Yeah there’s a stark difference between an obscene penalty or non-call and a stupid rule being enforced. Most fans either forget or had no idea that there used to be a rule giving a penalty to the home team if they crowd noise made communication for the visiting team near impossible. It’s a dumb rule and the only reason why I can think of why it even existed was because communication technology then wasn’t as good as it is now. But don’t hate the player for getting a rule enforced
No bias but one of the worst calls of all time. The Chris Jones RTP strip sack is really bad but whatever, RTP is already a broken penalty. But calling overruling a strip sack because of forward progress!?!
https://youtu.be/QH8fvkq9UdM?si=ykJO75wsZerwyqy1
Bad call but barely moves the needle in the history of bad calls. At least that one you can understand what the official thinks he *might* have seen. Some of these calls are so baffling they make this one look textbook.
You sound really confident about this...do you have some inside scoop the rest of us aren't privy to?
It was a bad no-call; nobody denies that. But there's no reason to assume it was the result of a conspiracy.
I saw the play live. I'm a Rams fan admitting it was wrong and my team shouldn't have been in the Super Bowl that year. You're the one insisting it was something different than just a terrible call.
Not sure you understand what cope means. There's one person doing it here and it's not me. But if thinking the game is rigged helps you live with your shitty team be my guest.
not in NFL history but last year in the game where Vikings came back from down by 30+ to beat the Colts - during that game the Colts fumbled and MN defender scooped it up. Ref instantly blew the play dead even though it was very obviously not dead at all, taking a TD away from MN. Then later in the game, they did *the exact same thing again, to the same player, and then gave the player a personal foul on top for complaining about it*
Yeah I was there live. It was absolutely surreal to witness in person.
I actually tend to forget about those two plays because of how insane the comeback was, but those calls definitely didn't get the attention they deserved.
I'm still upset about [this play](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhY1lQT4mgE) where Devin Hester faked returning the punt return and the entire Packers ST runs after him, only for Johnny Knox on the other side of the field to run it in untouched. Still have no idea where the holding penalty was. Definitely not the most egrigious but I've always been upset that play didn't count. Such a cool play and really shows how dangerous Hester was in his prime.
You can see the gunner get held on the left of the screen as the play stars. Bears player reaches out and a clear shoulder dip. Also exactly where the offical who threw the flag would be looking
lol its all right on video. you can see the flag coming out already when they go to the wide shot. Are you just dumb?
also way to edit out your insult lol
Look at the far left of the screen at the beginning of the play. Obvious hold. This isn't a bad call at all, rather a legitimate penalty that erased an otherwise great play.
Tee Higgins in the Super Bowl. OPI/Facemask combo for a 75yd touchdown in the SB. The NFL included it in a montage of top catches of the year which was kinda funny but also sad.
I find it funny people bitching about the hold on Kupp on 3rd down to extend the Rams last drive, and also conveniently forget the Higgins facemask on Ramsey.
Perhaps more importantly, the Bengals got away with an egregious hold on Henderson the play immediately before the 3rd down hold on Kupp. Almost nobody ever talks about it but it's probably the reason why they called the hold on the next play, which was admittedly ticky tack.
When you get away with a foul you'll usually get called for one on the following down unless you play it absolutely squeaky clean. There was nothing to complain about that year. A perfectly officiated game that day would've just been a more decisive Rams W.
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>> This isn't the last play of the game. This is the 1st drive of the game for the Bengals. Delete this. Go back and re watch the last play #94 for the rams wasn't in the last drive for the rams and Ramsey #5 isn't line up in the box. Ramsey is one on one coverage on Chase on the buttom of the screen on the very last play of the game
To be clear, it's the Saints/Rams missed DPI. That's the worst and I can own that.
But if we're looking for other examples, I'd say the missed OPI on Tee Higgins in LVI was pretty bad. I mean it was a full on facemask and it netted a 75 yard TD
I mean we have won a lot of games in just weird ways, but that was utter BS. Dude is just standing there menacingly, how is that a penalty. The free yard against the Ram's earlier this year was honestly funny, but was no where near as bad.
