Comments on: NFL admits a pair of officiating errors

By: broncobeta

broncobeta — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:13:53 +0000

12thman88 says:

If Kam Chancellor doesn’t get called for that phantom PI call on Rodgers only TD drive that game ends 7-6. You guys lost. Get over it.

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You mean the PI call where we had he wasn’t playing that ball whatsoever?

Yeah, I remember that.

By: papabear5769

papabear5769 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:45:51 +0000

@ 8to80texansblog we did not get a free win we won by playing hard vigorous football!All u who think different need to get over it already u all sound like a bunch of school girls fighting over who’s the cutest boy in school!What a bunch of crybabies!

By: kydkrunk

kydkrunk — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:40:18 +0000

out of control

By: larryboodry

larryboodry — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 07:07:08 +0000

In the Bears-Texans game, the refs should have had the benefit of the red line showing that Jay Cutler threw that pass to Hester before crossing the line of scrimmage, even the announcers thought that was a bad call…Cost the Bears a 1st.-and-goal, since Dobbins’ illegal hit on Cutler would have not been offset.

That said, I am notblaming the loss on anyone but the Bears, they had plenty of other plays that were fumbled away (Davis and Bush), or dropped (Marshall in the end zone, Davis again.)

By: The Piscean

The Piscean — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:15:49 +0000

The replacement officials were not any worse than these regular officials. And for those watching the MNF game tonight between KC and Pitt, don’t tell me the refs don’t regularly make bad calls that favor the homes teams, and the Steelers are, historically, the greatest benefactors of poorly officiated games. Tonight, KC had a touchdown called back on a terrible holding call. It must be nice to be a Steeler’s fan, but wouldn’t you all rather get legitimate wins (including Super Bowl wins)? I’m not even a Chiefs fan, but I am tonight! Go Chiefs! Down with the old guard Steelers and the tyranny they represent!

By: roadtrip3500

roadtrip3500 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:13:40 +0000

The TV announcers have caused a lot of confusion about scoring plays and turnovers being “reviewed”.

On such a play, the replay official looks over the replay. If he doesn’t think anything is wrong, he sends a text to the field that the play is confirmed and the next play proceeds. It’s only if the replay official sees something questionable that he signals the referee to go under the hood and make a final review and ruling.

What the NFL admitted is, the replay official should have noticed the ball being tossed before it crossed the plane, and should have then signaled for the referee to make a final review. The replay official instead signaled “confirmed” and there could be no further action by the field officials.

As for the clock, the official clock is the scoreboard clock unless it malfunctions, then the clock is kept on the field by the line judge.

By: billsfan1

billsfan1 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:37:19 +0000

Every play should be reviewable or none should

By: FinFan68

FinFan68 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:30:23 +0000

The officiating errors are basically the same. The only real differences are the flow/timing is better (so the TV schedule is not hindered as much) and these officials are more confident in themselves and rarely question each other. Lack of confidence caused those marathon conferences in many replacement ref games. Most of the same mistakes are being made by these guys (poor spots, missed calls, phantom calls, obvious error even after replay, calling penalties on guys that were not on the field, microphone issues/bad explanations, game changing mistakes, etc.) but nobody is screaming about it any more because there are no “scabs” doing unionized jobs. Somehow these mistakes by the “real refs have no impact on safety or game integrity but all replacement ref mistakes could have ended professional football as we know it. BS. The mistakes are just as frequent but are not as scrutinized or magnified by the media.

By: jeffovikes

jeffovikes — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:26:52 +0000

I would rather have the NFL ref’s admit their mistakes rather than having a discussion about the media blasting them for their mistakes.

By: EJ

EJ — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:08:24 +0000

dizil3 says: Nov 12, 2012 6:11 PM

I guess they forgot about the Patriots v. Bills game where they called a pass interferance call for Gronkowski, when the ball was thrown 20 past him to Brandon Loyd. And on the same drive another PI call against bills that brady threw out of the enzone and was completly out of play and uncatchable. These penalties gave the Pats about 50 yards and put the ball on the 1 basically handing them a touchdown before the half..Of course the Bills lose by 6 and little Brady gets his Win..Refs love Patriots and Tom Brady it’s just not fair to other players and teams and their fans..

