Officiating, I don't get it.

[pmedic920]

Will somebody with a higher football IQ than myself please explain to me and possibly others, that might be afraid to ask. What's the deal? After we all watched the game fri night and then spent the next few hours complaining about the officiating, the general consensus was, that it's preseason and the zebras were making a point to set the new standard. This would lighten up come the REAL games. The 2nd most popular response was that they were working out their mistakes, and all will be well come the regular season. Here's what I'm wondering. I've watched a game and a half today (saints v texans and vikes v 9ers) I have seen nothing today that compares to the crap I saw fri night. Please explain why the difference today ? Obviously the reasons we came up with for the poor officiating fri nite missed the mark.

 

[JSeahawks]

They're human. Different crews call things different ways.

 

[rideaducati]

Will somebody with a higher football IQ than myself please explain to me and possibly others, that might be afraid to ask. What's the deal? After we all watched the game fri night and then spent the next few hours complaining about the officiating, the general consensus was, that it's preseason and the zebras were making a point to set the new standard. This would lighten up come the REAL games. The 2nd most popular response was that they were working out their mistakes, and all will be well come the regular season. Here's what I'm wondering. I've watched a game and a half today (saints v texans and vikes v 9ers) I have seen nothing today that compares to the crap I saw fri night. Please explain why the difference today ? Obviously the reasons we came up with for the poor officiating fri nite missed the mark.

Every rule change and rule emphasis change was directed straight at the Seahawks..(puts on tinfoil hat)

 

[Happypuppy]

I think the league is trying to prove point to the coaches and players. They have to know it will wreck the game if it the same way in the season. It would turn into the crap before the Vikings 49ers game

 

[chris98251]

Different crews, also given the Fail Mary incident and the fact there was so much made of it I would bet they were told to keep a lid on things and call that game really tight so nothing got out of hand. We did see some chippy stuff so they may not have been far off.

 

[pmedic920]

Every rule change and rule emphasis change was directed straight at the Seahawks..(puts on tinfoil hat)[/quote]. I don't for 1 minute think that the NFL has it out for the Seahawks. I sincerely bought into the train of thought that they were just trying to set a standard. But after watching today I no longer believe that was the case.