VIDEO: Tim Tebow's Hail Mary Attempt And The Pass Interference That Should Have Been
by John Bena on Oct 9, 2011 7:39 PM MDT
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PrintLost in the chaos that was the final play of the Broncos' 29-24 loss to the San Diego Chargers on Sunday was a blatant pass interference call that, well, wasn't called. While PI calls are rarely made on Hail Mary plays, a two-handed shove by a Chargers defender on Matthew Willis that forced him to go out of bounds is about as blatant as it gets.
Of course, the video below doesn't show it - it was on the replay from the end-zone angle that I saw it and tweeted about it. Many of you saw it and agreed.
Here is the play again - it stands alone was one of the craziest plays you will ever see and one that could be an indication of what we can expect the rest of this season. The Tim Tebow Era of Denver Broncos football has begun.
UPDATED:
Here is the video that shows the blatant push. Judge for yourself:
Thanks to @DrNugget for uploading for us all to bitch about!
And Another:
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Would we get it on the goaline? and if so
is there any doubt Tebow will dive for a TD?
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that Tim Tebow should be the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos. ~ Abe Lincoln
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Yeah, game can't end on a penalty
Would have had a first and goal with zero time left on the clock. One play, one chance, second Tebow come from behind victory in Denver.
None of us go out and play for stats. You just do whatever you can to help the team out. -- Eddie Royal
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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that Tim Tebow should be the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos. ~ Abe Lincoln
Friends are like potatoes. If you eat them, they die. ~ Aristotle
And then we should put Kyle again on the field to the last play at 1yd
He gives us the best chance to win, remember…
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I bleed Orange & Blue.
by Fabio Broncos on Oct 10, 2011 9:16 AM MDT up reply actions
Yes
Royal_Fan is right, the game cannot end on a defensive penalty, I guess pass interference does entail pushing the wideout out of the end zone while the ball is in play
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by the new Bradfather on Oct 10, 2011 12:50 PM MDT up reply actions
I was yelling at my TV
Wife calmed me down though and convinced me to just be happy that we played like we did in the second half. I’ve never seen her so excited for a football game as when Tebow started making plays.
None of us go out and play for stats. You just do whatever you can to help the team out. -- Eddie Royal
So was I, and probably 98% of all us Broncos fans...
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by Fabio Broncos on Oct 9, 2011 7:28 PM MDT up reply actions
Alone by Heart just came on the radio, it rapidly became "Tebow" by Heart.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that Tim Tebow should be the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos. ~ Abe Lincoln
Friends are like potatoes. If you eat them, they die. ~ Aristotle
omg
He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.
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by Whidbey Bronco on Oct 9, 2011 11:49 PM MDT up reply actions
Blocking for #15
Love the tenacity that the line AND Moreno showed blocking on that last play! Knoshown hit the D-end three times, falling down and getting back up. Who wants to play for a winner?!
by dougincarlislepa on Oct 9, 2011 7:30 PM MDT reply actions
So much more to fight for
when you know the guy you’re blocking for isn’t going to tuck into the fetal position if your guy gets within a few yards of him.
None of us go out and play for stats. You just do whatever you can to help the team out. -- Eddie Royal
Ya, everyone played better after in the 2nd half
So much for losing the locker room…
Seems to me like he might have gained it…..
by Trapped in O.C. on Oct 9, 2011 7:41 PM MDT up reply actions
The line was outstanding in the 2nd half!
you could drive a semi-diesel through those holes!
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by the new Bradfather on Oct 10, 2011 12:51 PM MDT up reply actions
I dont think it was pass interferenece
HOWEVA!!!! there should have been a penalty called for illegal contact. The ball was not in the air when Willis was shoved, but he was shoved beyond 5 yards. so it should be like a 15 yard penalty not a first and goal on the 1. But they DEFINITELY should have gotten one more shot.
It couldn't have been illegal contact as Tebow wasn't in the pocket
Though it seemed pretty clear to me that the ball was already in the air when the push happened and that it should have been pass interference.
