Not that it’ll lead anywhere probably, but damn. On both plays there were illegal screens, which could have decided the game.

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  3. Defenses are going to have to start switching defenders on these if the refs won’t call OPI.

  4. There is nothing available post fact to review or reverse. Just like the “tripping” play the Commanders fans were bitching about (Tillman getting Mariota with his leg to mark him down as a sack – despite the fact that Tillman was held by his facemask). You can’t challenge penalties (calls or no calls) or judgement rulings.

    EDIT: I went and watched the play again. Tillman definitely was held, but not by his facemask.

  5. We tried and failed, like most refs. They really haven’t been against us this year (unlike the the last 5) and we lead the league in penalty yards. W is W. Let’s celebrate that.

  6. Uhhh, the Broncos ran nearly the same play earlier in the game for a first down and also did not get called. At least the refs were consistent.

  8. The shitmanders did plays like this literally all game. I counted AT LEAST 6 of them and that’s without even being able to see most of the plays develop.

    I mean yes, we do a certain amount of these as well, but I’ve not seen any team run as many pick plays as I saw on Sunday night. That was an atrocity and the main reason they moved the ball down the field and in the red zone consistently.

  9. Pick plays are some of the most inconsistently called penalties in the league, happens all the time. It’s just not something they’ll ever get down perfect

  11. I know pick plays happen all the time, I know the Broncos aren’t innocent in setting pick plays, but when it’s so obvious it takes a guy off his feet AND it leads to a touchdown, it should be called

  12. You worded this post as if teams only run it against the Broncos and it’s not fair. Very weird!

  13. This is a known play call. It’s mesh traffic. We ran it against the bengals and got Harvey a TD. These picks were really bad but contact is allowed if it’s deemed incidental. Good picks make the db go around or get them to slow down but then step out of the way so no contact is actually made. The picks the commanders ran were all pretty much blocks. Good play calling by the commanders, bad execution for sure and they got lucky they didn’t get called

  14. If you’re defending the goal line and the offense lines up in a wide set like this, you should absolutely be expecting the pick play and defend accordingly.

    The Commanders executed perfectly and we didn’t.

  15. The play on the TD to McClaurin was egregious. I think the play on the 2-pt conversion was just a really good play call. Less of a pick and more of creating a situation that Huefanga has to navigate through four other players.

  17. I think that’s within 5 yards and you can do pick plays there? Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

  19. Is it possible it wasn’t called because the ref thought Deebo was pushed into the broncos CB? I realized this isn’t the same play but I’m talking about the play before

  20. That was a bad no call. But there were also plenty of bad calls/no calls that went in our favor. We won which is all that matters, and the best we can hope for is that the league does something about inconsistant reffing.

    Im sick of fans arguing over who the refs benefited the most, even when they go against us

  22. Might be wishful thinking but there’s a chance we get an OPI call if that pass was completed. They always throw flags for those pick plays late so could have kept in his pocket because it didn’t matter. I still haveng seen a good view that shows it actually was illegal pick or not but looks like it likely was from the broadcast view but who knows

  24. The previous TD had a nasty pick on it too. I was screaming at the TV. Ps2 damn near got de cleated.

  26. Thank god for Nik Bonito.

    Fuck the refs. There were a few instances of that shit happening on the game

  28. It’s just a really hard play to officiate because the receiver has a right to run their route. The line between incidental contact and PI is blurry.

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