re: Graham pissed about the offensive PI flag

This was the niner player after the game.

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I heard the ref that made the call has a daughter that is a cheerleader for the 49ers.

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so what about the other dude that immediately threw his flag too?

You're replying to a guy that has never posted here before.

On Hail Mary's - In 2012, in fact, an NFL replacement referee said publicly the league trained him not to call offensive pass interference in such instances because "there are a lot of bodies in there, you just let it go."

This thread makes so many people look like homer morons, it's insane. First of all, it doesn't matter how hard the shove was. The whole point of the penalty is extending your arms to create space.

On the live view, the same view the sideline ref has, it looked like a full on two hand shove from Graham. How the hell can people not be reasonable about that? On the endzone view replay, it doesn't look as bad, but you still see Graham extending both arms to create space. On the replay from behind, you clearly see Graham's hand on the guy's back, and pushing him away.

It's crazy seeing a video where you clearly see Graham full extension with both arms, then people saying they don't see it.

The other thing is the whole "you can't call that on that play in that situation" argument. I've always hated that line of thought. It's a cop out. Someone even said Boldin apparently pushed off worse on his call early in the game. God you people are delusional. Props to Chad and Vor for attempting to set delusional fans straight.

You calling someone else delusional is very cute

Thread's still going, eh?

Stopped on my way home for a beer tonight and talked with 4 or 5 buddies who are all Saints fans. Every one of them said the following:

1. It was a legitimate penalty (although a judgment call).

2. You just can't put two hands on the defender and extend . . . which is what Jimmy did.

3. No doubt the guy "flopped" to "sell" the call. So what? It's smart.

4. On a "hail Mary" type of pass, if it had been a little more crowded, etc, it may not have been called. Alas, it was wide open and obvious.

5. Jimmy probably could have made the catch without the push off.

6. Two officials on opposite sides of the play called it.

7. If it had not been called, there would be much more of an uproar than you're reading/hearing today (of course, that's probably because the NFL hates the Saints, the media is biased against N.O., and there's a conspiracy right? )

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Yea we're delusional because we disagree with you. Graham had retracted his arm before the defender ever moved away from him. Proving that the force exerted on the defender was minute and not enough to even change his direction. The player forced his body away from Graham instead of trying to make a play on the ball. Had the defender actually tried to make a play on the ball then you have a small argument that it's offensive PI. But he didn't, so it isn't.

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I'm not sure why this topic and thread interests me so much. I guess because the tenacious rationalization by the homers is as much off the hook as I've ever seen. Guys, it was a decent call by two officials. You're acting like it wasn't even close.

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Imagine the uproar if, against the Saints, Roddy White did exactly what JG did and it wasn't called. Game over, Falcons win.

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Epic meltdown.

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it doesn't matter how hard the shove was

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It was a little push, my point was he had a great chance to catch the ball without pushing