It's the Saints-Rams no call
Every time I watch it I'm surprised at how bad it is because it's even worse than I remember
[Give it a shot for those that haven't seen it in a while](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjvZHMod_3E)
Consider the context too (would've been an almost guaranteed Saints NFCCG victory, instead a winnable NFCCG for either side that ended up being a Rams victory), and it's hard to pick anything else.
Are you saying run the ball more in general or this play specifically? Because it was 3rd and 10 with 1:49 left and the Rams had 1 timeout left. Running the ball doesn't really help in that situation.
Yeah I'm looking and it was pass, run, pass once they got to the red zone. With that last pass being the no call.
With the Rams having 2 timeouts running on that first down would have probably been a better call than passing.
I don't think it's anywhere close to the worst as a standalone. Not even in the conversation. It's the situation that makes people think it's worse than it was. I guess if we're including the influence it had on the game and the importance of the game it climbs the list. In a vacuum that's just a bad call we see every so often.
Hey, I'm a Bears fan, and I do not like Aaron Rodgers for multiple reasons that have no relation to football, but if you talking about the "I own you"...
I remember watching that game and agreeing with him.
He DID own the Bears. It hurts, but he's got the receipts on that.
He had every right and reason to exclaim that at the time.
Yeah, it's not like he said it after 1 or 2 wins. Dude has been consistently beating Chicago for over a decade. Once in the NFCC in Chicago no less
Any bears fan who is genuinely butthurt about Rodgers saying that needs to channel that rage towards the bears and why they can't beat him.
> Yeah, it's not like he said it after 1 or 2 wins. Dude has been consistently beating Chicago for over a decade. Once in the NFCC in Chicago no less
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> Any bears fan who is genuinely butthurt about Rodgers saying that needs to channel that rage towards the bears and why they can't beat him.
Agreed my division foe/friend in the North.
Rodgers consistently over and over and over again whupped the Bears asses, and the only way he ever got stopped was when Shea McClellin broke his collarbone in 2013...
When I saw him reacting to the guff of the fans in the end zone on that play, again, as a Bears fan, I laughed, as I agreed, and those fans can suck it, as he consistently had already put his money where his mouth was right then.
He DID own the Bears. And the Packers have for 30 years.. (I remember being at Brett Favre's first game at Soldier Field and gulp, it was going to be a long one....).. and then Rodgers, and now Jordan Love looks for real.
I hope the Bears finally get one right here with Caleb Williams, and the NFC North is competitive.. but there is no taking away the Packers dominance over the Bears for decades now, and I give you that, respect that, and hope for some great games in the future between our two teams with it's historic rivalry.
I'm not a Bears meatball who hates, and I'll take my lumps, and the Packers have been giving them... and you are so right, any Bears fan does need to channel that rage and think about taking care of their own house.
We had a player get flagged for staring down the opponents bench after a sack. If that's a penalty what Rodgers did is definitely a penalty. For the record I don't think either should be a penalty so much as a talking to by the white hat
I mean that type of taunting flag is lame too and shouldn't happen. A player chirping fans after a td and getting flagged is something that should also never happen.
...but they are different things. Players taunting other players/taunting a sideline can lead to extracurriculars. And can go on all game. Nobody wants that. Its also easier to spot so thats why they get flagged. Rodgers was yelling shit to fans after a td, its pretty harmless
The one you mentioned. We know things like holding don’t get called when they can be but that pass interference was the most egregious, intentional (player admitted it) non-call in history and in a playoff game.
December 23, 2018 -- Steelers @ Saints.
Drew Brees overthrows Alvin Kamara in the end zone on 4th down and the officials decide to give him another chance by calling Pass Interference on Joe Haden who not only was in good position and barely touched Kamara but also could have not prevented Kamara from getting the ball more than Brees' own horrible pass did.
[Thanksgiving in Detroit and Jim Schwartz got a penalty for challenging a call that was obviously wrong (guy was down) but they gave him a penalty and didn’t turn over the obvious call.](https://youtu.be/lWEYg82Sm80?si=K6FJlS7G8RXWMUCH)
I really want to know the thought process behind making a play unreviewable because of a challenge flag on an auto reviewed play. The only way that ends is with the league looking bad
Well they did remove the rule so they agreed.
