Comments on: Flacco rips replacement refs for “affecting the integrity of the game”

By: mrpkg

mrpkg — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:36:23 +0000

On their way to 1 win and 15 losses

Maybe the replacement refs took his mustache and he lost all his strength

Maybe the replacement refs were doing the play calling

By: steelerfansareretards

steelerfansareretards — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:48:33 +0000

Anyone saying it the offensive pass interference wasn’t an awful call is either 1) biased or 2) didn’t see the play. Bob Brookover from the Philly Inquirer (read: not a Ravens writer) even said it was a bad call. That being said, Ravens lost because of their poor offensive playcalling. But it’s worth noting had the bad call not been made, the Ravens do win this game.

By: smushrodriguez

smushrodriguez — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:26:47 +0000

Flacco was terrible and this no huddle experiment is a joke. They take just as long to call the plays as if there was a huddle and the Eagles had plenty of time to make substitutions on every play.

By: sudz28

sudz28 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:32:20 +0000

It’s the Ravens way; according to them and their fans, they’ve never lost a single game in the history of the franchise simply because they got beat by a better team. It’s always because of blown calls, or no media respect, or injuries, or ‘we beat ourselves’. WRONG. Sometimes the other team just shows up more ready to play and lays a smackdown on you. Take like men, not crybabies, and move on.

By: pravin68

pravin68 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:53:13 +0000

That was a terrible call. That should have been a TD for the Ravens. Having said that, Ravens benefited from ref calls all last year. The game they beat the Steelers. refs missed costly calls like the hit on Hines Ward by Ray Lewis and stretched the definition of what a catch is when one of the Ravens guy seem to not have control of the ball too well on crucial 3rd down conversion. Ravens also benefited last year in some other games.

So you know these things average out. Ravens stop the whining.

By: blackngold4life

blackngold4life — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:06:32 +0000

Cant say Joe’s not correct but just like Big Ben last week he had his chance to win the game and laid an egg! Terrible 2nd half stats think he went 6/24 ? and that last drive was awful..complaining about. Holds? What..his team wasn’t doing the same thing? Like I said..SUCK IT UP AND PLAY

#SteelerNation

By: rodericksilva

rodericksilva — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 06:49:34 +0000

I’d love to see Flacco as a replacement ref. I wonder if he would go 5 for 28. The Ravens could use a replacement QB.

All kidding aside there were missed calls on both sides as there was in every game last year too.

Flacco was given yet another opportunity on the last drive when they called that borderline penalty on Nnamdi that gave the Ravens yet another first down.

By: ampatsisahypocrite

ampatsisahypocrite — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 04:37:16 +0000

This is why Flacco will never be a truly elite QB.

Have you ever heard Roethlisberger, Brady or Manning blame the refs for their loss? Of course not.

Yeah Joey, I guess the refs made you go 5 for 28 in the second half, when it really counted?

Flacco always seems to have someone else to blame for his own shortcomings. And when the team loses. Sorry Ravens, fans, that’s not the mark of a real franchise leader.

But keep on dreaming he is.

By: kentpit

kentpit — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 03:55:46 +0000

I notice ravenator only opens his big mouth when Baltimore wins or Steelers aren’t looking good. just wanted to point that out. thanks for shutting up ravenator

By: chargrz

chargrz — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 03:54:44 +0000

Union guy for the union guy! Never heard that before! Hmmm! Flacco is a Big Baby!

By: nodindenver

nodindenver — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 03:42:28 +0000

Flacco had more problems today than the replacement officials. When is he going to stand up and play halfway consistently from week to week! Just when you think that the Ravens were going to dominate; they resort to blaming the refs for losses!

By: FoozieGrooler

FoozieGrooler — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 03:03:33 +0000

Flacco complains about any ref…
Nothing to see here…

By: eaglesfan290

eaglesfan290 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:51:41 +0000

The Refs do a good job, they are not all that overpaid, I mean if they were overpaid and a dime a dozen you would have replaced them with better refs.

(Hows that working out for the league?)

Enough said …………….PAY THEM

By: ytownjoe

ytownjoe — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:48:49 +0000

Flacco is right. But the replacements calling the Steelers game were much worse.

Maybe the NFL should raise ticket prices a few bucks so they could afford to pay their experienced refs.

By: iloveflorio

iloveflorio — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:35:34 +0000

The refs had lost control of this game 2 series in. Players could have & prob were hurt b/c of lack of control. They have no idea what’s going on and ive never seen so much “discussing” post flag. At times, players, coaches, and I think I even saw a fan were consulted post flag, “hey so does anyone have anything to say about this penalty? Oh 3rd string db, u disagree, ok,” ” there was no flag for pass interference, sorry the 3rd db of the home team said he didn’t do anything wrong, so never mind no penalty!” this is another example of how roger goodell is single handedly ruining the nfl. It might take a few years, but I guarantee if he is still commish, this game will rapidly decline in popularity and no tebow or manning can save him then!!

