NFL Officiating continues to be a joke.

[MyrtleHawk]

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3 weeks worth of horrible officiating videos for this season so far, with each video being about 13 minutes long. I'm completely aware that refs make mistakes and are humans but some of these are so insanely egregious that there's absolutely no excuse for that kind of mistake, and they should be suspended/fined/fired. It's getting ridiculous and frustrating at this point, and at one point in time I caught myself reflexively saying "**** you, Roger Gooddell" out loud.

I wish this would stop, as it's seriously ruining the game.

 

[JPatera76]

If they were held accountable and fined or something it would be much different

 

[Dvl Dug]

If they were held accountable and fined or something it would be much different

Are NFL officials even permanent year round employees today?
They did not used to be - I'm not sure anymore...

 

[JPatera76]

Are NFL officials even permanent year round employees today?
They did not used to be - I'm not sure anymore...

No I don’t believe they are. They should be tbh

 

[MyrtleHawk]

No I don’t believe they are. They should be tbh

It begs the question -- why not? Is it just easier to pawn off mistakes being made by saying "Well they're not full time"?

I would even venture to ask, is it easier to have a scapegoat excuse to blame egregious calls/no calls when it benefits the style of "keeping it close" for more "entertainment" and sales?

 

[cymatica]

Missing calls or calling ticky tack holding is one thing, but completely forgetting the rules then continuing on with the call instead of picking up the flag is inexcusable.

That intentional grounding call on Geno was pure incompetence whether you believe in steering or not, if it was steering then the ref needs to be fired for making it look too obvious

 

[LastRideOut]

The kicker? NFL refs make 205k-250k a year.

 

[Maulbert]

Mike the refs like the XFL.

 

[cymatica]

The kicker? NFL refs make 205k-250k a year.

Damn. Freaking double what I make and that's 60+ hours a week in the summer and 40+ the rest of the year. If I screwed my job up as much as some of these refs someone would be dead

 

[flv2]

So the illegal blocking down field penalty on the Lions TD in Week 2 vs the Seahawks was a bad call? Who'd have thought it?

 

[balakoth]

So the illegal blocking down field penalty on the Lions TD in Week 2 vs the Seahawks was a bad call? Who'd have thought it?

Some of those were good non calls to be honest in all three videos

 

[GGotskill]

If they were held accountable and fined or something it would be much different

They are fined missed/bad calls. They are also graded on every game.

 

[Boohman14]

Of the "bad calls" in the film clips, many were cited because the idiots commentator's were trying to create controversy. But yes, the refs made a lot of poor calls. The intentional grounding call on Geno was way over the line though.
It's not just NFL. For you Husky fans, (I'm a Cougar so "Huck you") it really looked like the Husky's were getting jobbed in the second half of their Arizona game last night. The PI in the end-zone where the Arizona receiver just flopped( and it looked like a lame over the top acting flop) was called and it looked like tight coverage to me. The mystery holding calls whenever a big play was made in the third and fourth quarter were over the top. They didn't even try to show the "holding" in replay after the early part of the 4th quarter.

 

[Seak]

Refs are sort of the elephant in the room
Regular season games im sure they are just doing their job.
playoffs and superbowl.... holy cow thats when they shine

 

[Dvl Dug]

Pffft... They all look alike to me.

 

[Boohman14]

The refs are ruining the Colts/Rams game.

 

[JPatera76]

The refs are ruining the Colts/Rams game.

They made their presence very felt in the last qtr for Me2 against the Bears.

 

[49fansinceBrodie]

Just now a terrible spot on a 4th down run by Dobbs where he clearly made it but it was marked short of the 1st down line.

 

[EverydayImRusselin]

Of the "bad calls" in the film clips, many were cited because the idiots commentator's were trying to create controversy. But yes, the refs made a lot of poor calls. The intentional grounding call on Geno was way over the line though.
It's not just NFL. For you Husky fans, (I'm a Cougar so "Huck you") it really looked like the Husky's were getting jobbed in the second half of their Arizona game last night. The PI in the end-zone where the Arizona receiver just flopped( and it looked like a lame over the top acting flop) was called and it looked like tight coverage to me. The mystery holding calls whenever a big play was made in the third and fourth quarter were over the top. They didn't even try to show the "holding" in replay after the early part of the 4th quarter.

They called the same grounding play on Hurts today when AJ had stopped his route and the ball landed way downfield near no Eagles.

 

[flv2]

Of the "bad calls" in the film clips, many were cited because the idiots commentator's were trying to create controversy. But yes, the refs made a lot of poor calls. The intentional grounding call on Geno was way over the line though.
It's not just NFL. For you Husky fans, (I'm a Cougar so "Huck you") it really looked like the Husky's were getting jobbed in the second half of their Arizona game last night. The PI in the end-zone where the Arizona receiver just flopped( and it looked like a lame over the top acting flop) was called and it looked like tight coverage to me. The mystery holding calls whenever a big play was made in the third and fourth quarter were over the top. They didn't even try to show the "holding" in replay after the early part of the 4th quarter.

I certainly agree with the grounding call being an awful call.