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Originally Posted by skinsguy
They were fussin' about Strahan getting held on every play and how Shockey was interfered with. I'd have to go back and watch the Shockey play again. Either way, they have no excuses for Shockey giving up on that play....you fight until you hear the bell!
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I've watched the game a couple of times (God bless Tivo) and in my opinion the holding on Strahan was negligible. Fact of the matter is holding occurs on damn near every NFL play, it just only gets called when it's particularly bad or really impacts the play. The holding on Strahan, again in my albeit biased view, was no worse than the holding they did on our D line.
The PI call (or lack thereof) on Shockey could've gone both ways if you ask me. Marshall seemed to be bumping against Shockey's arm a bit, but it hardly prevented Shockey from trying to catch the ball. I think it's a case of a big, physical TE who's known for being a tough physical player being covered by an equally tough LB. I'm glad the officials don't call every little sneeze or wayward look when ya got two physical guys going for a play.
Either way, like you said there's no excuse for Shockey just stopping on the play - that's Pee Wee Football Lesson 1 right there.