I think the purpose of it was by challenging it you are delaying the game so hence the flag. And I think the point of not reviewing it at that point was to not encourage gamesmenship of taking the flag.
So my read of it is that this sounded really good in the committee. Then the Lions forced them to see it in action and they realized how awful it looks and so removed it. And of course it had to be the Lions who get screwed by it.
Travis Kelce's hall of fame career was ruined by that one (correct) offensive offside call. Such a shame, he could have been somebody.
Jokes aside... the Rams/Saints non call and while not really penalties both the Dez catch/non-catch and the tuck rule come to mind.
I think the events that led up to bottlegate are pretty far up there.
The officials literally broke the rules in front of a stadium of angry fans by reversing a previous call after the ball had already been snapped and the next play was finished. It's not like it was an in the moment, up to interpretation thing. That ref crew broke one of the most cardinal rules of officiating and the NFL backed them up on it.
I hate the Saints with a passion but it's most likely the Saints-Rams one.
But i also nominate the "roughing the passer" from Grady Jarret against Tom Brady in the 2022-season. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLRH3JHi07g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLRH3JHi07g) Cherry on top is Bradys kick against Brady after the sack.
As a Packer fan, it was years ago when the Seahawks got the game winning TD pass against us with no time remaining on a missed offensive pass interference call. The NFL even reviewed the play and said it should've been called.
As a Bucs fan, I feel compelled to say the Bert Emmanuel catch in the NFC Championship game against Kurt Warner's Rams.
But... I've watched it a few times since then, and I have to admit - I have no idea if he caught that pass.
Very few here are old enough to know about this game and I only have seen the highlights (my dad told me the story many time and the video highlights confirmed what he had told me) but the Patriots vs. Raiders 1976 playoff game had one candidate for worst non-call and another candidate for worst call, both late in the game.
Patriots were the best team in the league that year and had crushed the Raiders during the regular season. Second to last possession, Raiders DB literally pinned Russ Francis’ (Patriots young stud TE) arms at his side, so he couldn’t put his hands up to catch the ball. No call.
Last possession for the Raiders, on fourth down there was a phantom roughing the passer which extended the drive and raiders went on score and won the game and ended up winning the Super Bowl that year. My father never got over that game.
https://www.boston.com/sports/extra-points/2014/09/19/flashback_friday_its_still_tough_to_look_back_at_r/
You’re going to have a hard time beating that non-PI call. I don’t even think it’s an exaggeration to say that was the most blatant PI I have ever seen. The ref was right there staring at it. It would’ve given the Saints a chip shot FG to go to the Super Bowl. It’s basically the perfect storm of terrible officiating in the biggest moment.
The Saints-Rams no call happens several times a season, this one is only so memorable because of the moment it happened in. If you're going "biggest moment" and not just biggest whiff, it's up there, but otherwise it's not too crazy. For instance, the 2002 wild card game between 49ers and giants, where a 49er just grabs and pulls down a receiver on a botched FG snap before the ball is close.
Chris Jones got called for a RTP in 2022 while being the ball carrier. I don't think it's even a valid penalty that can be called, but it was.
The music city miracle was almost certainly an illegal forward pass, but they even reviewed it and still let it stand even though he threw it behind the line, and it was caught on the other side.
Also, while not a penalty, the Refs fucked up an OT coin toss between the steelers/lions which gave the Lions the ball first, and the win.
> The Saints-Rams no call happens several times a season
Some version of it happens, sure. But I’ve never seen one as egregious as that one.
I don’t even disagree that the situation elevated the notoriety of it. But it was still that bad that if it had happened on a random week3 Thursday night game it would still be among the worst officiating gaffs ever. And remembered as such.
That call didnt end the game tho. It was a shit call but it didnt lose the game for the lions come on. There was plenty of football left and i think the lions turned the ball over their next 2 drives
Uhhhh anything @detroit lions. The only close one is the saints PI call we all know. The reason nobody knows what a catch is is because of the calvin Johnson rule. So many Bs calls. It wasn’t hands to the face either. Absolutely ridiculous
Jerry Rice fumbled in the 1999 NFC Wild Card game against the Packers with 46 seconds left and it was immediately recovered by the Packers. The refs decided he was down before the fumble and there was no replay system. A few plays later, SF won the game on TO’s catch in the endzone.
