Officiating was disgusting.

[Palmetto]

7 minutes ago, fortyrod said:

And full-HD replays at a bazillion frames per second from a gazillion camera angles. And 3 assistant producers eyeballing every play for newsworthy reffing fails. I'd hate to be a zebra these days.

NFL needs to keep up

They could had more officials 

Hold the Refs responsible when making a bad call instead of the norm of leaving a statement backing up the refs

[Icege]

I mean, Rams vs. Chiefs gives a repeat of MNF and Rams vs. Patriots gives Brady a shot at his 6th ring from the team that he got his 1st from. NFL is happy as can be right now.

[fortyrod]

18 minutes ago, Palmetto said:

NFL needs to keep up

They could had more officials 

Hold the Refs responsible when making a bad call instead of the norm of leaving a statement backing up the refs

I don't know how they solve it. I don't think they can put too many more bodies on the field. Converting them to full-time employees should help, in theory, assuming they actually are spending all of their working time watching tape and honing their craft. And they have to balance with the fact that they can't actually call every penalty or the games would last 6 hours.

[Palmetto]

5 minutes ago, fortyrod said:

I don't know how they solve it. I don't think they can put too many more bodies on the field. Converting them to full-time employees should help, in theory, assuming they actually are spending all of their working time watching tape and honing their craft. And they have to balance with the fact that they can't actually call every penalty or the games would last 6 hours.

That and the NFL would have to pay them more

[Snake]

14 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Back when we were watching on 27" tube TVs in standard definition I'm sure we were missing a lot. Now that everyone is watching on 50"+ HD screens it's a lot easier to see stuff.

Rigging games under Goodell has put the Refs in a bad position. We all know that Payton Manning was given a SB and that the 49ers before that were given a free pass to beat our team up and that was just against us. With that said last night was fair. Their were a bunch of missed calls but it was on both sides of the ball. The fact is the Saints choked and the Chiefs just didn't win the coin flip. I saw no reason to say the Saints got cheated nor did the Chiefs.

[RumHam]

14 hours ago, SmittysLawnGuy said:

Yeah I kind of laughed the Saints lost that way but it was damn right disturbing on every level. Im far from a conspiracsist. That felt like Cotch missed ball n the head hunting crew. Actually feel for Saints fan. That was garbage.

 

 

 

So we just going to sit here and pretend the Saints didn't get ten calls/non calls their way? They're officially a waste of space and can't win when it matters. The league props them up only to have them tumble down. I counted literally ten calls/non-calls.

[Palmetto]

9 minutes ago, RumHam said:

So we just going to sit here and pretend the Saints didn't get ten calls/non calls their way? They're officially a waste of space and can't win when it matters. The league props them up only to have them tumble down. I counted literally ten calls/non-calls.

I honestly think none of those calls for the Rams or for  Saints were missed calls

Refs choose what they want and when they want to enforce calls  and the doesn't care

[Davidson Deac II]

14 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I don't know if sports officiating has really gotten a lot worse in recent years or if super HD views from every angle under the sun just makes the bad calls/no-calls all the more obvious.

It hasn't.  Officials get it right a lot more than they get it wrong, but the wrong ones are what people remember, especially now when missed calls are repeated over and over again on social media.  But in the end, they are human and make mistakes. While games have in the past been rigged, most of the accusations of game rigging are nonsense. 

 

[Palmetto]

1 minute ago, Davidson Deac II said:

It hasn't.  Officials get it right a lot more than they get it wrong, but the wrong ones are what people remember, especially now when missed calls are repeated over and over again on social media.  But in the end, they are human and make mistakes. 

They do make mistakes but i think its the inconsistencies in calls and the missed calls that they had to have seen

[Davidson Deac II]

6 minutes ago, Palmetto said:

They do make mistakes but i think its the inconsistencies in calls and the missed calls that they had to have seen

Players miss things they should have seen all the time.  A qb misses a wide receiver that is running free, a running back misses a open hole, a tackle misses a block, or a official misses a call that in hindsight was obvious.  It happens.  

[Mr. Scot]

Peter King is speculating that this story could bring down Al Riveron.

[Palmetto]

16 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Players miss things they should have seen all the time.  A qb misses a wide receiver that is running free, a running back misses a open hole, a tackle misses a block, or a official misses a call that in hindsight was obvious.  It happens.  

A player missing a throw or block is a lot different from a Ref seeing a foul and choosing not to call it

If he hit the guy just before the ball hit his hands cool judgment call by the Refs .  But that PI is not debatable

Facemask gets missed a lot also but I believe the Goff one was in plain sight if him not mistaken

[ncfan]

2 hours ago, Carolina Cajun said:

Blown call against the Saints

Cant be

 

 

Can Jordan says they never get any calls

 

Hahahahaha

[Newtcase]

15 hours ago, CatTower said:

Refs are human, but there should be a rule change that allows a coach to challenge something like that.

Never going to happen and here's why.

First, do you allow called penalties to be reviewed.  Let's say yes, yes that's a great idea.  Next question, what about no calls?  The issue yesterday at the end was the absence of a call.  Yes for sure, absolutely, we want to get it right!  Ok, so now, since there's a penalty on the field somewhere nearly every play in the NFL a coach will simply challenge for a penalty that should have been called every time a significant play is made.  Solution, well leave it like it is and only allow up 3 challenges maximum.  Then your just kicking the can down the road, the next complaint will be...."We ran out of challenges and the officials were still missing calls.  We need more than three if you want the game called right."  

You see this is the NFL's dirtiest secret.  By the book you could literally call a penalty on multiple players every single play.  The officials of a game have an extremely difficult job.  If they called everything football would be unwatchable.  If they call nothing then the optics are extremely bad.  They have to call just enough to make it appear as if the contest is being officiated.  But that's a very broad term and the wide range of calls/no calls seen every week is all the evidence you need to see to realize this truth.