Tag Archives: Boris Cheek

Bucs’ Talib, FJ Cheek have confrontation

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Ben Austro

Week 12: Buccaneers at Ravens Tampa-based beat reporters witnessed an argument involving the Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib and field judge Boris Cheek. Talib was upset at a pass interference call against fellow cornerback Myron Lewis (Update 11/29: NFL.com has video … Continue reading →

Week 5 “Official Review”: Fair-catch interference, fumbled fumbles, ‘fishy’ call

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Ben Austro

This week’s “Official Review” by league vice-president of officiating, Mike Pereira, featured several interesting plays from Week 5, leading to a lot of discussion here (video, Part 1 and Part 2): As pointed out in our comments, there was a … Continue reading →

Incomplete pass not called on key catch of Steelers opening drive

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Ben Austro

Week 4: Chargers at Steelers Pro Football Talk noticed a missed call on the Steelers opening drive during Sunday Night Football. (video) On the third offensive play of the game, Ben Roethlisberger (who just completed two passes on the first … Continue reading →

How is forward progress not stopped when player lands 3 yards back?

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Ben Austro

Week 4: Chargers at Steelers In the Sunday Night Football game, the Chargers special teams player Jacob Hester is credited with a heads-up, 41-yard fumble-return touchdown. However, it is confusing how the Steelers punt returner Steve Logan was driven back … Continue reading →