[quote name='DT778']It's not a conspiracy theory, it was a quick whistle. Like I said, if Bradshaw would have spun out the play would have continued but as soon as the ball was loose the official blew it dead.[/QUOTE]
This.
That was a bullshit call that probably saved the gmen season. I love people just always forget that you can "give up" on any play at any time by simply falling to the ground. If you dont want to take the risk of fumbling then you should go down before you even he contacted.
Forward Progress is one of the worst called rules in the NFL. You could call it on EVERY single play the very second anyone gets touched...but you dont because there is a chance they could break the tackle and gain more yards. If its forward progress than it should have been whistled ASAP not after he loses the ball. Also how is it that its NEVER ruled forward progress when QBs are grabbed, they seem to be allowed tons of time to spin away from defenders and make plays. Pfft Giants dont win the superbowl couple years back if forward progress is ruled when Eli threw that pass.
Its one of the reason I dislike this new age modern football where everything so CRAZY subjective which has taken form in the dumbass guy in New York trying to explain all the rules.
We need to go back to...."is he down? No? Then the play is still live" I am really sick of every other play in the game having to be reviewed for 30 seconds. I can see why the MLB doesnt want to go with replay because then you get every rule having 20 sub rules and 10 different people who have to voice their opinions on it. Every single game now has 5 or 6 moments where calls are just blown.
I remember in the lions game where Young clearly caught a TD, it was ruled a incomplete yet no one could rule it a TD.
There are so many loopholes and subrules added on top of just some very mediocre refs that the game becomes more about who didnt get screwed than who actually won. (cough cough...if you are such a stickler for rules where did offensive holding go cough cough)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_5CZm8C29A
Look at the 12 second mark....Bradshaw is clearing trying to get more yards...so the defense should be able to continue to play defense until he either stops/gives up or touches the ground. Either of those happened so the play should continue.