Horrible Officiating Ends the Jets Game
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by user Alanschech
The Jets played a terrible football game today. They were going up against a 1-5 Browns team that they probably should have walked all over. They didn't and were losing the entire way other than the first drive. However, the game came down to a final play and the refs determined the outcome of the game.
The Jets were down 20-13, and driving for the tying TD. Chad Pennington on 4th down threw a pass into the end zone, and tight end Chris Baker made a one handed catch. The defensive back clearly pushed him out of bounds, not allowing him the opportunity to come down in bounds. However, the ref made the judgement that Baker wasn't going to come down in bounds anyway, so this made the play unreviewable. The replay showed he could have come in bounds, but the ref made a judgement call that he had no business making. When we are tlaking about the last play of a game, we must go to the replay and make sure. This is why we have the replay tool. They should have stopped it and made sure, and gotten the call right. They didn't get it right, and it cost the Jets a game.
