I'll defer to Parry since he knows NFL rules and I don't but I didn't see enough there for a call in an NCAA game (for whatever that's worth). I wouldn't have called it and I wouldn't have wanted the deep wing on my crew to call it. Just didn't put the defender at enough of a disadvantage in my view. I think slowed down it looks worse that it really was. Yes, there was a push and yes there might have been a little separation gained (more of an announcer-speak issue than a rule issue) but the defender had his back turned and didn't know where the ball was. THAT was why the receiver caught the pass -- not the physical contact.

Anyone is, of course, free to feel differently. And, as said, I don't know the text or the philosophy of the NFL rule. In college, we'd leave that alone.

Shife said:

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Lol at the Saints! Second worst fan base after dem boyz.

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Philly?
Oakland?

Saints are 2nd worst? Lulz...

#offseasonisreal

Proper no call. Defender was grabbing the left arm and not playing the ball at all. Offensive player pushed to shed him. Thats how football go.

At halftime of the Eagles/Seahawks game Tony Dungy said that it was clearly interference, defenders head snapped back, clear advantage, and that's exactly why they inserted the replay rule. And he's right - it was a bad call and in Goodell's NFL the league will avoid making the tough call even when replay is clear.

If a guy with 20 concussions disagrees with me, I'm doing something right. Sorry, just not going to sympathize with a db whose effort on the play was to grab the receiver > 5 yards downfield with both hands with no thought to defending the ball

The actual sequence was:

1) TE and CB make contact inside of 5 yards - LEGAL
2) Contact is maintained by both without holding, Rudolph looking back at the ball - LEGAL
3) Small push by TE to break contact - LEGAL
4) Ball is thrown right when #3 is happening
5) TE then extends one arm and pushes off as ball is in air - NOT LEGAL
6) CB tries to grab extended arm as a last ditch effort to save a TD as ball is arriving
7) CB can't recover and catch for a TD. Ballgame. Blown call on review.

Go watch the overhead cam view from behind the end zone. Pretty obvious.

it was a size mismatch (Saints fault), and he didn't have to push him very hard, but pretty obvious he did push and gained an advantage. They swallowed their whistle on the last play and ****ed the Saints again. I don't get why refs choose not to enforce rules as much at the end of the game. That's exactly when they SHOULD be 100% sticklers.

Now I don't like the Saints, but they've been on the wrong end of A LOT of postseason ref ****-ups lately.

Hard to believe the NFL would circle the wagons and say they are right.