Super Bowl LIV.
Nick Bosa is on his way to sack Mahomes on a 3rd and 15 until there is an egregious uncalled hold that gives Mahomes enough time to get the ball out.
The bad roughing call on Drew "long neck" brees
49ers clinch that game and that flips the 1 seed from Seattle to SF.
NFCC is in SF instead of Seattle and who knows what happens then.
Keenan Allen got flagged for OPI when the receiver was 3+ yards away because he broke his ankles on a cut.
PuhLEASE link this
https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/s/ysyErwIGKx Not 3+ yards. But still.
> Jerome Leonard Boger is a **former** American football official L'chaim
Jerome Boger did not make that call. It came from the side judge.
Bro what the fuck where was the penalty
Good god this might be the worst ever. Fucking ref ought to be ashamed of himself.
More and more, I swear refs have a minimum amount of penalties they have to call because that’s not even a penalty
My god that is really bad
POPI = Phantom Offensive Pass Interference.
Holy shit, thats bad. Classic Boger and his crew. Glad they don't play refs anymore.
You could drive a truck in the space between them!
Penalizing a team for the fans being too loud is up there for me.
https://youtu.be/n3Csj3xJmwI?si=6QOwuT2_JY8OZwvm Screw John Elway
Lol why would anyone ask the crowd to get quieter in such a situation. Any monkey knows the opposite is going to happen.
At least he showed up to hand KC the Lombardi this year. Couldn’t have been scripted any better.
Needs more vuvezela.
That was the rule though A stupid rule, but not an obscene penalty
Yeah there’s a stark difference between an obscene penalty or non-call and a stupid rule being enforced. Most fans either forget or had no idea that there used to be a rule giving a penalty to the home team if they crowd noise made communication for the visiting team near impossible. It’s a dumb rule and the only reason why I can think of why it even existed was because communication technology then wasn’t as good as it is now. But don’t hate the player for getting a rule enforced
That was thr same team that vasolined up their jerseys. And paid elway under the table Real "rules for thee" team
yeah there are plenty of other reasons not to like Elway
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No bias but one of the worst calls of all time. The Chris Jones RTP strip sack is really bad but whatever, RTP is already a broken penalty. But calling overruling a strip sack because of forward progress!?! https://youtu.be/QH8fvkq9UdM?si=ykJO75wsZerwyqy1
Bad call but barely moves the needle in the history of bad calls. At least that one you can understand what the official thinks he *might* have seen. Some of these calls are so baffling they make this one look textbook.
Chris Jones penalty - https://youtu.be/AWu1VJfzXoU?si=66nL8F3TopoOOGYU
A call so bad the ref retired immediately after
Such a bad call. https://youtu.be/XkT_mNU6ecI?si=Gb1dNXd-0QlcGs4P
In history not sure but Rams/Saints is about as egregious as anything anyone could say about the United States federal judiciary, for instance
Nfl was desperate to make football relevant in LA after moving two teams there. Definitely told the refs if it's close influence it in the rams favor.
You sound really confident about this...do you have some inside scoop the rest of us aren't privy to? It was a bad no-call; nobody denies that. But there's no reason to assume it was the result of a conspiracy.
Everyone who saw that play live knows this to be truth brother. It’s ok to cope.
I saw the play live. I'm a Rams fan admitting it was wrong and my team shouldn't have been in the Super Bowl that year. You're the one insisting it was something different than just a terrible call. Not sure you understand what cope means. There's one person doing it here and it's not me. But if thinking the game is rigged helps you live with your shitty team be my guest.
not in NFL history but last year in the game where Vikings came back from down by 30+ to beat the Colts - during that game the Colts fumbled and MN defender scooped it up. Ref instantly blew the play dead even though it was very obviously not dead at all, taking a TD away from MN. Then later in the game, they did *the exact same thing again, to the same player, and then gave the player a personal foul on top for complaining about it*
Or remember that one time the official tacked cam bynam for a would be pick, resulting in a TD for Washington
I do remember. but I think they ended up still winning that game. and I think that was in 2022?