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by Matthew Oakley on Oct 9, 2011 8:39 PM MDT up reply actions
BULL
That WAS pass interferance and I think the ball WAS in the air when it happened. He was pushed as the other players were positioning themselves to jump for the ball. You don’t do that when the balls not in the air. Lame non-call. Plus, it is illegal to push a player out of bounds, even if the ball isn’t thrown your way because it elimnates that player from being able to be the first one to make contact with the ball. If Willis had caught it without the ball having touched another player, they’d have thrown a flag.
GO BRONCOS!!!
First time I’ve ever left the stadium smiling after the loss. Talked to a couple charger fans…they seemed nervous for the future hahahaha
by LC43EU on Oct 9, 2011 7:31 PM MDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
I think SD realizes
how much went their way in this game, what about Rivers’ fumble in shotgun that fortuitously bounced to him, that easily could have been our ball in propitious field position
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by the new Bradfather on Oct 10, 2011 12:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Even before that the call on Haggan
There were a lot of bad calls on Denver tonight! Thanks for posting the proof.
That call wasn't on Haggan
It was on Raheem Moore, for tapping a wide recieve just further down the field on the back (he barely knocked him down) as the ball fell incomplete. It was a totally lame call. I really don’t like the new way they’re enforcing the “vulnurable player” call. It’s basically eliminated the deep safety from being a big time hitter. Total BS.
GO BRONCOS!!!
Look at their game thread on the bolts sb nation website...
It went from mocking to praying (no pun intended) really quick
Holy cow....
That updated video is pretty damning…
If that doesn’t get a call, they should abolish the rule….
in the end...
we were not good enough…
it’s all about a rebuilding program…
we have a long way to go…
with $20mil under the cap to spend next year…
our rebuild wont take more than two years…
Cheers Boys!!
Whoever said life was short...was stupid!!
Life is the longest thing we will experience!!
I saw it too when it happened
It sucks but I’m over it. Ortons not our QB anymore, so I’m happy
Raiders suck
Chargers are whiny douches
Chiefs are meh
by DBroncs1414 on Oct 9, 2011 8:05 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
TSA Pat Down
I told my buddy.. "I’m going to fight the traffic to submit to an f-ing TSA pat down (while my 2 year old watched shocked as could be) like the airport just to watch neck beard play?!
Uh, uh. Season tix up this year. Commish can take his pat-downs and stick them up his a##.
I’ll watch from the couch.
Refs < 3 min calls
I only logged on to post about this. Yes, 1st and 10 at the 1 w 1 sec on the clock. This call was easy to make.
My big beef is on the unsportsmanlike conduct call on the Chargers last drive that turned a 48 yard field goal into a 33 yard one.
The Chargers were starting fits in the first quarter and on the Broncos extra point a Charger knocked a Bronco on his back after the play and then threw punches while he was on the ground. Defenseless. No flag. Let boys be boys the refs appeared to say.
I told my buddy wait until later in the game… The boys will be boys rule will change in the last quarter. Sure enough… a ticky tack Bump of chests was called against us.
These two calls were huge.
Go Tebow
It was Obvious PI IMO
The refs didn’t do us any favors in this game. I hate blaming refs for any loss but SD only got called for like 1 penalty and the refs were calling all kinds of penalties on the Broncos
the one after the Malcolm Floyd catch
in the 4th Quarter when Jacob Hester had a 4-yard run, really made me bad. I gave the ref a not-nice gesture from my couch
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With Coach Zorro on our side, we will slice opponents to ribbons. Tim Tebow gives me hope and I already have faith and charity in my heart! I see a propitious future rife with Lombardis for our Broncos!
by the new Bradfather on Oct 10, 2011 12:55 PM MDT up reply actions
I saw it too when it happened
It sucks but I’m over it. Ortons not our QB anymore, so I’m happy
Raiders suck
Chargers are whiny douches
Chiefs are meh
by DBroncs1414 on Oct 9, 2011 8:23 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
...and by the way
How does a Bronco call fair catch and get hit without a flag?!?!
yes, saw that one also
And we almost won anyway. Thanks refs, you were very helpful.
