I've never believed the NFL was rigged...

[pstall]

if you back that replay up you will see him holding the TE jersey while coming off the line.

I noticed that in real time. At the very least should have been called offsetting. Then Fez should have been flagged. So a net gain of 15 yards.

[Beast Mode]

I can't even imagine how one-sided that game is going to be called. To the NFL, It would be a travesty if a 7-8-1 team beats the defending superbowl champs in their own house, expect the most BS calls you ever witnessed.

 

 

That won't be the case.  For whatever reason, Seahawks opponents were the least penalized teams in football all year.   You guys will probably get away with bloody murder 

[WhoAmI?]

That won't be the case.  For whatever reason, Seahawks opponents were the least penalized teams in football all year.   You guys will probably get away with bloody murder 

 

I just want a fair called game. But that's too much to ask in this era of football. The refs have gotten so horrible and biased that it's almost impossible to watch football now. These stupid new rule changes and the refs are impacting the outcome of more and more games now instead of letting the teams battle it out.

 

[Falcons1stPanthers2nd]

Won't convince me there wasn't something fishy about the ATL SF officiating either. Pat willis goes helmet to helmet on Ryan while sliding no flag. Our defenders finger grazes colin kaepernicks helmet on a crucial 3rd down stop 15 yard penalty automatic 1st down. SF scores a TD on the drive.

[@bonafidebanter]

...but holy crap.

 

 

 

 

It happens. Remember?

[Mr. Scot]

 

 

It happens. Remember?

 

Discussed previously in the thread...uncatchable pass.

 

[@bonafidebanter]

Discussed previously in the thread...uncatchable pass.

 

 

My point was the flag was picked up and people were but hurt for a while afterwards. People eventually got over it. 

[@bonafidebanter]

The thing is not just it being picked up, the penalty was confirmed on the pa system. Then they pick it up really quick and don't say a thing.  Some fishy sh*t.  

3 penalties on Dallas on that one play, none called.  That being said, the Lions then let them run 60 yds in the other direction for a score.   

 

You are right, but you left out some key points as well. 

 

After the picked up flag, it was fourth and one. Why didn't the Lions go for it? Bell would have gotten it easy, he wasn't stopped

 

at all in the game. Probably would have made it. When they didn't go for it, a 10 yard punt happened. Point number three, 

 

STOP Dallas from driving on you and converting a fourth and six while doing it. Don't fumble twice on the game winning drive. 

 

Blah, blah, blah....... 

[OneBadCat]

The NFL does have a hand in games ever so slightly. If you want more evidence of refs cheating teams out of the game look at our very own Panthers. Every match up vs Dallas  since 2005 has been a screw job by the refs. Also look at the playoffs last year. they had a huge part in us not playing our game against the 49ers.

[Falcons1stPanthers2nd]

The SF ATL game was so poorly called that SF fans were scared. All the SF fans after the game were gone before i even got to the parking lot. There were at least 3-4 fights and one stabbing.

[rayzor]

NFL has to allow PI calls to be challenged, they can literally put a team on the 1 yard line if they get it wrong!

all flags and even picked up flags should be challengable (is that a word?).

[Harris Aballah]

Uh, you saw the Saints get ushered to the Super Bowl past the Vikings didn't you?

 

Last 2 minutes.

 

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[mav1234]

I don't think the NFL itself is rigged, but officials seem so incompetent from game to game, I wouldn't be surprised if a few of them are bought and sold.  But most of them just seem awful.

 

This article has it right: Officials have too much control over the game now.  http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/01/dez-bryant-dallas-cowboys-amazing-catch-fire-brimstone-gene-steratore

[Qu1million]

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