Miami Dolphins Players Quotes From Sundays "Loss" to Pittsburgh Steelers

The Dolphins-Steelers game has been mirrored in controversy first with Ben Roethlisberger's fumble, then with the mass of ensuing bodies attempting to recover the lost ball.

The referees decided to blindly call the play a touchdown without really caring who recovered the ball, so sure that the line judge had made the correct assessment of the play.

Whoops.

Referee's then decided that, wait a minute, maybe we were wrong and that actually WASN'T a touchdown after all!  Perhaps we should have actually watched the entire play, like we're paid to do, instead of just assume an outcome.

Needless to say Dolphins players had some pretty entertaining comments after the game.  Let's take a look.

Ike Alama-Francis, Who Claims He Recovered the Fumble

“I was the first person on the ball, had the possession of the ball. I thought it was ours. I held the ball, and I wasn’t going to let that thing go, because I knew I had possession. … When we were down in the pile, he was calling, ‘White Ball! White Ball!’ … It’s just a bad feeling to lose like that.”

Channing Crowder

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MIAMI - OCTOBER 04: Linebacker Channing Crowder #52 of the Miami Dolphins looks on against the Buffalo Bills at Land Shark Stadium on October 4, 2009 in Miami, Florida. Miami defeated Buffalo 31-30. (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images)

“He jumped on it first and he got up with it. I don’t think he jumped on it and 16 people snatched it from him and it came back around to him like a hot potato. He jumped on the ball and he got up with the ball. I don’t know any other evidence.”

Karlos Dansby

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MIAMI - OCTOBER 24: Tight end Matt Spaeth #89 cannot make a touchdown catch against defenders Yeremiah Bell #37 and Karlos Dansby #58 of the Miami Dolphins at Sun Life Stadium on October 24, 2010 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images)

“We hit them in the mouth on both sides of the ball. Y’all aint never seen anybody handle Pittsburgh like we did today, and they took that game from us,” Dansby said of the refs. “They took it from us, bottom line. We got an ‘L,’ we should have got a ‘W.’”

Channing Crowder

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CHARLOTTE - NOVEMBER 19: (L-R) Jason Ferguson #95, Channing Crowder #52 and Akin Ayodele #51 of the Miami Dolphins celebrate a defensive stop against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on November 19, 2009 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Pho

“Upstairs they said they didn’t know who had the ball. But they’re on the fourth, fifth, sixth floor and it’s seven refs on the field saying they saw 59 with it.”

Karlos Dansby

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MINNEAPOLIS - SEPTEMBER 19: Karlos Dansby #58 of the Miami Dolphins celebrates with Yeremiah Bell #37 after the Dolphins defense recovered a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown during the game on September 19, 2010 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in M

“(The refs) took the ball from Ike. They took the ball from him. I talked to the back judge, I said, ‘Man, you know we had the ball.’ He said. ‘Yeah, 59 had the ball. It’s out of our hands, it’s out of our control.’”

Karlos Dansby

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MINNEAPOLIS - SEPTEMBER 19: Karlos Dansby #58 of the Miami Dolphins celebrates with Koa Misi #55 after the Dolphins defense recovered a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown during the game against the Minnesota Vikings on September 19, 2010 at Hubert H

“Give me an explanation. Why didn’t we win this game? Give me an explanation why we don’t got the ball right now on the 20 yard line. He said it’s out of their control.”

If the refs don't have control of the game, exactly who does?

Tony McDaniel

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MIAMI - OCTOBER 24: Receiver Hines Ward #86 cannot make a touchdown catch against the Miami Dolphins with teammate Isaac Redman #33 at Sun Life Stadium on October 24, 2010 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images)

“There should be a board that fines refs for making decisions like that.”

How about the referee's who didn't throw a single flag on either of James Harrisons hits last week that the league fined him $75,000 for?  Those hits were bad enough to cost him seven figures but not bad enough for a 15 yard penalty?  Something doesn't make sense.

Channing Crowder

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MIAMI - OCTOBER 12: Linebacker Channing Crowder #52 of the Miami Dolphins celebrates after making a tackle for a loss against the New York Jets at Land Shark Stadium on October 12, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The Dolphins defeated the Jets 31-27. (Photo by

“The refs upstairs said they have to have conclusive evidence who landed on the ball. I don’t know how conclusive it has to be. I don’t know if you gotta jump up and do a backflip with a ball.”

Final Words: Channing Crowder

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MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 4: Linebacker Channing Crowder #52 of the Miami Dolphins sets for play against the Baltimore Ravens in an NFL Wildcard Playoff Game at Dolphins Stadium on January 4, 2009 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)

".....The ref called a wonderful game.”