Thread: Arizona 20, Pittsburgh 17

Originally Posted by Mr. E

Atmosfear, you could have made in officiating complaint, but all of the penalties you complained about did not have anything to do with the outcome of the game.

1. He was out of the pocket, and it would have been called roughing the passer on any quarterback

Uh, bullshit. He was shifting in the pocket, and whoever the defender was obviously let up to avoid tanking Roethlisberger. That wasn't a roughing call, that was a hose (just like every spectator and analyst agreed.) Instead of loss of down and a penalty (or at least loss of down) on third down, it's an automatic first. Costing three point which ended up winning the game.

Originally Posted by Mr. E

2. The Steelers did nothing with those extra four downs and kicked a field goal anyway

They took an extra 2 minutes off the clock.

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3. Stuff like that happens all the time, and kicking Harrison out at that point wouldn't have affected anything anyway

Is that a joke? He's the #1 pass rusher in the NFL and, OH YEAH, Arizona played 2 possessions with Harrison on the field.

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4. The Cardinals ended up getting a safety anyway

And lost 40 seconds in the process.

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5. That play should have been reviewed, but best case scenario they would have had to throw a ludicrous hail mary pass that the Steelers would have been all over

If you add all the other errors together, they would've been kicking a 50 yard FG to win. And if they don't deserve a review because it required a hail mary, why not just end every game with :05 left?

Originally Posted by Mr. E

6. I don't remember that one

It was on the Steelers' game-winning drive.