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Since you decided to capitolize accountability, I assume you are seeking a definition for it? Nothing done by regular union refs should include the word accountability. They have none

OF COURSE!! Not 1 mention (let alone article) of the bad calls from the refs this weekend. Back to the tick tack pass interference calls from before. I think it pretty clearly shows that this site never gave them a chance from the beginning. Keep pretending though.

I wish I could say thankfully we don’t have to hear anymore of your snarky little comments about how you were against the replacement refs from the beginning but I’m wrong. I do like how you can criticize the replacements to no end but if we dare point out mistakes in your reports comments get deleted instantly. Think skin much?

That said, the media, and specifically PFT, needs to scrutinize the regular refs with the same ferocious tenacity they did with the replacement refs. Fair’s fair. The NFL also needs to hold the refs accountable and review their performance after so many games. the integrity of the game is at stake here.

The replacement refs did fine for what little time they had to prepare

Anyway . . .a thank you to those replacement refs. Well done guys. And for the regular refs . . welcome back. I look forward to yelling at you through my TV screen. =)

Those of us who actually root for contenders want the best officials on the field. There are always going to be missed calls, but you’re crazy if you didn’t notice an obvious difference this week — not just in the flags thrown but separating scuffles after the whistle, making calls quickly without huddling for five minutes.

And Bills fans: you don’t get to cry about the refs when you lose by three touchdowns and let up 45 points in a half.

“Those extra rules were actually instructions explaining how and when to secretly hand the game over to the Packers on any given Sunday.”

You don’t need refs for that. The Vikings have been playing by those rules for nearly 3 years now.

But let’s be honest- I watched the games this last week. Were there blown calls? You betcha! The only difference is that instead of lingering and carping over them, the announcers just breezed by them.

Pro football’s a hard game to call. The story no one wants to cover is that the real refs aren’t that much better. But they are more legitimate. So, there’s that.

No, that’s not it. They’re not 4-0 because they don’t have Rex Grossman starting anymore!

Instead, it is going on with officials who ignore the rules (Why s offenive PI no longer a penalty?), call them different for different player (why does vick take shots to the head all game with no penalty, but guys can’t breathe on Brady wrong without a flag?), and playing their personal favorites.

The ONLY difference in the officials this week, was how much bloggers like you, Mr Smith, cried about them. If anything, I found this weeks calls much worse than what went on last week. The biggest missed call the week before? A debatable hail mary, the biggest miss call this week? an obvious fumble, which after replay was upheld, or an obvious stop where Brady was a good yard and a half short….replay and they still give it to him.

Refs in this league are a joke, and should be replaced