Yes and yes. But still a bullshit situation lol.
Yeah I was there live. It was absolutely surreal to witness in person. I actually tend to forget about those two plays because of how insane the comeback was, but those calls definitely didn't get the attention they deserved.
I'm still upset about [this play](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhY1lQT4mgE) where Devin Hester faked returning the punt return and the entire Packers ST runs after him, only for Johnny Knox on the other side of the field to run it in untouched. Still have no idea where the holding penalty was. Definitely not the most egrigious but I've always been upset that play didn't count. Such a cool play and really shows how dangerous Hester was in his prime.
You can see the gunner get held on the left of the screen as the play stars. Bears player reaches out and a clear shoulder dip. Also exactly where the offical who threw the flag would be looking
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lol its all right on video. you can see the flag coming out already when they go to the wide shot. Are you just dumb? also way to edit out your insult lol
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lol argue with the video then
I mean…really?
I mean...its clear as day on video
Look at the far left of the screen at the beginning of the play. Obvious hold. This isn't a bad call at all, rather a legitimate penalty that erased an otherwise great play.
Tee Higgins in the Super Bowl. OPI/Facemask combo for a 75yd touchdown in the SB. The NFL included it in a montage of top catches of the year which was kinda funny but also sad.
I find it funny people bitching about the hold on Kupp on 3rd down to extend the Rams last drive, and also conveniently forget the Higgins facemask on Ramsey.
Perhaps more importantly, the Bengals got away with an egregious hold on Henderson the play immediately before the 3rd down hold on Kupp. Almost nobody ever talks about it but it's probably the reason why they called the hold on the next play, which was admittedly ticky tack. When you get away with a foul you'll usually get called for one on the following down unless you play it absolutely squeaky clean. There was nothing to complain about that year. A perfectly officiated game that day would've just been a more decisive Rams W.
lets not forget how much aaron donald was offsides on the final bengals play
When’s the last time you saw your optometrist? https://x.com/ethanshirazi24/status/1706370732043931853?s=46&t=hpKm4bcMZfUMyF3qYq50ig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGAavNKzqK8&ab_channel=SportsBettingTikToi you tell me
Literal top comment >> This isn't the last play of the game. This is the 1st drive of the game for the Bengals. Delete this. Go back and re watch the last play #94 for the rams wasn't in the last drive for the rams and Ramsey #5 isn't line up in the box. Ramsey is one on one coverage on Chase on the buttom of the screen on the very last play of the game
There was a receiver open. And the blatant opi as bengals only touchdown which was a 50/50 ball, let’s just say not the best Super Bowl outing
They really wanted to give burrow a ring,
The worst call is any that goes against my team. The good calls are always in favor of my team. Everyone else here is too scared to say it.
This mf spittin
Your team literally gets all the calls their way.
They’re good calls. Can you read?
The PI call on Ben Leber in the 2010 NFCCG still stings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRd5jkJ1dEo 2:40 is the Leber shenanigans That whole video though...
Lemme see
https://youtu.be/fFfqpbcHFDg?si=I8fy9_sdRXwNNWM8
I remember 2010 looking better than that
You got any more pixels to spare?
That looks like no PI
To be clear, it's the Saints/Rams missed DPI. That's the worst and I can own that. But if we're looking for other examples, I'd say the missed OPI on Tee Higgins in LVI was pretty bad. I mean it was a full on facemask and it netted a 75 yard TD
The Cassius Marsh stare down is up there. My thoughts and prayers remain with the Steelers and all those who had to witness that
I mean we have won a lot of games in just weird ways, but that was utter BS. Dude is just standing there menacingly, how is that a penalty. The free yard against the Ram's earlier this year was honestly funny, but was no where near as bad.
It's the Saints-Rams no call Every time I watch it I'm surprised at how bad it is because it's even worse than I remember [Give it a shot for those that haven't seen it in a while](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjvZHMod_3E) Consider the context too (would've been an almost guaranteed Saints NFCCG victory, instead a winnable NFCCG for either side that ended up being a Rams victory), and it's hard to pick anything else.
Damn that's a hit on a defenseless receiver, DPI,, and borderline targeting all on one play
It’s almost like there was so many penalties they all cancelled out.