Playoffs!?!? Playoffs!?!? Don't talk about Playoffs!! Playoffs?!?!
haha I heard that also
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wife caught it right off
Obvious PI. Ball was in air. We was robbed. But – we may finally have right qb in game. Not looking for apologies from EFX for the lost season – they don’t have the smarts or the guts to admit how bad they’ve screwed this up.
Officiating could be better but I think our most glaring need went from QB to CB today.
We’re not bad enough to get Luck so let’s go all in with Tebow for the rest of the season.
As the ancient Tibetan Philosophy states "Don't start none, won't be none!"
poor officiating all game
this just makes it worse. either way, we still had our chances. the wins will now begin at miami. moving on-thanks kyle, but it’s time to unleash the tebow. bring it on
taste my blintzkrieg!
the 3-man rush is an admission of lunacy, cowardice, and defeat-please stop.
If it is an OBVIOUS PI they should call it
it is their job. Willis and the guy that pushed him were the only players that could have caught that ball because Tebow threw it to the back of the endzone.
nothing gets called on the last play of the game
its pretty much open season for both teams, and that’s the way it’s always been so refs do not decide the game
except
the whole personal foul thing on Bunkley. i’d say that decided the game.
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by OldSchoolOrange on Oct 9, 2011 11:38 PM MDT up reply actions
I beg to differ.
These are two separate examples:
Bills @ Patriots – 1998 (forward to 0:33)
Saints @ Packers – Just THREE weeks ago.
These are both at the end of the game… one is a Hail Mary pass and the other is a pass from the 8 yard line.
The incident on Sunday came on a 30 yard pass… somewhere between both of these examples… not a Hail Mary nor a quick flick into the endzone. If PI is acceptable in both above situations, then PI is acceptable here and SHOULD have been called. End of story.
That being said, I am satisfied in what we came away with on Sunday… I’ll look for improvement going forward.
GO BRONCOS!
Bleeding Orange and Blue for 44 years
I stand corrected
Saints @ Packers was actually four weeks ago… though my observation still stands.
Bleeding Orange and Blue for 44 years
Darn I missed Tebow playing, I switched off at half time for the 1st time in my Broncos fandom :(
I recently moved to Malaysia and here the game started 4:15am :( Suffered through the 1st half only :(
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by Whidbey Bronco on Oct 9, 2011 11:50 PM MDT up reply actions
Assuming you are being sarcastic
…this is a lame and ignorant response.
Thanks for making the effort to tune in from abroad isiddiqi. I’ve done it as well. Hang in there for the 2nd half next time!
I'm 1 time-zone away
But stayed up through the whole game (well, actually went to bed at midnight and woke for the 3:15 kickoff). Man-up isi!
by CamboBronco on Oct 10, 2011 12:37 AM MDT up reply actions
the call that really pissed me off was the last BS personal foul
THAT was the game there.
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Yea that call...if the refs aren't going to decide the gameon a Hailmary...
they shouldn’t try to decide it either over a lame routine post-play trash talking involving two players…one that 90% of the time is overlooked at that stage in the game.
No kidding!
Just finished watching the game on rewind: If they’re going to let the “players play” on the Hail Mary, then why on earth were they calling that ticky-tack unsportsmanlike on SD’s final drive? Ridiculous.
That call Whidbey
compelled me to signify the ref was #1 with my middle finger!
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by the new Bradfather on Oct 10, 2011 12:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Unbelievable
How’d they frickin miss that?!??
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The refs have a tough job, but these crew seemed determined to take Denver out of this game.
by ThorpeBroncosfan on Oct 10, 2011 3:46 AM MDT reply actions
everyone has to avenge the Dolts
for Cutler’s fumble
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by the new Bradfather on Oct 10, 2011 12:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Are you kidding me!?
I just… I can’t anymore.
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That was almost the greatest game of the year in the NFL
Even though he was pushed out of bounds he still had a shot at the ball. The ball bounced off the defender and he went for a tackle??? Oh well, in two week you will play my Dolphins and i will be rooting for Tebow to get a win.
