25 Dec '11 13:38>2 edits
Still think the Jets are the "better team", Rex?
That dig aside, it was a strange game filled with some questionable calls. Is the "tuck" rule still in force? I thought they reformed if after the Brady farce, but here was a call of an incomplete pass when the ball was about 3 inches from Mark Sanchez's knee and headed into his body when Justin Tuck swatted it out. If that is indeed the rule, it's an asinine one that needs to be changed.
And what was the call on the safety that pretty much clinched the game? Sanchez wasn't brought to the ground before the ball left his hand (in fact it was completed for a short gain) yet the refs called him down. Is this some vestigial "in the grasp" rule? I thought they did away with that years ago.
EDIT: Correction: It was the Godlike Jason Pierre-Paul who swatted the ball out on the "tuck rule" play.
That dig aside, it was a strange game filled with some questionable calls. Is the "tuck" rule still in force? I thought they reformed if after the Brady farce, but here was a call of an incomplete pass when the ball was about 3 inches from Mark Sanchez's knee and headed into his body when Justin Tuck swatted it out. If that is indeed the rule, it's an asinine one that needs to be changed.
And what was the call on the safety that pretty much clinched the game? Sanchez wasn't brought to the ground before the ball left his hand (in fact it was completed for a short gain) yet the refs called him down. Is this some vestigial "in the grasp" rule? I thought they did away with that years ago.
EDIT: Correction: It was the Godlike Jason Pierre-Paul who swatted the ball out on the "tuck rule" play.