With Sebadoh currently on an indefinite hiatus, Loewenstein took the opportunity to record an album of his own songs. Though if you are a true Sebadoh fan, and listened to “Bakesale” incessantly throughout the latter part of the nineties, you know that Loewenstein isn’t just “that other guy”. A stoned Jerry Lewis to Lou Barlow’s caustic Dean Martin. Let’s see if they have the courage this week to shout “C’mon man, learn the rules’’ to Jon Gruden.(this interview was originally published in issue #33 of Modern Fix Magazine in 2002).įor most fans of Sebadoh, Jason Loewenstein is merely “that other guy”. I enjoy that feature done by ESPN’s studio hosts. Officials are often criticized and sometimes, deservedly so. Just throw the officials under the bus when you don’t know the rules. Gruden said he doesn’t understand how games are being officiated? Correctly and consistently in this case. That was why Lofton’s penalty was 15 yards and the Jenkins hit wasn’t penalized at all. Lofton’s hit was clearly a foul and the hit by Jenkins was not. Lofton’s was helmet-to-helmet, while Jenkins’ hit was shoulder to back. Gruden didn’t know the difference between the two hits. I just don’t understand how games are being officiated.” If Lofton’s penalty was 15 yards, then that’s 15 yards. GRUDEN’S COMMENTS: “I don’t know what the difference is than the one on Lofton. It was exactly what the NFL is asking players to do. Jenkins did not hit Kelly in the head or neck area and he did not lead with the crown or hairline part of his helmet. Kelly is hit from behind by Malcolm Jenkins, who turns his head to the side and hits Kelly with his right shoulder in the area of the lower back. THE PLAY: Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan throws an incomplete pass to Reggie Kelly. THE SITUATION: Atlanta had the ball, third-and-one from the Atlanta 29-yard line with 11:06 remaining in the second quarter.
Hopkins is entitled to play in the middle of the field.” I’d throw the ball every play if that’s a penalty. Replays clearly confirmed the helmet-to-helmet contact before Colston had completed the catch and clearly become a runner.
Lofton hit Colston helmet-to-helmet, which was acknowledged by ESPN play-by-play announcer Mike Tirico. Atlanta’s Curtis Lofton is called for an illegal hit on a defenseless receiver. THE PLAY: Saints quarterback Drew Brees completes a 9-yard pass to Marques Colston. THE SITUATION: New Orleans had the ball, first-and-10 at the Atlanta 37-yard line with 13:37 remaining in the second quarter. Here is the first play in question from Monday’s game: A defender also cannot lead with the crown or hairline portion of his helmet and make contact with the receiver anywhere on his body. If a receiver is defenseless, he cannot be hit in the head or neck area, with any part of the defender’s helmet, shoulder or forearm. In layman’s terms, a receiver is defenseless in the process of making the catch and beyond until he has clearly become a runner, which by rule, means he has control with two feet clearly down and he has maintained control long enough “to perform an act common to the game,” which is to say he maintains control long enough to pitch it, pass it, advance with it or ward off an opponent. We’ll get to the two specific plays, but first I want to go over what the rulebook says about hits on defenseless receivers.
#BITCRAFT JASON LEWIS FREE#
You are free to pontificate as to whether or not you like a rule, but you must present the rule first. You, as an announcer, have an obligation to know the rules. To me, the second you agree to step into the broadcast booth, you agree to learn the rules. Monday night during the Falcons-Saints game, in the second quarter alone, Gruden butchered two plays regarding hits on defenseless receivers. I respect his knowledge about the X’s and O’s when it comes to coaching and playing the game of football, but I have very little respect for him when it comes to officiating and his knowledge of the rules. He was a loudmouth as a coach who constantly disrespected officials and he is a blowhard in the broadcast booth who spouts off when he doesn’t know what he is talking about. Not today, not yesterday, not when I worked for the NFL and not when I was working on the field as a side judge. I’m talking to ESPN announcer and former coach Jon Gruden, because I need to set the record straight.
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