LOL , When Walt67 posted my post on the run game, I quickly spotted a sentence I hadn't completed that reads:Hambone wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 10:01 amThey never did show a replay of the Peters pick in the stadium after it was known the DPI call was made so I never really had an opportunity to make my own judgement. It looked to me like Peters was merely going for the interception which he has a right to and the two collided while both were going for the ball. But that was based on my one time live look. As fans we usually pay attention only at the contact when the ball arrives. Sometimes the DPI call is based on something that happened earlier in the process while the ball is in the air.TheLionKing wrote: ↑Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:13 pmThe officials made a couple of very iffy calls on Peters' interception and the fumble recovery on 3rd down.
Peters lobbied Campbell hard to challenge it. When the Lions defence finally got off the field at the end of Edmonton's possession he was still ticked off having an animated conversation with Campbell down on the sidelines. Maybe at a point later in the game Campbell might have challenged the same play. However a coach has to be 100% confident of winning the challenge when he's using it on the very first play of the game. Win it great. Losing it could come back to haunt you at a key point later in the game when you don't have 59+ minutes left to overcome it.
I meant to say the "The wave Almo mentioned led...." not to suggest Almo was there leading the wave lol. I just left out the word MENTIONED...lolThe wave Almo led to a Lions penalty which was insane as the home team fans were making the noise.
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I thought Rick Campbell should not have challenged what they thought was a fumble for a Lions TD as clearly no Elk who was there by the pile moved a finger or a foot as they all seemed to be sure it was not a fumble. That challenge for me even after seeing it on the replays made no sense.
However, the call on Garry Peter's for PI on the TV wasn't conclusive either but it sure didn't look like PI at all. Not sure why the Lions didn't challenge that one.
At first I thought the HC might not have had a good look at it either or it was too early in the game for him to want to challenge.
Maybe he was right as the TV coverage doesn't show much either so maybe he did the right thing then. But challenging the fumble call was crazy.