Patriots/Colts

[Gander]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

I didnt watch the play.. I was refering to the Eagles / Dallas game last week where there was a very similar situation and that is what the announcers had said (must have contact made for forward progress to be called)

This isnt the question in issue. It was a pass not caught cleanly, rather bobbled and not fully in control until after he was pushed away from the first down line. It was a close one, but the Patriots deserve to lose for letting this game get decided by something like this. Plus they still had a chance to stop Peyton and the Colts from the 30 yard line. All this crying about how the defense was never given a chance to do their job is Bullshit. They were out there and if they stopped the Colts they would have won the game. Sure, its easier to stop the Colts from 70 yards away than 30, but I have seen a lot of defenses step up and win games stopping offenses from scoring from 30 yards and less away.