LETS GO HEAT!!!!!!!
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Henne please don't be good be Great
one more thing
If Loyd would of caught the perfect pass for the 2pt conversion, then it would of been a fg attempt instead, and maybe over time. never mind loyd did make up for that drop with that crazy catch on the sidelines
LETS GO HEAT!!!!!!!
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Henne please don't be good be Great
Come on, at least it was 'exciting'.
Denver had plenty of chances to take control of the game well before the last play. You can cry over spilled milk, but our boys spent just over three quarters pouring the stuff right down the front of their shirts.
Miami is incredibly beatable for us. If MANY Broncos players, including Tebow, can improve on their decision making, we might have an ‘exciting win’ on our hands.
It is, after all, the point of the game.
First get me some wins. I never drink Kool-Aid on an empty stomach.
by TheMastermind on Oct 10, 2011 6:05 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
I don't mean to always play the devil's advocate in these, but....
didn’t anyone notice Fell’s offensive pass interference on the hail mary play, it was also pretty blatant? I think he just two handed shoved the guy that might have knocked it down otherwise. The biggest BS call was the personal foul on DJ…..I didn’t like the call on Carter’s hit on the defenseless wideout but I think that was probably mostly Carter’s fault.
To those saying that there's no way the call would have been made on the final play of the game...
My question is, if Willis catches the ball, is there equally no way they call him for coming back from out of bounds?
Further, since the (TD) play is automatically reviewed, if Willis is not called for it, could it be called on the review?
My point being, what are the real chances that going out and coming back in is allowed/overlooked if he makes the catch?
Who, other than San Diego fans, complained about Hochuli's self-admitted blown call on Sept. 15, 2008, which cost the Chargers that game?
Basically, the calls even out, eventually. However, do you have it on good source that Tebow Time is official? I only ask because I’ve read that Fox still wants to study some on it.
I don't see how he can go back to Orton
Fox has seen for himself, and the proof is in the pudding
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by the new Bradfather on Oct 10, 2011 12:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, we'll find out tomorrow, I reckon.
Still, I think that quite a few folks here (including me) were expecting Orton to be horse-traded to the Dolphins before that particular palaver broke down, so it’s not like the “Tebow-Time!” carrot hasn’t been dangled out there before. Yes, it’s different this time, but I’m waiting for the official announcement (hopefully, some time tomorrow). I really want you and John Bena to be right. As for me, I don’t want my hopes getting stomped on again, so I’m being cautiously optimistic this time around.
Was that really a Hail Mary?
“Definition: An offensive play where the quarterback throws the ball up in the air without really targeting any particular receiver, hoping someone on his team catches it.”
Looked to me like he was targeting Willis with a true shot to the end zone. There wasn’t much air under that ball.
Meh
I agree, illegal contact, but I am sure the Chargers would bring up the fumble call a few years back when we beat the Chargers…I don’t know if Willis gets that call, if that was Lloyd or even Decker, I bet they call it, but the refs seemed like they had orders to make sure the Chargers won. There were some very phantom calls IMO the whole game.
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illegal contact
does not exist outside the pocket, on a roll out the QB is considered a runner. the rules are no different than a toss sweep where you can mug a WR
Winning
It was actually a very smart play
When a QB is out of the pocket, there is no illegal contact. Not many people know this rule, but if the QB is out of the pocket and the ball hasnt been thrown yet you can push a WR out of bounds. It actually makes him an illegible receiver, and is perfectly legal. Know the rules
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Saw this at the game, thanks for posting
I saw this at the game, everyone looked at me like I was just crazy when I said it was interference (might be illegal contact, regardless its a penalty), the video posted demonstrates the missed call. Thanks for the post
That plat is a perfect example of the critics on Tebow
Tebow extends the play but froze with protection..skittish
mark my words.. game plans against him will be to
get him to make mistakes and he will.
the guy is only behind Vick running the ball
and he brings so much by running
its an improvement
but he is going to be akward throwing..
the inaccuracy and the lack of patience
he could grow and fix that..
which is all a part of seeing where he is at
for the rest of the season
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