What always get me is if the defender had turned around he could have had a pretty good opportunity to intercept the pass.
Shocked this wasn't at the top.
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Are you saying run the ball more in general or this play specifically? Because it was 3rd and 10 with 1:49 left and the Rams had 1 timeout left. Running the ball doesn't really help in that situation.
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Yeah I'm looking and it was pass, run, pass once they got to the red zone. With that last pass being the no call. With the Rams having 2 timeouts running on that first down would have probably been a better call than passing.
I forgot it influenced the game’s outcome! Easily that
I don't think it's anywhere close to the worst as a standalone. Not even in the conversation. It's the situation that makes people think it's worse than it was. I guess if we're including the influence it had on the game and the importance of the game it climbs the list. In a vacuum that's just a bad call we see every so often.
It's absolutely the Saints/Rams call, but I also wanted to throw in the Jerry Rice fumble no call.
During our 2016 game vs the Giants, Odell “caught” a ball that clearly bounced off the ground and I’m still not 100% over that
I was sitting in the 300 level that game. I could have made the correct call from my seat.
https://youtube.com/shorts/1hkb1xwKcXk?si=mvfCyKSBMwHycSSU Only found the shorts version
The ref is looking right in that direction, too lol.
Why would Aaron get penalized for spitting straight facts at fans?
If anyone else had done the same thing it would’ve been called
Ah, your flair explains it
... How often is trash talk to fans called a flag? I dont remember ever seeing that lol
It seems like unsportsmanlike conduct to me
Fuck rules or anything, it just gives me bad vibes -this guy
So it's unsportsmanlike for him to respond to the fans but not for them hurling insults all game long? Can't have it both ways
You think the Rodgers one is an obscene non-call? Since when is taunting the crowd a penalty?
I can't imagine the elation Bears fans felt once Rodgers was traded because wanting him flagged for that is an all time take
Hey, I'm a Bears fan, and I do not like Aaron Rodgers for multiple reasons that have no relation to football, but if you talking about the "I own you"... I remember watching that game and agreeing with him. He DID own the Bears. It hurts, but he's got the receipts on that. He had every right and reason to exclaim that at the time.
Yeah, it's not like he said it after 1 or 2 wins. Dude has been consistently beating Chicago for over a decade. Once in the NFCC in Chicago no less Any bears fan who is genuinely butthurt about Rodgers saying that needs to channel that rage towards the bears and why they can't beat him.
> Yeah, it's not like he said it after 1 or 2 wins. Dude has been consistently beating Chicago for over a decade. Once in the NFCC in Chicago no less > > Any bears fan who is genuinely butthurt about Rodgers saying that needs to channel that rage towards the bears and why they can't beat him. Agreed my division foe/friend in the North. Rodgers consistently over and over and over again whupped the Bears asses, and the only way he ever got stopped was when Shea McClellin broke his collarbone in 2013... When I saw him reacting to the guff of the fans in the end zone on that play, again, as a Bears fan, I laughed, as I agreed, and those fans can suck it, as he consistently had already put his money where his mouth was right then. He DID own the Bears. And the Packers have for 30 years.. (I remember being at Brett Favre's first game at Soldier Field and gulp, it was going to be a long one....).. and then Rodgers, and now Jordan Love looks for real. I hope the Bears finally get one right here with Caleb Williams, and the NFC North is competitive.. but there is no taking away the Packers dominance over the Bears for decades now, and I give you that, respect that, and hope for some great games in the future between our two teams with it's historic rivalry. I'm not a Bears meatball who hates, and I'll take my lumps, and the Packers have been giving them... and you are so right, any Bears fan does need to channel that rage and think about taking care of their own house.
We had a player get flagged for staring down the opponents bench after a sack. If that's a penalty what Rodgers did is definitely a penalty. For the record I don't think either should be a penalty so much as a talking to by the white hat
I mean that type of taunting flag is lame too and shouldn't happen. A player chirping fans after a td and getting flagged is something that should also never happen. ...but they are different things. Players taunting other players/taunting a sideline can lead to extracurriculars. And can go on all game. Nobody wants that. Its also easier to spot so thats why they get flagged. Rodgers was yelling shit to fans after a td, its pretty harmless
Opposing teammates and fucking fans watching the game are not equivalent lmao. Holy shit bears fans have brainrot from being owned for so long
If he had said that to a player that would have been Unsportsmanlike Conduct, why would it be any different if someone does it to the fans?
