You should not be able to touch the db after 5 yards. Period.

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Do you really believe Johnson catches that ball without the separation he created from the push off? I don't. Flowers was with him step for step until he pushed. That was, by definition, an OPI penalty.

By what the rule says, you're right. By what they generally call and don't call 50/50 and with under 2 minutes with the guy being sold as the best WR in the league, they aren't going to call it.

After years of watching the game you realize this after awhile.

ROFL - gawd, I wish I was a knowledgeable fan like you, Travis.

Maybe Flowers should have taken a dive to completely sell it.

Did you really think Andre Johnson was going to get a penalty before the flag came out? Serious question, they just don't call that.

Guys with certain reps get away with more. Michael Irvin made a HOF career out of that play.

Now that would have been smart, he may have gotten the call had he made it look like that.

Yes, I thought it created enough separation that you HAVE TO make that call against AJ - regardless of his rep. The NFL was supposed to be cracking down on that shit this year. Apparently, the memo didn't get to these dumbfugs yesterday.

All that said, I still think Houston cruises down the field and scores on us. That penalty would have just delayed the inevitable.

Right or wrong, Mecca has a point.

That play rarely, if ever gets called - on either the WR or defender.

People are comparing it to the Miles Austin play, and the OPI's in the Denver game - none of which was even comparable to the Flowers play.

On Austin's, and two of the 3 in the Denver game, the WR placed his hands on the DB and extended his arms, knocking the defender to the ground.

Time to get over it, folks. It didn't cost us the game.

I bet officials yo cover their ass say that Flowers committed pass internece before the push off occurred and that's what they called it the way they did.


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Since that play has been talked about by the national media, over/under on when Mike Perreira shows up talking about how it's the proper call?

What I really wanna know is WTF was the official thinking/saw when he called the penalty on Flowers?

Have you seen the Missouri 5th down game? They overcame the call and kept the guy out. A TD was awarded. How would you suggest they "overcome" that?

About the only thing he did was he gave Johnson a bit of an armbar when he turned his head back to look for the ball.

Pretty marginal to being throwing a flag on that, it's pretty baffling that a flag came out at all.

One can't lose their composure but I like Fowers showing his emotions. The guy abviously really cares. I bet he get at least one INT next week if not a pick 6.


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