God damn right. The Patriots were just about handed that TD. The Refs sure do love Belichick, Brady and the Patriots. Bills lose by 6, without Brady’s free touchdown, the Bills go home with a W!

By: ballboy48

ballboy48 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:30:03 +0000

Can the NFL please admit that no football game should ever end in a tie, ever again!

Thanks,

Everyone

By: aljack88

aljack88 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:13:37 +0000

jerrygray721 says:
Nov 12, 2012 7:14 PM
@bucdanfango it’s clear you dont watch many patriot games. i agree with you alot of times these things balance out but the patriots go all the way back to much earlier last decade and it was even evident yesterday and anyone who pays any attention can see they have got away with serious holding on the o-line that seems to never get called they always seem to get these big calls late in games or game changing calls. the calls or no calls somehow or another seem to favor the pats most of the time and when you couple that with all the cheating they have gotten away with they should have 10 superbowls by now. if they took away thier refs and video cameras the pats may not win another game

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all their cheating, all those paid off refs and they still haven’t gotten those “10 superbowls”. Then we have other posters whining about how the Giants owe the Steelers 14 points because the refs were in the New Yorker pockets….

It’s like, you have whiners from 16 teams every week

By: raiderapologist

raiderapologist — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:06:12 +0000

They only admitted to a pair? Pitiful. The refs should be getting fined for some of the calls they made Sunday.

By: buffalose

buffalose — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:50:45 +0000

Both PI calls in one drive against buffalo? Handed MR. Brady a td, both were not catchable, one called one a guy who was covering the reciever the ball wasn’t passed too, holding yes but not PI, the other one went out of the back of te end zone, almost landed in the stands, impossible to catch, meaning no PI.
Yes Mr. Brady sir…

By: ripster65

ripster65 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:34:20 +0000

Essentially the player was going to score, the defense did nothing to stop them, and you are whining about a technicality.

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A fumble is not a technicality, it’s a turnover.

By: paleandpasty

paleandpasty — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:28:24 +0000

The announcer in the dolphins game said yesterday, i font know why the dolphins are looking for any calls from the refs, for some reason they are not going to get it today. Since the real refs came back they havent gotten any calls and have had some real weird calls against them. The had a replay denied eventhough the opponents finger touched the goal line, so many to name and not one word from all the cry babies that complained about the replacements.

I have also seen countless other bad calls in most games too.

By: snargi01

snargi01 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:27:32 +0000

If you were watching the 49er/Rams game, that 80 yarder in overtime that was called back was legit. Mike Perriera went over it with the announcers on video replay and showed the who and why of the illegal formation penalty. The refs got that one right.

By: ceadderman

ceadderman — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:24:11 +0000

nicewolf64 says:

“They only check for the obvious, and didnt think someone would be so stupid as to drop the ball b4 crossing the GL.. its not like they have ever seen it happen b4.”

Actually YES they have seen it happen before. Years ago a Titan(I forget who it was) actually dropped the ball before he crossed the plane. It was recovered by the other team. They called Touchdown, it ended up being reviewed and overturned Opposition got the ball back on the 1.

So yessir it did happen and yessir the League has seen it happen before.

By: csilojohnson

csilojohnson — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:19:53 +0000

Still waiting on an apology for spotting the Giants 14 points last week. Every game I watched had horrendous officiating. I have sunday ticket so that was a hand full. This is every week though. The regular refs have performed well below the standard the replacements set earlier this season. Fine the refs! I dont use twitter. Someone get that trending. I personally don’t agree with the fines. The flogs gates have already been opened though. Might as well fine these repeat offenders.
Fine the refs! I’m talking replay officials too!

