Watching Bengals-Raiders, seems like the refs not only suck against us. It’s sad to see that they keep getting so many calls wrong and that with all the help they get…
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Raiders always get jobbed by the refs in the playoffs. It’s written into the rules.
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Derek Carr has a perfect pocket and five seconds to throw every pass.
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I get that being a ref can be a hard job, but these guys are straight up buffoons. The ten minute conferences in the middle of a game over a holding penalty really stagnates and slows the game down. It really seems like 30 years ago they made quicker, more precise calls and that was without all the upgraded technology at their disposal that they have now. The game overall just isn't fun anymore for me personally. The whole vibe and landscape has changed for the worse in my opinion.
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I personally wouldn't mind if replay went away from game officials and instead were just auto-triggered by a command center who quickly affirms or overrules the on-field call and the game moves on.
The point of replay imo was to correct egregious calls. Unfortunately, it's turned into "processes" and minutia and we still manage to make big mistakes regularly.Tin Indian and Puka-head like this. -
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Puka-head My2nd Fav team:___vs Jets Club Member
They should definitely take the refs out of ball placement and In or out of bounds or crossing the goal line etc plays. The tech exists so they could know the PRECISE location of the ball at all times in 3D on the field. Richest business in sports needs to get it done already.
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Brady just got tapped in the hip and they called roughing the passer for a low hit. lol
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Ref's Brady Rules.
Rule #1: The team with Brady on it wins.
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All of these roughing the passer calls are getting ridiculous. I get protecting a defenseless player but for crying outloud, quarterbacks are football players too -
You would think with all the technology available these days we wouldn't even need 'Zebras' determining games with good/bad calls. If a love tap is roughing the passer for one QB it should be the same for the others. And home-field advantage also was never meant for the 'refs' to 'side with the home team'
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The main barrier to improving ref quality is the NFLRA. Even though NFL refs have their calls constantly evaluated they almost never get fired for making bad calls, regardless of how many they make, and that's due to the NFLRA. Same in baseball, etc.
If you want better reffing you need to make job performance the main metric for retaining or firing a ref. What a revolutionary idea eh? The NFL won't go for that though no matter how bad things get. -
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Puka-head My2nd Fav team:___vs Jets Club Member
Mix that with the best technology has to offer with replay, cameras everywhere, pin point tracking of the ball in 3D all of which would be easy to do now, and you would have something maybe not perfect, cuz nothing except the 72 Dolphins is, but pretty darn close.
And no matter what, nothing justifies violence or threats of violence against refs at any level. I used to ref youth volleyball and the parents were just awful. I quit doing it before I had to throat punch somebody, or be assaulted by imbeciles.JJ_79 and Dol-Fan Dupree like this. -
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Unbelievable. The referees in the superbowl stand by their non-call of OPI/Face mask penalty that resulted in a Cincinnati TD opening the 3rd quarter. They claim it was just a "raking" of the facemask by the receiver and no grabbing or twisting of the defenders helmet. They're saying the contact by the receiver did not alter the outcome of the play.
WTF ????
The non-call didn't affect me one way or the other but as an NFL fan its BS that they're trying to validate an obvious F.U. -
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