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Just a Though on Replacement Refs


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I know they have made some terrible calls but I enjoy how overall they seem to let the guys play more. Not calling a lot of roughing the passers or minor pass interference calls has made the game slightly more enjoyable to watch.

TD ROCKED Brees yesterday after he passed the ball for what would have surely been a roughing the passer call with normal refs in. I believe this was in the 3rd quarter with the Saints* backed up against their own goal line.

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These new refs might not be the most experienced or consistent, but they let the players play. Whether its intentional, because of inexperience, or because of mistakes, it's refreshing to watch. I haven't seen defenses being allowed to play so aggressively in years. The old refs gave offenses too much of an advantage. I say good riddance to the former refs for having to be so uptight about every rule (also good riddance for not being grateful for being employed).

I know it's a lame reason to hate the old refs, for doing their job "too well", but they make the game boring and sometimes embarrassing to watch. I don't want to see arena league offenses averaging 50 points a game, I want to see some football. It's really not the old refs fault though, it's the fault of the rules that they enforce so well. I don't know if it's possible for this kind of reffing to continue onto next season, but it's good for as long as it lasts.

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These refs have been making some questionable calls (no-calls?) that I think are going to come back to bite someone; probably the NFL in their negotiations with the normal officials.

They could ignore taking forever to make a call and really blowing some that have a lot of impact on gameplay (extra timeout near the end of the game for Seattle? Hurr Durr) but with the league embroiled in player safety lawsuits and making safety the buzz-word of the Goodell era this apparent timidity on the part of the replacements is going to become more and more of a problem for them.

That decapitation in the Seattle / Dallas game is going to be making the rounds this week for sure.

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