By: jhig713

jhig713 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:59:13 +0000

If you watch the play again, the receiver didn’t create much separation with the push off. The penalty was because he pushed Nnamdi in the face. It was also a makeup for the ridiculous illegal contacts they kept calling on Nnamdi as well. Late hits on Vick all game. It goes both ways. Eagles won, Ravens lost. Get over it.

By: jfr11

jfr11 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:53:47 +0000

What are teams that lose going to say when the regular refs come back – the replacements were better?

By: mmmpierogi

mmmpierogi — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:33:30 +0000

Perhaps Flacco should be more concerned with why his numbers were so mediocre in the second half instead of commenting about the refs.

By: royalt79

royalt79 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:23:03 +0000

I apologize, it was the right guard.

By: eagleswin

eagleswin — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:21:59 +0000

christopher525 says:
Sep 16, 2012 6:52 PM

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It was clear on the slow mo replay, it wasn’t clear at the time that it was a forward pass. It was plausible that it was knocked from his hand. It also was not intentional grounding. He was hit as he was throwing it which affected where the ball ended up.

Noone made Flacco sail those passes over the receivers heads at the end of the game. That was 100 percent Flacco.

I think the big thing is the “comfort level” the players/coaches have with the old refs. Jared Allen is on record of saying that the old refs “know him” and would “give him the benefit of the doubt”. Players and coaches are missing their “special considerations” because the refs “know them”.

By: royalt79

royalt79 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:21:14 +0000

Intentional grounding? There was an Eagles receiver 2 yards from the spot that the ball went. He was pushed out to the sideline. I understand that people are bitter about the officiating, just as was I when the Raven’s left guard was false starting on 50% of the offensive snaps. It is what it is.

By: stuartscottslefteye

stuartscottslefteye — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:15:28 +0000

I’m tired of seeing a ref throw a flag then huddling up for five minutes to discuss it with the other officials. The same thing happened during the Pittsburgh game. And while you’re at it get the spot, downs and timeouts right. For gosh sakes it’s not rocket science and it really slows the game down.

By: 1rockyracoon

1rockyracoon — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:20:11 +0000

The regular refs were not perfect because everyone makes mistakes, however, the replacement refs are terrible. A basic penalty call turns into a conference between 3-4 refs. Help us all when something more difficult than a holding call needs to be made. It’s almost like they only know the first couple of pages of the rule book. The flow of the game is being affected dramatically. So, bring back the regular refs and then we can debate close calls we disagree with instead of watching refs who aren’t good enough for Division III football.

By: jr4real

jr4real — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:19:00 +0000

Even better now that the Steelers just won. Cant wait for the Jets fans to whine the same way.

By: eyeh8goodell

eyeh8goodell — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:17:43 +0000

The Ravens have been complaining about the calls for years when they lose. Go into the Baltimore Sun archives after every Steelers victory and you’ll find plenty of whining about the refs in post game write-ups. Par for the course in Baltimore.

By: edavidberg

edavidberg — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:01:58 +0000

Christopher525, you could argue because Vick was hit while he was throwing he could not get enough on it to reach his receiver which would not be intentional grounding.

It is a judgment call but I agree with you that should have been grounding as Vick was not trying to complete anything and was not out of the pocket.

By: christopher525

christopher525 — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:52:10 +0000

If it’s not obvious to you that the refs completely screwed this game up at the very end, you apparently are blind. They called a CLEAR forward pass a fumble. That play should have been intentional grounding, but since they didn’t call that on the play and it was reviewed, they couldn’t admit to it. As a result you give Vick a 1 yard play to get the go ahead touchdown. If they penalty had been called instead of the asinine “fumble” where the ball traveled about 5 yards IN THE AIR from where it was “fumbled” the end of the game would have likely been with Baltimore kneeling down, instead of Philly.

By: ceschatz

ceschatz — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:32:26 +0000

100% correct. eagles did not win this game without the ref’s help. not say the real refs would have gotten it right but a huge game deciding blown call. eagles did not get the W

By: jpb12

jpb12 — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:22:27 +0000

Rob Gronkowski agrees

By: thomasreilly

thomasreilly — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:15:10 +0000

The NFL refs lockout in addition to the (new) NHL lockout makes me wonder when fans will stage a lockout of the leagues/players.
Fans pay the way, but neither side seems to care about the possibility of fans turning away.