By: jerrygray721

jerrygray721 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:14:06 +0000

@bucdanfango it’s clear you dont watch many patriot games. i agree with you alot of times these things balance out but the patriots go all the way back to much earlier last decade and it was even evident yesterday and anyone who pays any attention can see they have got away with serious holding on the o-line that seems to never get called they always seem to get these big calls late in games or game changing calls. the calls or no calls somehow or another seem to favor the pats most of the time and when you couple that with all the cheating they have gotten away with they should have 10 superbowls by now. if they took away thier refs and video cameras the pats may not win another game

By: bgr3232

bgr3232 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:05:39 +0000

I thought that every scoring play is reviewed. So either someone saw it and didnt say anything, or someone is not doing there job. There have been a few touchdowns this year where it has been close and it was not reviewed before the extra point.

By: seahawks4alltime

seahawks4alltime — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:04:46 +0000

“No 1 on the Packers team or any of their fans are going to say we lost fair and square. No way in he..”

Well, you lost. Fair or not, the Packers lost. The Seahawks have lost games plenty of times that they shouldn’t have.

Packers and Packers fan should count their lucky stars if that is the only game the refs have taken away from your team. It happens to a lot of teams fairly frequently. True, it doesn’t always have on the last play of the game, but that’s really beside the point.

If you want to talk about reviewing a call the refs made then you MUST review all the calls the refs made. And if you do that then the outcome really could go either way. So just get over it. You lost, fair or not. That’s the way it goes on any given Sunday.

By: jn213

jn213 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:04:34 +0000

Also, in the Cowboys game the punt return for a TD featured a blatant uncalled block in the back on Colt Anderson 5 yards in front of the professional referees.

By: 989lions

989lions — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:59:32 +0000

for all you Carolina fans complaining about your ST I feel your pain (Lions fan) I believe the easiest thing to do is neutralize a ST teams stud in the return game, all you have to do is NOT KICK IT TO HIM. That is all, squib it, kick it out of bounds, whatever you do, you will give you a few yards for free but you don’t have to worry about a long return or a TD. It drives me insane when the Lions kick to Hester twice a season, or any other stud KR/PR because you can choose to just not send the ball that way and the problem is avoided.

By: briang123

briang123 — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:58:54 +0000

Here’s another one; Just before 2 minute warning in 4th quarter, Nick Foles hit Demaris Johnson on 4th down. Johnson dove out of bounds, the official stopped the clock, then re-started the clock before the next snap? Why? He was out of bounds!

By: joeinbuffalo

joeinbuffalo — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:54:26 +0000

have to agree NE got some real breaks in the game How an it be PI in the endzone when the ball lands past the yellow line behind the endzone

By: thestrategyexpert

thestrategyexpert — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:49:16 +0000

When is the NFL going to start fining itself for mistakes and sending rebates back to the teams???

By: tbtrojan

tbtrojan — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:46:08 +0000

This is barely even worth mentioning, it’s not like it’s news to anyone that has been following the league for more than 2 weeks.
The “official” officials are every bit as useless as the replacements were and are making multiple outcome altering errors in virtually every game.
Lets not even get onto the subject of them preventing player injuries.
Rey Lewis, Michael Vick, Alex Smith, Jay Cutler, Lardarius Webb, Brian Cushing, Quincy Black, and all other NFL players would like to thank the league for making a deal to bring back the refs that prevent injury.

By: hauts81

hauts81 — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:46:04 +0000

“Because the video showed that Holliday lost possession of the ball before it broke the plane of the goal line, [replay official Bob] Boylston should have stopped the game to initiate an instant replay review,” the statement said.

“Had that occurred, [referee Al] Riveron would have had the indisputable visual evidence necessary to overturn the on-field ruling.”

I’m confused. Regardless of what the video showed, I thought all scoring plays were automatically reviewed. Why wasn’t this one?

By: mgdsquiggy17

mgdsquiggy17 — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:37:47 +0000

Funny thing… if this was the replacement refs we would have already had 4-5 articles about it. I guess since Mike’s crusade against the replacements is over they won’t beat the reg refs to death and call out every single mistake like they did to the replacements.