Stupidest Challenge of All Time

[Hermes]

16 minutes ago, WEATHER DOT COM said:

A gain of 9 yards is nowhere near close to the value of a timeout.

 

The play was not obvious and should not have been challenged.

 

Whoever made that decision is a moron. 

I mean the ball literally hits his glove and not the ground. I get that the play was incomplete on the field, but that was very clearly a catch

[Bubba Gump]

15 minutes ago, buffblue said:

To me it was obvious. The ball clearly tipped upward off his fingertips, not the ground 🤷

 

Where did the black pellets come from then? The ball clearly hit the ground.

[WMDman]

I think it was a catch however it was a dumb challenge the TO was definitely more valuable than the 9 yards 

[WEATHER DOT COM]

3 minutes ago, Hermes said:

I mean the ball literally hits his glove and not the ground. I get that the play was incomplete on the field, but that was very clearly a catch

 

If it was clearly a catch it would have been ruled a catch.

[Dr.Sack]

In hindsight a very poor decision. 

[Hermes]

2 minutes ago, WEATHER DOT COM said:

 

If it was clearly a catch it would have been ruled a catch.

Just like the clear pass interference/facemask on Davis or the clear tripping/slide tackle on Kincaid. Or the clearly not intentional grounding that was called on Josh.

Edited November 6, 2023 by Hermes

[BillsFan130]

6 minutes ago, Bubba Gump said:

 

Where did the black pellets come from then? The ball clearly hit the ground.

Ya Looked to me like it hit the ground as well.

 

Regardless it was a 9 yard play you’re challenging on first down.

 

Makes absolutely 0 sense to challenge that unless you’re 100 percent sure

[WEATHER DOT COM]

1 minute ago, BillsFan130 said:

Ya Looked to me like it hit the ground as well.

 

Regardless it was a 9 yard play you’re challenging on first down.

 

Makes absolutely 0 sense to challenge that unless you’re 100 percent sure

 

Makes 0 sense to challenge even if you are 100% sure because you're relying on someone else to also be 100% sure

[BillsFanNC]

9 minutes ago, NJKBillsfan said:

You really think it was a catch?

Didn't the ball hit the ground? 

 

Yes, I think it was a catch.

 

I also think it didn't exceed the bar of irrefutable evidence. 

 

Therefore dumb challenge. 

[BillsFan130]

Just now, WEATHER DOT COM said:

 

Makes 0 sense to challenge even if you are 100% sure because you're relying on someone else to also be 100% sure

Haha well if it’s 100 percent clear and obvious, I get it as why would you pass up 9 yards

 

But that wasn’t even close to being clear and obvious 

[Zag20]

1 minute ago, WEATHER DOT COM said:

 

Makes 0 sense to challenge even if you are 100% sure because you're relying on someone else to also be 100% sure

The burden of proof needs to be changed then, because his hand is clearly between the ball and ground and then it’s caught. What do they need to see exactly? The ball can’t hit the ground if there’s a hand under the ball.

[Bookie Man]

I agree. It was not a good time to use the challenge. It may have been a catch, but it was almost impossible to tell if it was all glove underneath the ball. The TO was worth more than the 9 yards at the time.  I WANT SOME BUTTS!

[WEATHER DOT COM]

 

[Ethan in Cleveland]

McD is so dumb. It was 9 yards and the clock was stopped. It was probably better that it was incomplete and the clock stopped.

They had 3 more downs to get a first.

[BADOLBILZ]

28 minutes ago, May Day 10 said:

I'm disturbed by the sequence at the end of the half

 

 

Yeah Allen can't run a crisp 2 minute offense even though he's in his 6th year in the same system.    So many mistakes and lack of situational awareness on offense.  It's a problem.

[HardyBoy]

My only defense is maybe they wanted to huddle up for 90 seconds plus to discuss it and they were going to take a time out anyway, and this gave them more time than a time out would, and a chance to keep a free time out. 

[Turk71]

Whether it was a catch or not (I think it wasn't), it's a terrible challenge unless you can clearly see that he caught it; especially in that situation.

I think McD tends to panic when pressed to make quick decisions, you can see it on his face

 

[buffblue]

41 minutes ago, mrags said:

Not the point. It was called incomplete in the field. Much harder to overturn it. Especially when it’s 50/50

I guess you missed my use of the word clearly. There was absolutely no ambiguity whatsoever imo

[Rocbillsfan1]

Actually thought it was a catch as it looked like ball bounced off his hand not the ground but yea didn’t think the refs would make the right call as they were horrible all night. 

[ngbills]

Combine that with the halftime stupidity