Redskins vs Bucs GameDay Thread

[MTK]

Little grabs and holds happen on most plays in the NFL, but Rak seems to get these totally blatant clothesline holds way too often. The ref behind the line was looking down field? Why? It's his job to watch the line play, isn't it?? Rak does need to start speaking up a la Bruce Smith style. Get in the ref's ear the first time it happens during a game.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Little grabs and holds happen on most plays in the NFL, but Rak seems to get these totally blatant clothesline holds way too often. The ref behind the line was looking down field? Why? It's his job to watch the line play, isn't it?? Rak does need to start speaking up a la Bruce Smith style. Get in the ref's ear the first time it happens during a game.

That's exactly what the f i'm sayin. I watched the game today since I recorded it at home, and the announcers said something to the effect of: Because Donald Penn lifted his arm up after he held Orakpo, the officials dismissed it. Now it's bs either way because he lifted his arm up once Freeman had the ball out of his hands, but I'm pretty sick and tired of this. And yes, the next step is for Orakpo to start letting his voice get heard on the subject, because it's obvious that just staying silent and doing his job isn't doing the trick.

I'm not going to sit here and say that that cost us the game because god knows we didn't play that well in the second half, but that is a major play that never should've been counted because of the holding. And the backfield refs need to start focusing on the offensive line because it's not their gd job to watch the ball soar down the field, it's their job to watch for penalties around the offensive line.