Like always, the Raiders were shafted by a terrible call last night. Those of you who watched the game know exactly which one I’m talking about. If a player catches a ball, goes down to the ground, rolls around a bit, celebrates the catch, carries the ball back to the locker room, changes into street clothes with the ball still in hand, drives with one hand on the wheel the entire way home while clutching the ball, goes into his bedroom and places the ball on the nightstand before crawling into bed to make sweet love to his wife, is it still a catch? Not if you’re an Oakland Raider, apparently. The officials seem to have interpreted the new-ish rule that a receiver must maintain control of the ball when going to the ground to mean that a player must remain attached to the ball forever. The Raiders scored a clear touchdown last night, but had it taken away because the refs determined that he didn’t “complete” the catch. It’s BS, and everyone watching knows it was BS.

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