Jets Get Screwed by Refs Again
It has been said that no one play ever wins or loses a football game game, and I largely agree with that. At that place are then many plays in a game that can go either way, it's virtually impossible to point to just one as the ultimate deciding factor.
Yous might call back that y'all could besides extrapolate that no single call from the refs can decide a game either. I would generally hold with that notion besides because there are calls made and not made every single play that could ultimately touch on the outcome. And then no i call can probably be held up as the i that won or lost the game for that particular team.
Except for this one horse shit holding telephone call at the terminate of the Raiders' loss to the Patriots.
For those of you who didn't actually see this horse shit belongings call considering you didn't watch the game, what yous demand to sympathise is that the Raiders fought their asses off all game to proceed things shut with the Patriots. They held the mighty Tom Brady and the rest of the Patriots' criminal offence to a single touchdown to become along with three field goals. The Raiders had their own issues getting into the terminate zone with rookie quarterback Derek Carr running the show, but they finally caught a break after making a play of their own.
for me to exist going this difficult virtually a holding call and defending an offensive lineman should give you lot a inkling of just how egregious this was. -Stephen White, retired defensive end
With simply over two minutes left to become in the game, the plain fearless Carr, who hadn't backed down from targeting receivers that Darrelle Revis was roofing all day, again tried Revis on a dorsum shoulder fade to broad receiver James Jones that netted the Raiders 18 yards and moved them all the way down the Patriots' 33 one thousand line. So they caught a interruption on third-and-seven from the 30-yard line with well-nigh a i:37 left to go in the game when Patriots cornerback Logan Ryan, who apparently had been comatose for the whole game until then, decided that he didn't think Carr would dare throw deep in that situation.
That is the simply rational explanation I tin come up with for why he was sitting down in his dorsum peddle and was about to let Andre Holmes to run right by him on a fade route before Ryan arm barred him and drew the laissez passer interference flag. Before you lot expect at me like I'one thousand crazy, it was blatant, and even Ryan didn't contend about it. He was virtually to be toast and he knew it so he did what he had to do.
Which brings us to beginning-and-goal, at the six-thousand line, Oakland trailing xvi-nine. This horse shit holding call has me equally pissed every bit Raiders fans. Oakland lined up shotgun slot right with two running backs, 1 on either side of Carr. Instead of getting cute, they decided to go blast mouth and run what was essentially a split abdomen, sending 1 back to block the behind defensive end on the right while the offensive line zone blocked to the left. Darren McFadden basically walked into the end zone. All they needed to do was kick the extra signal and now they at least probably have a chance in overtime.
But noooooooo, the referee had to call this equus caballus shit holding penalisation on rookie left guard Gabe Jackson who was only doing what the Raiders drafted him to do, knock the opposition on their ass with overwhelming force. It wasn't Jackson's fault that instead of lining up a real linebacker in the box across from him the Patriots decided to line upward rubber Patrick Chung. All he did was come up off low and hard and block Chung to the inside as McFadden ran right off his ass into the end zone. It was Chung who decided to try to spin off the block which is never advisable when you don't have any leverage. Even then Jackson didn't tackle him; he but maintained his grip on the forepart of Chung'south shoulder pads.
What actually acquired the penalty flag to exist thrown was Vince Wilfork diving into the back of Jackson and Chung'southward legs which caused both men to fall. Jackson's easily never moved only he ended up getting the meliorate of the fall by using the leverage from both of them falling to slam Chung into the turf really really hard. It nevertheless wasn't holding, just allow'due south say it was. This part of the block didn't even happen until McFadden had already crossed the goal line. At that place is simply no mode it had an impact on the play. And however there was the yellowish flag being thrown at a guy for doing his damn jobtoo well.
Anybody who has followed the Raiders over the last 10 years could take predicted in some fashion what was going to happen after that touchdown was taken off the board. Maybe y'all wouldn't have specifically predicted that it would be Wilfork who ended up catching a deflection for an interception to end the game, but I'm certain you would accept been shut enough. One time that flag was thrown all promise was basically lost for the Raiders. It should have never left the ref'southward pocket.
Understand that I detest virtually offensive linemen in full general, and I think they aren't nearly as smart as folks try to requite them credit for and well-nigh of them are dirty equally hell and many of them stink. Aye, stink. So for me to exist going this hard about a belongings call anddefending an offensive lineman should give you lot a clue of just how egregious this was.
And yeah, that phone call did in fact lose the game for the Raiders.
Promise yous're proud of yourself Mr Referee guy!
Trouble solved
I meant to mention terminal week that while watching the Raiders/Texans game I noticed that the Raiders defence came out with Justin Tuck and rookie Khalil Mack starting at the defensive stop spots. Mack was continuing up most of the time, but he was definitely playing correct defensive stop at the start. This was a change to their initial line-upward that saw Lamarr Woodley line up at right defensive finish while Mack played SAM linebacker.
I lamented during the preseason that this approach was frustrating to picket considering the Raiders, similar most teams, play so much nickel defense that Mack wasn't on the field much for first or second downs. Then he would come in on tertiary downwardly as a laissez passer rusher with Tuck moved inside to defensive tackle and Woodley at which ever defensive stop spot was contrary of where Mack lined up. Mack didn't appear to be comfortable every bit a pass rusher because he was existence shuffled in and out of the game every few plays.
On the other hand, with Mack at right defensive end, they were wasting Woodley on the bench which didn't make much sense either.
Last Sunday against the Patriots, the Raiders fixed that problem by lining up in a 3-4 on early downs for much of the game. This allowed Woodley and Mack to play outside linebacker, something they are both very comfortable with. Tuck slid within as a defensive terminate/defensive tackle. It as well allowed Oakland to go on another one of their complimentary agent acquisitions, defensive tackle Antonio Smith, on the field at the same time with Tuck, Woodley and Mack. That was hard to do earlier when they were only using four defensive linemen and Tuck moved inside to defensive tackle.
The results were pretty damn impressive. I'chiliad sure some people are wondering why Tom Brady and the Patriots could only muster up a measly xvi points at home against the Raiders. A big factor was the force per unit area the Raiders were able to bring up forepart with all 4 of those guys in the game at once.
It was rare to see Brady, who was sacked twice, standing upright after any of his throws on Sunday. Fifty-fifty when they didn't actually striking him, they would at least push the offensive linemen back into his lap, making it difficult to follow through on his throws.
I can't say for sure if this is a permanent change or not, but considering how well they played, I'd expect to see a lot more of the 3-4 alignment from the Raiders going frontwards this season.
Source: https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2014/9/24/6839261/raiders-patriots-holding-call-touchdown-screwed-by-referees
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