Titans game/NFL Observations

[MaroonBells]

What does everyone think of that roughness call on the DB who hit Addison in the end zone? You have to admit that was a shit call. There was a point where we seemed to be getting all of the close ones. Sure as hell doesn't always happen like that (the opener against the Bengals a couple years ago comes to mind). But Callahan had every right to be livid.

[purplefaithful]

I think the explanation was the intent of the hit...Thats trending into a very grey area imo.

Does make you wonder if a couple of those calls don't come the Vikings way, are they 8/2 today?

[AGRforever]

There were a couple weak calls. The Addison hit. The Powell horse collar. The defensive holding to extend the drive.

We’re not the best team in the NFL but we’re more than good enough to beat anyone. Maybe we’ll get lucky!!

[medaille]

I think there's a couple things about the Addison call. I think the officiating crew overall erred on the side of player safety more than perhaps other crews would have and I think they were consistent within the game. I think from a vibe check, probably shouldn't have been a penalty, but from a letter of the law it was a penalty, but I'd have to rewatch the footage to see if he actually launched with both feet leaving the ground.

Combined with the procedure penalties (which I agreed with) and defensive holding penalties (more ticky tack), it did feel a bit one-sided. In an ideal world we would have been a little more dominating on offense and it would have felt more like a moot point, rather than us capitalizing on bad calls.

[Knucklehead]

What does everyone think of that roughness call on the DB who hit Addison in the end zone? You have to admit that was a shit call. There was a point where we seemed to be getting all of the close ones. Sure as hell doesn't always happen like that (the opener against the Bengals a couple years ago comes to mind). But Callahan had every right to be livid.

I thought the defender's helmet might've contacted the bottom of Addison's facemask. It wasn't clear to me either way after watching the review.

[badgervike]

Here's the rule:

Prohibited contact against a player who is in a defenseless posture is:
forcibly hitting the defenseless player’s head or neck area with the helmet, facemask, forearm, or shoulder, even if the initial contact is lower than the player’s neck, and regardless of whether the defensive player also uses his arms to tackle the defenseless player by encircling or grasping him

lowering the head and making forcible contact with the crown or ”hairline” parts of the helmet against any part of the defenseless player’s body

illegally launching into a defenseless opponent. It is an illegal launch if a player (i) leaves both feet prior to contact to spring forward and upward into his opponent, and (ii) uses any part of his helmet to initiate forcible contact against any part of his opponent’s body. (This does not apply to contact against a runner, unless the runner is still considered to be a defenseless player, as defined in Article 7.)

The defender briefly left both feet as he made contact with Addison combined with the hit being in the neck area.  I can see people's argument that it shouldn't have been called but the ref erred for safety.  

The horse collar was questionable but I think the ref saw how far the receiver was out of bounds being pulled back forcefully.  The defender should have let go and not completed the tackle.  That's what caught the refs attention.