Don’t forget the favorable spots they kept giving the niners. I’d have to go back and watch the game to find it… but there was one particular reception where the niners receiver caught the ball in the air on a 3rd down and came down a good two yards behind the line to gain and yet they gave him forward progress beyond the marker.
PLUS the missed intentional grounding by Garoppolo right before half. Led to an additional seven points.
This had to have been the worst roughing the passer call I've ever seen. There's been some really bad one's, but Jimmy never even fell to the ground.
I’ve seen worse … how about the one against rashan Gary where he just barely brushed his hand past the Dallas QBs head affecting nothing but overturned a pick….
I don't remember that one.
Going to the ground is not a criteria in the rule for roughing the passer.
I think he put his arms up in an effort to block the ball. Horrible call in general.
It’s the only borderline call they could’ve argued. The game has gotten so soft.
I think this is the money statement. When it all gets boiled down, the league's stated goals for roughing-the-passer and defensless-receiver penalties is to improve safety. The penalty serves as a disincentive (negative punishment) for dangerous play. In this instance, the on-field judges rewarded the more dangerous player and penalized the player that avoided a dangerous play. Clearly incentive and disincentive are backward.
