I can understand why the players don’t like them, though. After having the same guys referee their games for years, they know what to expect from each of them. They know which one doesn’t call this kind of holding and which one thinks that kind of block is OK. It’s no different than watching film of their upcoming opponents. Now they don’t know what to expect.

But that doesn’t make these refs worse, just different. Give the players a couple of weeks to learn the replacements’ tendencies, and they will stop grousing.

Don’t worry, once the real refs come back the Packers WR’s will get defensive pass interference calls against the defensive backs of the opposing team way more often. Trust me.

Did anyone else notice that they almost altogether quit calling things after half time?

It is horrible logic to say that “the regular refs make mistakes too” so it makes it okay for these guys to make mistakes. Just how many mistakes make it “not ok”? It is a bad idea to wait until someone’s season is ruined to call them out.

It was one of the most frustrating games I have watched in a while, and it took away from the game.

“99% of commenters here didn’t read the article.”

No, I read it. But Rodgers raising an example where poor reffing helped his team does two things:

1) make people say what you said…’he wasn’t complaining…it was against the other guys. He’s impartial, see?’
2) tacitly invalidate the reffing in a game where he lost. Which is the real message.

It’s like in his interview where he said:

‘The other Quarterback (Favre) helped me learn things. by letting me watch him play.’ When he really meant, “That jerk didn’t help me at all.”

I like Rodgers and the Packers. I thought this comment was lame and disappointing though.

…and I still think these clowns will be doing as good of a job as the other clowns by week 4 or 5.

Try putting this poll in an article on RG3 or Peyton Manning – I’ll bet you get a very different response. I’m guessing that you plan to trumpet the results of this poll as if it were administered in some objective, non-biased way.

When asked what mistake Rodgers noticed the most, he referenced a referee mistake that benefited the Packers (a non-call on a kick return).

So everybody here going, “Wah wah, he’s just complaining about penalties that went against his team because he lost,” needs to understand that an important part of comprehending stories is reading them carefully.

Again, just to repeat, he brought up a mistake that benefited his team – he wasn’t complaining about a call that went against his team.

I say the NFL should stick with these clowns and avoiding paying the more experienced clowns a ton more money to blow the same calls.

The kick return gets flagged and then they pick it up…FAIL

Late in the game James Jones gets bear hugged right in front of a ref and no interference call….FAIL.

Those are just two blatant misses that change momentum and frustrate fans as well as players. We are going to see some game come down to a massive blunder that may decide a season for a franchise. Get the real refs back pronto. They are not perfect, but it’s better than this.