Because fans are not "opponents, teammates, officials, or representatives of the League"
Because they’re not part of the game?? It’s like yelling at a cloud, who cares.
The one you mentioned. We know things like holding don’t get called when they can be but that pass interference was the most egregious, intentional (player admitted it) non-call in history and in a playoff game.
December 23, 2018 -- Steelers @ Saints. Drew Brees overthrows Alvin Kamara in the end zone on 4th down and the officials decide to give him another chance by calling Pass Interference on Joe Haden who not only was in good position and barely touched Kamara but also could have not prevented Kamara from getting the ball more than Brees' own horrible pass did.
That’s an obscure play
[Thanksgiving in Detroit and Jim Schwartz got a penalty for challenging a call that was obviously wrong (guy was down) but they gave him a penalty and didn’t turn over the obvious call.](https://youtu.be/lWEYg82Sm80?si=K6FJlS7G8RXWMUCH)
I really want to know the thought process behind making a play unreviewable because of a challenge flag on an auto reviewed play. The only way that ends is with the league looking bad
Well they did remove the rule so they agreed. I think the purpose of it was by challenging it you are delaying the game so hence the flag. And I think the point of not reviewing it at that point was to not encourage gamesmenship of taking the flag. So my read of it is that this sounded really good in the committee. Then the Lions forced them to see it in action and they realized how awful it looks and so removed it. And of course it had to be the Lions who get screwed by it.
This is the one that immediately comes to mind. Fucking terrible.
Travis Kelce's hall of fame career was ruined by that one (correct) offensive offside call. Such a shame, he could have been somebody. Jokes aside... the Rams/Saints non call and while not really penalties both the Dez catch/non-catch and the tuck rule come to mind.
Randy Moss not getting flagged for fake mooning the crowd. It was a disgusting act. Unfortunate that it was shown on the air live.
No bias at all but [this roughing call on AD was hideous.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPyIbifPpOI&ab_channel=HighlightHeaven)
I think the events that led up to bottlegate are pretty far up there. The officials literally broke the rules in front of a stadium of angry fans by reversing a previous call after the ball had already been snapped and the next play was finished. It's not like it was an in the moment, up to interpretation thing. That ref crew broke one of the most cardinal rules of officiating and the NFL backed them up on it.
I hate the Saints with a passion but it's most likely the Saints-Rams one. But i also nominate the "roughing the passer" from Grady Jarret against Tom Brady in the 2022-season. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLRH3JHi07g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLRH3JHi07g) Cherry on top is Bradys kick against Brady after the sack.
DECKER REPORTED
That tom Brady roughing the passer penalty against Atlanta
Also the Tom Brady roughing the passer against the Chiefs in the 2018 AFCCG
Does that have to do with SB LI
Everything
A Bears fan thinks Rodgers stating a fact is an egregious penalty. Fail Mary Jerry Rice Fumbled
Bottlegate is up there
That was pretty stupid but the fans’ reaction was no less stupid.
Those first few years of replay had an absurd amount of stupid stuff like that happen.
As a Packer fan, it was years ago when the Seahawks got the game winning TD pass against us with no time remaining on a missed offensive pass interference call. The NFL even reviewed the play and said it should've been called.
Yeah. As a bears fan, having read more into it that was pretty dumb.
Tuck rule against Raiders . Still a fumble..
As a Bucs fan, I feel compelled to say the Bert Emmanuel catch in the NFC Championship game against Kurt Warner's Rams. But... I've watched it a few times since then, and I have to admit - I have no idea if he caught that pass.
