Dave Helman

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8,326 appearances 26 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 3d ago

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The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL · Week 3 Recap: Broncos stun Rams, Ravens upend Cowboys, Jaguars roll Patriots, and the 3-0 Raiders · 28 Sep 2026 podcast

And obviously we can get into some of how that happened, but we're able to outlast the Rams and just I mean, uh I'm still processing the finish, to be honest with you. matched

Live in the moment, I thought it looked like a DPI, but I'm not standing there with a you know, with the vantage point on the call and right up next to it with a bird's eye view like a referee. matched

And by the time you saw like two replays of it, you're like, Oh, no, this is a this is a terrible call, and certainly not one that should allow the Broncos to completely control the end game, which is what they were able to do. matched

Com that combined with um matched

the illegal hands the face on Quinn Lake, which I mean that that's a legit call. matched

That's fine. matched

But like when you when those things snowball on top of you and when that DPI just gives you control down there that close to the goal line is a crappy call. matched

There's I don't I don't think there's any way around it. matched

It's just such a it's su it's it's a penalty that just swings things in such a huge way. matched

And you're alluding to Cowboys Ravens, which we'll get to in a little bit, but the matched

Just the way that a call like that going in favor of the offense again just allows them to dictate everything that happens after that. matched

The game would have been over. matched

It was an interception. matched

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I do agree in general, Derek, that a lot like if if it comes down to a call by a referee in a situation like that, there's something else that could have been done. matched

And that I mean, that is true in this game. matched

We talked about the Rams settling for too many field goals, missed opportunities, but that's still just matched

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