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Originally posted by Spartak
Yeh, but then Al Michaels busted out the rulebook and it clearly said (so he claimed) that if a player jumps up to block a field goal, and touches any player as he comes down its unsportsmanlike conduct.
Best MNF game I've ever seen, imo. That comeback in the last four mins was jaw dropping.
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I thought that a penalty like that was only called as an unsportsmanlike if a player purposely vaults himself off another player in order to get the height to block......the way I saw it, he wasn't doing that but it was only his own forward momentum that made him bump his own player on the way down after the successful block. I don't think he launched himself and I personally think it was just a bad call.
Now I think it is awful that TB could blow a 21 point lead with under five minutes left in the game but I also do not believe that the Colts and hero de jour Manning deserved to win that game. They were dominated in the first half completely.
And......if anyone watched the entire game they would have seen that the field goal at the end could have gone either way very very easily. I would have rather seen TB get the shot at the one from 62 yards earlier in the game!
Just my two cents....don't flame me - I'm just a girl! ha ha ha