Can the NFL refs get any worse?

[FordFairLane]

Every year the NFL refs seem to take horse crap officiating to a whole new level. I can sit down and watch a Saturday full of College football and count on one hand the horse crap calls but in the NFL I can't go an entire game without seeing a half a dozen. I am not even talking about the Steelers and being a homer I am saying the NFL is so god awful I can't watch games that I don't care about anymore and not be pissed at how these *** clowns influence the games with their bad calls. I mean it makes me wonder about the influence sports betting has on the NFL and if some of these refs are told to swing scores to help the gambling industry. I know it's a conspiracy theory but when High School refs are more qualified than "professional" NFL refs it makes me wonder.

 

[Hollywood Bags]

Well, don't watch the games then. Problem solved.

 

[Steeltime]

I believe that referees - through human nature, pity for the underdog, or whatever - tend to start calling all sorts of very subjective **** on a team with a big lead, thereby making the games closer and helping retain viewers.

Next time you see a team build up a big lead in the 1st half, watch how the refs call the game. When the Donkeys went up 24-0 last night, I expected the refs to intervene. Sure enough, after the Donkey TD making it 24-0, the refs flagged Denver 5 times, including 3 for defensive holding and one for PI, and kept Indy drives alive.

Yesterday, the offensive PI on Justin Brown was a horrible call. If the game is 14-14 at that point, I don't think it is called ... and it should never be called for a play like that.

JMO.

 

[Steelerfan]

I believe that referees - through human nature, pity for the underdog, or whatever - tend to start calling all sorts of very subjective **** on a team with a big lead, thereby making the games closer and helping retain viewers.

Next time you see a team build up a big lead in the 1st half, watch how the refs call the game. When the Donkeys went up 24-0 last night, I expected the refs to intervene. Sure enough, after the Donkey TD making it 24-0, the refs flagged Denver 5 times, including 3 for defensive holding and one for PI, and kept Indy drives alive.

Yesterday, the offensive PI on Justin Brown was a horrible call. If the game is 14-14 at that point, I don't think it is called ... and it should never be called for a play like that.

JMO.

I tend to agree with this. I'm not saying games are fixed, they're not. But its analogous to Nascar's mystery yellow flags to keep things close when one driver is dominating a race. I think the NFL likes to try and keep parity to the small extent they can.

 

[SteelerSask2]

Has nothing to do with the refs. NFL officials are some of the best in any sport anywhere. It is the horses *** Goodell and the rules commitee. They've taken a sport which you could literally call a penalty on every other play and added one more stupid interpretation every year.

 

[Skott]

I know Clady was holding like crazy last night. He even had his arm around the guys neck... No flag

 

[Steeltime]

I know Clady was holding like crazy last night. He even had his arm around the guys neck... No flag

Refs will NOT call holding on pass plays - they just don't. The chokehold technique has been used for years, with no call. The league is going to do everything in its power to protect the QB, including just ignoring blatant holding on pass plays.

And Clady's blocking - he had his arm around number 92's neck on one play. I asked Mrs. Steeltime, "Is there some rule that says tackles can put a chokehold on all number 92's?"

 

[mightyguru]

Well, don't watch the games then. Problem solved.

Did somebody fart?

 

[Lmob0621]

I believe that referees - through human nature, pity for the underdog, or whatever - tend to start calling all sorts of very subjective **** on a team with a big lead, thereby making the games closer and helping retain viewers.

Next time you see a team build up a big lead in the 1st half, watch how the refs call the game. When the Donkeys went up 24-0 last night, I expected the refs to intervene. Sure enough, after the Donkey TD making it 24-0, the refs flagged Denver 5 times, including 3 for defensive holding and one for PI, and kept Indy drives alive.

Yesterday, the offensive PI on Justin Brown was a horrible call. If the game is 14-14 at that point, I don't think it is called ... and it should never be called for a play like that.

JMO.

After watching a few games on Sunday, I came to the same conclusion... The NFL has made it easier to control a game by adding rules and creating "emphasis" on new rules... It is amazing that of all the hands to the faces on Sunday in the Steelers-Browns game, that they only called the calls against the Steelers.