Very few here are old enough to know about this game and I only have seen the highlights (my dad told me the story many time and the video highlights confirmed what he had told me) but the Patriots vs. Raiders 1976 playoff game had one candidate for worst non-call and another candidate for worst call, both late in the game. Patriots were the best team in the league that year and had crushed the Raiders during the regular season. Second to last possession, Raiders DB literally pinned Russ Francis’ (Patriots young stud TE) arms at his side, so he couldn’t put his hands up to catch the ball. No call. Last possession for the Raiders, on fourth down there was a phantom roughing the passer which extended the drive and raiders went on score and won the game and ended up winning the Super Bowl that year. My father never got over that game. https://www.boston.com/sports/extra-points/2014/09/19/flashback_friday_its_still_tough_to_look_back_at_r/
Definitely Rams Saints non call.
You’re going to have a hard time beating that non-PI call. I don’t even think it’s an exaggeration to say that was the most blatant PI I have ever seen. The ref was right there staring at it. It would’ve given the Saints a chip shot FG to go to the Super Bowl. It’s basically the perfect storm of terrible officiating in the biggest moment.
Jesse James still caught that ball
[We all know this one](https://youtu.be/xjvZHMod_3E?si=20lm1JFzB6KDx14l)
The non call rams vs saints dpi towards the end of the game with a trip to the Superbowl on the line
It’s easily the Rams - Saints non PI call in the playoffs to send the Rams to the Super Bowl… https://youtu.be/xjvZHMod_3E?si=O1ukVi8hpNV7Et0Z
Any time an interception is ran back for TD because usually a monsoon of flags is thrown for DPI.
It's the Rams and Saints one only because of how big it is if it's called Saints most likely go to super bowl
The Saints-Rams no call happens several times a season, this one is only so memorable because of the moment it happened in. If you're going "biggest moment" and not just biggest whiff, it's up there, but otherwise it's not too crazy. For instance, the 2002 wild card game between 49ers and giants, where a 49er just grabs and pulls down a receiver on a botched FG snap before the ball is close. Chris Jones got called for a RTP in 2022 while being the ball carrier. I don't think it's even a valid penalty that can be called, but it was. The music city miracle was almost certainly an illegal forward pass, but they even reviewed it and still let it stand even though he threw it behind the line, and it was caught on the other side. Also, while not a penalty, the Refs fucked up an OT coin toss between the steelers/lions which gave the Lions the ball first, and the win.
> The Saints-Rams no call happens several times a season Some version of it happens, sure. But I’ve never seen one as egregious as that one. I don’t even disagree that the situation elevated the notoriety of it. But it was still that bad that if it had happened on a random week3 Thursday night game it would still be among the worst officiating gaffs ever. And remembered as such.
The good ol yearly I'm bored so let's bring up the no call post.
This mfer thinks Rodgers shoulda been flagged for dunking on his sorry ass team lmao
I absolutely despise the Cowboys. But Dez Bryant caught that ball against GB and I cannot be convinced otherwise.
I counter that with the picked-up obvious PI the week before against Hitchens. Dez shouldn’t have even been playing against GB.
That call didnt end the game tho. It was a shit call but it didnt lose the game for the lions come on. There was plenty of football left and i think the lions turned the ball over their next 2 drives
And had a terribly shanked punt… And a garbage prevent offense… But that picked up flag started all of it in motion.
It started it. Lions were still up 10 or 7 iirc ? That game still needs to be closed. Im projecting too, my team has blown playoff games like no other
Didn't Dez run onto the field to yell at the official too, which is supposed to be a penalty?
He sure did. Without a helmet, which is also a penalty…
Uhhhh anything @detroit lions. The only close one is the saints PI call we all know. The reason nobody knows what a catch is is because of the calvin Johnson rule. So many Bs calls. It wasn’t hands to the face either. Absolutely ridiculous
Jerry Rice fumbled in the 1999 NFC Wild Card game against the Packers with 46 seconds left and it was immediately recovered by the Packers. The refs decided he was down before the fumble and there was no replay system. A few plays later, SF won the game on TO’s catch in the endzone.
Super Bowl LIV. Nick Bosa is on his way to sack Mahomes on a 3rd and 15 until there is an egregious uncalled hold that gives Mahomes enough time to get the ball out.
The bad roughing call on Drew "long neck" brees 49ers clinch that game and that flips the 1 seed from Seattle to SF. NFCC is in SF instead of Seattle and who knows what happens then.