The Benson Fumble

[falconfanatic87]

I couldn't help but think about that call when we were trailing by one going into the fourth. The guy caught the ball and was going to tuck it away and THEN lost control, I thought for sure the call would stand as called on the field. Only real knock I have as far as officiating goes today.

[ATLBrave]

What play are you talking about? The recovery for a TD?

[M0D3RNW4RR10R]

I wish I could see a video of the play . I was watching it on game center.

Oh, I was talking about the Owens.

I think he was talking about the one Lofton stripped in the 4th.

Edited October 25, 2010 by M0D3RNW4RR10R

[ATLBrave]

I wish I could see a video of the play . I was watching it on game center.

If it's the play I am thinking it is, he never tucked the ball into his body. He basically trapped it onto his shoulder and never really possessed it.

[Goal2Go]

If it's the play I am thinking it is, he never tucked the ball into his body. He basically trapped it onto his shoulder and never really possessed it.

It was the play where grimes picked up the fumble and ran it in. Yes it was a fumble. Clear as day. I could not believe it was called back.

he had control of the ball and had already taken two steps and was starting to switch the ball to has inside hand then fumbled. DVR never lies. Officials missed that one big time.

Edited October 25, 2010 by Goal2Go

[falconfanatic87]

Yeah the one I'm speaking of was the one that Grimes picked up, He had both hands on the ball and was moving, I've seen that play callled a fumble plenty of times and I didn't really think the evidence was there to overturn the call on the field. If you're in the act of tucking the ball that is still a football move, and thus a fumble.

[ATLBrave]

It was the play where grimes picked up the fumble and ran it in. Yes it was a fumble. Clear as day. I could not believe it was called back.

he had control of the ball and had already taken two steps and was starting to switch the ball to has inside hand then fumbled. DVR never lies. Officials missed that one big time.

He never had control of that ball, it was moving around the entire time till it came out. Was it a close play? Yes. But was it a huge miscall by officials? Most certainly not.

[Jimsmusic™]

He never had control of that ball, it was moving around the entire time till it came out. Was it a close play? Yes. But was it a huge miscall by officials? Most certainly not.

sigh..

he clearly caught the ball and started to turn upfield and lofton knocked it out.

refs screwed us plain and simple.

[ATLBrave]

I'd love to see another video of it if someone has one because every replay they showed at the Dome made it look like an incomplete pass.

[falconfanatic87]

It was a close play I agree, luckily we are not talking about it costing us a game. I saw a guy get two hands on the ball and lose it upon transfering it to his other hand, but it's neither here nor there. I can see ATLBraves argument too, it was bang bang but like I said I've seen that exact play called a fumble numerous times. Cheers to a great offensive performance and us being 5-2 at the bye.

[Jimsmusic™]

it looked like a dropped pass in live

but slo-mo replay(refs still get the **** wrong with this) showed the fumble.

[Robb4242]

He never had control of that ball, it was moving around the entire time till it came out. Was it a close play? Yes. But was it a huge miscall by officials? Most certainly not.

Moving the whole time? I don't think so. I agree with what you said before about him having it pinned against his shoulder and then trying to tuck it, but when he pinned it and took a couple of steps, then made a football move to try and tuck it away, it should have been called a fumble. When it was pinned, and not moving, that was a catch, you don't have to make a catch with your hands.

[Tandy Gossett]

Worse call of the day was the Pass Interference call. That was a fumble too I agree with you ...

[cyofish]

It was close but was the right call. I don't have any issues with the officiating today.

[rcky_mtn_falcon]

it looked like a dropped pass in live

but slo-mo replay(refs still get the **** wrong with this) showed the fumble.

The funny thing is they got the call right on the bang - bang, and then screwed up on the replay.

Just glad the Falcons were able to overcome their let down in the 3rd and take the game at the end.

[dominatethesouth]

He never had control of that ball, it was moving around the entire time till it came out. Was it a close play? Yes. But was it a huge miscall by officials? Most certainly not.

It was a fumble and it was a huge blown call

[dominatethesouth]

It was a close play I agree, luckily we are not talking about it costing us a game. I saw a guy get two hands on the ball and lose it upon transfering it to his other hand, but it's neither here nor there. I can see ATLBraves argument too, it was bang bang but like I said I've seen that exact play called a fumble numerous times. Cheers to a great offensive performance and us being 5-2 at the bye.

Not really. He had possession and took two steps

[k-train]

I agree that the P.I. on Owens was total B.S.

As far as the fumble, he never had control of the ball. It doesn't matter if he took 100 steps and moved it from his shoulder to his hip to his knees to his head. As long as the ball is squirting around while the guy's making "football moves" they're gonna call it incomplete 9/10 of the time. Yes he took two steps, but that ball was still moving as he tried to pull it in to his body. It could've gone either way, so I was neither surprised nor too upset by the call.

[Falcons0081]

Yep it was a fumble alright. Benson caught the ball, put both feet down and turned to go up field, got hit and fumbled. However, on the last fumble he tried to make a hard cut and the football just slipped out of his hands. Talk about karma!!!

[Faithful Falcon]

If Benson didn't have control, then Roddy also didn't.

[SuperBMiller]

If Benson didn't have control, then Roddy also didn't.

What I don't understand is how it could be overturned. It was called a fumble on the field. There certainly wasn't evidence otherwise. I watched it on DVR when I got home from the game too. The guys calling the game were all over the refs for missing that call.

Either way, we got the big win in the end.

[Quarterback]

What I don't understand is how it could be overturned. It was called a fumble on the field. There certainly wasn't evidence otherwise. I watched it on DVR when I got home from the game too. The guys calling the game were all over the refs for missing that call.

Either way, we got the big win in the end.

Bingo!

Like the announcers, I think it was a legitimate fumble, just like the official who was right in front of the play. But just as importantly, was there convincing and indisputable evidence to overturn the call on the field? No, and no one in a clear state of mind could answer "yes!" This is where the reply crew failed, regardless of everyone's opinion.

[aerosmith67]

Benson never had the ball, Roddy had the ball. They showed both plays at the Dome several times. It doesn't matter at this point anyway.

[since68andcounting]

fwiw, I thought both of those calls were correct. The one where Roddy fumbled looked like a fumble cause he turned and began to run upfield. The one with Grimes...well, the guy took a step or two, but mostly in continuation of the same route. He never really began to move upfield.

[AutoMax]

Regardless of what they saw during the live play, there was no way there was enough evidence to overturn that play. That's what bothered me about it. No way was that clearly an incomplete pass. Should have been 7 points our way.