Damn the Commentators for the Detroit/Arizona Game Suck!!!!

[Abe Sargent]

Detroit punts, Arizona player Anquan Boldin catches, fumbles, detroit recovers and runs it into the endzone.

Refs have a conference in the field, rule that Anquan never had possession so it was a muff, so "Detroit could not advance the ball. Detroit has the ball at the 35 yard line."

Big roar in the crowd. Mariucci wants to challenge the ruling that it was a muff. He thinks its a fumble, not a muff. Here is what the commentators said:

"So Mariucci is essentially challenging for possesion, he won't get a TD" (Completely false, the ruling was Detroit had possession. Mariucci wants it to be a fumble for the TD not possession)

"Even if Mariucci wins, it won't be a Touchdown." (False, a fumbled ball on special teams can be advanced according to a rules expert on radio)

Mariucci loses the challenge. The referee says "The ruling on the play stands." The commentators say:

"But they announced that the ball was now Detroit's, so Mariucci ended up winning. Unless they meant that Arizona had the ball" (Possession was always Detroit's and NEVER IN QUESTION. If I can get that as an observer, then you should get that being on the phone with the NFL rules guru)


When will networks get commentators that are haveway knowledgable about the rules? And, in this case, halfway observant of the field? This is worse than Collinsworth's "He could spike the ball"

-Anxiety

[TLK]

They're awful... they had me confused..... but, more importantly.... the Lions are winning.... for now

[TLK]

dola....

I'm alomst starting to think they might wanna start covering Boldin on third down....

[The_herd]

Originally posted by TheLionKing
dola....

I'm alomst starting to think they might wanna start covering Boldin on third down....

Yeah, I'm not watching the game but I saw Boldin's stats on ESPN scoreboard and was wondering what the hell Detroit is doing.

[EagleFan]

They suck? So they match the teams that are on the field?

[Sloan]

I agree, worst announcing ever. I could understand if he made the mistake once and then corrected himself, but he was clearly thinking about it and trying to understand the situation, and he continued to spew out nonsense that was completely wrong.

[Schmidty]

Great game. Terrible announcers.

As a side note, I snagged Boldin for my fantasy football team right after he scored his second touchdown.

[rexallllsc]

What's the difference between a muff and a fumble? Once he touches it, the ball is live, no? Can muffs not be advanced?

[EagleFan]

Muffs are when a returner never gains posession of the ball. To fumble he needs to establish control of the ball first. Muffs cannot be advanced.

[AZSpeechCoach]

I like muff.

[Butter]

Originally posted by Schmidty
As a side note, I snagged Boldin for my fantasy football team right after he scored his second touchdown.

Ditto.