I hate the Patriots. I hate Bill Belichick. I hate Tom Brady. I hate Rob Gronkowski. I hate them because they're so good and generally won't let my Steelers in. Anyway, today, if they played by the old regular rules and not this new lame way they have of determining a catch, then I may hate them just a little less right now.
I'm not really complaining. I DO think it should have been a TD, but that's the way the cookie crumbles and that's the way the lame NFL calls them now. And then to add on top Big Ben's retarded choice. But 5 years ago today, that was a TD and likely end of game. But these lame changes do apply equally to everyone though.
So now the Patriots will likely end up with the home field advantage throughout the playoffs. And worse, Antonio Brown hurt his calf, but then was also taken to the hospital. So things may be even worse for the Steelers now.
So I went outside and did some screaming into the sky about all that ails me at the moment, I heard that stuff works!!
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Did the Steelers get robbed on a controversial non-catch call?
It seemed like the Pittsburgh Steelers won and tight end Jesse James would be the hero with a game-winning touchdown catch in the final minute against the New England Patriots. But if you’ve watched the NFL long enough, you know that a catch is often not a catch.
The NFL’s oft-criticized catch rule might determine where the AFC championship game is held. In the final seconds of a thrilling game Sunday, James caught a pass just short of the goal line, and as he was going down he crossed the goal line for what looked like a touchdown. In the CBS booth, Tony Romo and Jim Nantz couldn’t figure out why it was taking so long for replay review to confirm it.
They should have known. On each replay, you could see the ball move as James hit the ground. It touched the ground and moved. Everyone watching might believe that the rule is bogus, but once you saw the ball touch the ground and move, it was clear how it would end up: The play was overturned. Then two plays later, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger tried to pull the fake spike trick and was intercepted in a shocking finish.
The Patriots won 27-24, but Steelers fans will argue they won the game on James’ catch. It’s tough to watch that play and think it’s not a catch, but that’s now the NFL rules it. No big deal, it might just determine who wins the Super Bowl this season, considering the implications on the AFC seeding. The Patriots now have the upper hand to get the No. 1 seed after the win.
NFL rules schoolmarm Mike Pereira weighed in on Twitter, and yes, he brought up the infamous Dez Bryant catch/non-catch.
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