrutiny/

Just finished watching the game on NFL Game Pass replay. Had no idea this was even a point of discussion; wasn't mentioned a bit during the game. And players bat/push/swat balls out the back of the end zone all the time, and it's never a penalty. And if that's the rule, then it doesn't matter if he wound up and hit it Babe Ruth style, it's not a penalty. It's not being batted toward his opponent's goal line once it's in the end zone.

This is much ado about nothing but a smart, heads-up play.

 

[Smellyman]

No foul if this is it:

Rule 12-4-1(a) explains that an illegal bat occurs if “a player of either team bats or punches a loose ball in the field of play toward his opponent’s goal line. While Rule 12-4-1(a) doesn’t expressly require intent, Rule 3-2-5(g) defines illegal batting as “the intentional striking of the ball with hand, fist, elbow, or forearm.”

not towards the opponents goal line

Edit: someone else could find the actual rule, someone smarter than me.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...-dolphins-patriots-game-comes-under-scrutiny/

Just finished watching the game on NFL Game Pass replay. Had no idea this was even a point of discussion; wasn't mentioned a bit during the game. And players bat/push/swat balls out the back of the end zone all the time, and it's never a penalty. And if that's the rule, then it doesn't matter if he wound up and hit it Babe Ruth style, it's not a penalty. It's not being batted toward his opponent's goal line once it's in the end zone.

This is much ado about nothing but a smart, heads-up play.

That one I posted didn't tell the whole story. Second part of the rule is it can't be batted in any direction while in the endzone.

 

[Our Man in Chicago]

The ball was not at all out of bounds, and it might have died in the end zone had no one touched it. Either way, all Wright had to do was catch it and run/fall out of the back of the end zone.

 

[JustTheTip]

Webzone having a tough time...

A 49er fan jumping of the bandwagon? Say it ain't so.

 

[Siouxhawk]

Thought you guys legalized a good bat

 

[kearly]

Part of me wonders if the official knew the rule but refrained from calling it out of pure bullshit factor. Maybe he believed, like many of us do, that it's a bullshit rule and it should never be allowed to decide a game in such a manner.

I'd hate to be the guy who'd have to explain it to 67,000 rabid fans as they watch their season maybe slip away because of a flawed rule. For that reason it's reasonable to wonder if the same call would have been made in Detroit.

 

[Seahawk Sailor]

That one I posted didn't tell the whole story. Second part of the rule is it can't be batted in any direction while in the endzone.

Not buyin' it. You see that happen all the time in the NFL and nobody's said a thing until now.