NFL replacement officials

[JR4AU]

Shocking how bad they are!  Shocking that they seemingly can't see what the rest of the fucking world can see while watching a replay from every angle available.  I get missing it initially at times, even the best do that.  I get sometimes that there's no clear picture to get an overrule.  But damn!  How long will the NFL allow this lockout to ruin their product?  Or worse, possibly cost some team a playoff spot?

[AUTiger1]

Last night was bad, real bad.  It makes me not want to watch.

[Snaggletiger]

Last night was bad, real bad.  It makes me not want to watch.

I understand the refs are from Division 3 or 12 or whatever, but you have to assume the NFL found them to be at least reasonably competent before putting them on the field.  And I can also live with the fact that the speed of the game is more than what they're used to and because if that, certain calls are going to be missed.  But the calls they are making are so outrageous that it's mind blowing.  And many are after the opportunity to review all the replays.   

[AUTiger1]

I understand the refs are from Division 3 or 12 or whatever, but you have to assume the NFL found them to be at least reasonably competent before putting them on the field.  And I can also live with the fact that the speed of the game is more than what they're used to and because if that, certain calls are going to be missed.  But the calls they are making are so outrageous that it's mind blowing.  And many are after the opportunity to review all the replays.

They called a PF on Ed Reed the other in night in the Pats game.  It was a vicious hit, but no helmet, he planted his shoulder in the guys chest and power drove him to the ground (I hope our DB's were watching and taking notes).  I can see that call b/c of what you said.  It happened so fast.  On replay it was a good clean hit, but I can still see that in real time and since you can't review it you have to go with the call.  But what they did last night was 

[dallaswareagle]

 

[Snaggletiger]

I chortled like a chihuahua

[dallaswareagle]

I guess I don't understand why didn't they get Div 1 ref's and move your best Div 2 crews up to cover some games?

[Tiger Wench]

I guess I don't understand why didn't they get Div 1 ref's and move your best Div 2 crews up to cover some games?

Dude, some of these refs are from the LINGERIE LEAGUE.  No kidding.

I was screaming like a little bitch last night when they missed that call.  I hate Pete Carroll and he was jumping up and down like a fucking jack in the box.  I was laughing out loud about how he was gonna get punked... and then he didn't.  Holy crap that was AWFUL.

[Snaggletiger]

Even after replay....wow

[Tiger Wench]

Even the Seahawks are stunned:

SEATTLE – Several hours after the completion of one of the more memorable games in Monday Night Football history, Marshawn Lynch was sitting in a private room in the back of the Metropolitan Grill, celebrating a thrilling, last-second victory with friends and family members over big steaks and fat lobsters.

Then, with the flick of a remote control, Big Brother appeared and left a rancid taste in the Seattle Seahawks halfback's mouth.

A waitress pointed the remote at the large mirror on the wall behind Lynch, and it suddenly morphed into an enormous, high-definition television screen. Within seconds, Lynch craned his neck and joined his dining companions in viewing a replay of rookie quarterback Russell Wilson's 24-yard touchdown pass to wideout Golden Tate, giving the Seahawks a 14-12 triumph as time expired and sending 68,218 fans at CenturyLink Field into hysterics.

As Lynch watched Packers safety M.D. Jennings snatch the pass out of the sky and pull it to his chest while Tate, who had blatantly pushed off against Green Bay cornerback Sam Shields, belatedly latched on one arm at a time, the running back's eyes grew big and his jaw dropped low. The room was dead silent as the realization gripped Lynch and his companions: Like most of the viewing public, they now understood that the Seahawks had received an extraordinary gift from the replacement officials.

"We didn't win that game," someone at the table said, and nobody made a peep to challenge him.

By the time Lynch left the restaurant early Tuesday morning and, while waiting for his ride to arrive, reassured a group of Packers fans on Second Avenue almost apologetically that their team would bounce back from this bitter defeat, it was clear the league's already problematic officiating lockout had reached critical mass.

Dramatic as it may sound, it's quite possible that history will look back on Tate's illusory jump-ball touchdown as the moment the NFL jumped the shark.

[dallaswareagle]