The Arizona Cardinals are going to the SOUPerboooooowwlllll

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Was flipping through channels last night and when I hit the NFL Network, Rich Eisen was talking to Ed Ferera (sp?) the Vice-President in charge of Officiating. They went over several of the calls that people have been squaking about.

- They showed visual evidence of Holmes' feet both being down.

- They said that if any official had seen Holmes' LeBron immitation that there WOULD have been a penalty. The fact that this happened 10-15 seconds after the end of the play meant that most of the officials had determined that there wasn't going to be any shenanigans - most of this type of penalty happen in the first 5 seconds after scoring - and the crew was getting things set for the point after attempt. They even showed a shot where you could see the side judge turning his back JUST before Santonio starts.

- They said that even if Harrison had been ruled down on the 100-yd INT return, that there was an offensive penalty on the play. An offensive penalty on an INT play to end the half/game works exactly the same as a defenseive penalty - the half gets extended by a play.

- They said that while the on-field officials were discussing the penalty on the Warner fumble with 7 seconds left, the replay official in the booth was looking it over and decided that there wasno reason to call down for a review. After viewing the tape later, the referee agreed that he wouldn't have reversed the call, as the ball was already moving around in Warner's hand before the arm was coming forward. Ferera (sp?) stated that he could understand where the feeling of "we NEED a review" came from, and said he will be discussing that when the officials have their off-season meetings. On such a close play at such a crucial point in such a big game, the integrity of the NFL needed ther to be a second look at the play.

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I think Roxer probably killed himself.

[The Outlaw]

Originally Posted by Corndad Let's not forget that 15 yard would be negated when Warner took off his helmet that last play.

Which wasn't called. I think the refs view it differently when he did it rather than when someone is doing it to celebrate, which is obviously why the Steeler guy (Woodley or something) did it. Doesn't make it any more right, but I've seen a QB take it off to talk to refs a lot more and not get called for it.