I can think of two from the Packers-Chargers game: a celebration penalty that negated a sack on Rodgers, flag was thrown for a guy flexing afterwards. And a hands-to-the-face penalty on the defense that the announcers said they have seen “not called” over 100 times last season. There were probably more but I stopped watching.

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Why should someone do that other than the person who is training and reveiwing the officials? The people that need to, are doing it, without your prompting.

There were plenty of games last season, including the playoffs, where the regular refs were horrible, yet you are stressed over the first preseason game not being called to perfection?

Any incorrect calls last night didn’t cost someone a playoff chance or affect their regular season record. Like the players, it provided the refs a chance to hone their trade before getting to the games that count.

I can think of two from the Packers-Chargers game: a celebration penalty that negated a sack on Rodgers, flag was thrown for a guy flexing afterwards. And a hands-to-the-face penalty on the defense that the announcers said they have seen “not called” over 100 times last season. There were probably more but I stopped watching.

Theres many other examples so it’s not like the normal refs are close to perfect. But they cant be called out or its a fine. They get paid a lot of money to F some games up. I remember just last year hearing accouncers of multiple games saying that at one point, the regular refs would cost a team a game(already happened Im sure). I think they need to be picked apart just as bad when they get back. Oh, and Belichick wouldnt know integrity if it hit him in the face.

I watched the Pats game last night and I thought the officials did a decent job. I didn’t see any glaring mistakes although I’m sure there were some. I did notice the head ref kept going to blow his whistle before making the call…but then remembered he doesn’t have to use it, he just needed to turn on his mic and say the infraction. Old habits die hard I guess.

As for Mike Pereira, that guy is a stooge…one way or the other. He makes every sad sack excuse why a call was right when he was in charge of the officials…even though it really wasn’t. Now he hops on the other end of the bandwagon and rails against the replacement refs. He might want to be careful because a lot of the NFL refs are older and won’t be there as long.

Some of these replacements might make their way up. This experience for them, even if short-lived, is going to give them a good leg up for future employment. They’ll be able to move up the chain and eventually might get to the NFL level. Think they’ll give MP the time of day?

Also, I have no say in this whole ref issue other than the fact Bill Leavy should not have a job. That guy blew a entire superbowl, he has no right officating a game, ever. He admitted he blew SB XL, so why is he still allowed to ref even pre season games?

Doesn’t that very statement undermine the integrity of the game? And by game I mean television show, of course.

That being said – implying that Belicheck is concerned about the integrity of the game.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahha

Yeah right. You keep thinking that sunshine.

“The officiating crew incorrectly spotted the ball at the Detroit 35 instead of the 40 where Ted Ginn went out of bounds,” the league office acknowledged in a statement, via Mike Sando of ESPN.com.

The Lions had several complaints about the officiating in the game, which they ultimately lost 25-19. Others included wrongly ruling that Matthew Stafford’s forward progress had been stopped in the end zone on a safety, a bad call on a horse-collar tackle and a questionable chop block flag on Lions tight end Brandon Pettigrew.

How about :

NFL admits Marshall’s hit on Newton was legal

Newton’s day wouldn’t have looked quite as spectacular if not for the error. The penalty wiped out an interception. A few plays later, Newton found Steve Smith for an 89-yard touchdown.

or in the Playoffs :

League admits errors on Lions-Saints fumble

The league admits that two mistakes were made on the play. One hurt the Lions, and one helped the Lions.

NFL Refs have been making errors that decide games that count forever yet people want to roast the replacement refs for not being at the top of their game for week 1 of the preseason?

The examples I found took about 20 seconds of google search and were for just last year alone. I could probably triple that with a little research.

The only person that wants to put the refs up on a pedastal is Mike Perreira because he’ll explain how the refs didn’t make a mistake at the same time the league is sending out apologies to the teams.

Sorry, could you remind me of this mythical NFL team that started 53 rookies? Because that’s the comparison here. It’s not one or two new officials — every single official in the entire league is new.

You don’t cut a struggling rookie because he’s got 10 other experienced guys on the field helping him out. These refs have no experienced guy to turn to — they’re all “rookies” so to speak. It’s insane. It’d be like an NFL team where every player is a rookie. Disastrous.

I wish he would not be so intent on ruining the game just to please his conservative masters.

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Just Win Baby!!!

Someone wants to pay me that kind of money for part time work and contribute to my retirement? Sign me up now.