Around the NFL- Week 3

The call was terrible, but what's the excuse going to be when regular referees return and they make the same bad calls fans have been complaining about for years?

Yeah, I dont think the comparison close. Refs will always miss calls, but their knowledge of the rules of the game is much stronger than what we have seen. Simple things such as time keeping with the clock, spotting the ball, knowing how many challenges or timeouts, etc. have been sorely missed.

The call was terrible, but what's the excuse going to be when regular referees return and they make the same bad calls fans have been complaining about for years?

come on, its never been this bad. Every week, there are at least 5 or 6 games in question with calls that had a major impact on either the flow or the outcome of the game. OF course people are always going to complain about calls, but you have to admit that this is just a little out of hand now.

The call was terrible, but what's the excuse going to be when regular referees return and they make the same bad calls fans have been complaining about for years?

It's true that the regular refs aren't perfect. And, I had mostly been of the feeling that you need to give these guys time. But time seems to be making matters worse. One guy who was at the Ravens game near the sideline told me that a well known Ravens LB was telling his CB's to just get the hands on the receivers because the refs weren't calling things.

Whatever, you can't convince me that every game would be having this many issues like they are now. Maybe one dramatic call every few weeks, at most. Not game changing f ups in multiple games every single week.

I touched a baby on the head in the grocery store the other day and a replacement ref awarded me custody.

I just heard something along those lines on ESPN radio, it might have been mike and mike, I think it was cris carter or someone that said something like that.

I touched a baby on the head in the grocery store the other day and a replacement ref awarded me custody.

SarcasticRover needs to tell SarcasticRef that he reviewed the playcall from mars and the ruling on the field was confirmed.

All the bad calls and crazy endings over the last few weeks look like one typical Redskin game. I dont know why all the hate.

The call was terrible, but what's the excuse going to be when regular referees return and they make the same bad calls fans have been complaining about for years?

I heard that some of the division is they want the real refs to become full time employees, and train in the offseason?

Snoop is on first take today, he literally knows nothing about the NFL lmao

The call was terrible, but what's the excuse going to be when regular referees return and they make the same bad calls fans have been complaining about for years?

Kinda opens up a whole nuther can of worms...

The call was terrible, but what's the excuse going to be when regular referees return and they make the same bad calls fans have been complaining about for years?

To me there is a distinction between bad calls and wrong calls. People weren't wholly concerned about the integrity of the game under the regular refs. But now? There are plenty of people worried about it. Until our Rams game I was part of the "these guys aren't too bad and they'll get better" crowd. These past two weeks have proven to me though just how difficult the job is and just how unqualified these scabs are. It is CLEARLY affecting the game and it is even more CLEARLY affecting the fans' perception of the game. THAT is a major problem that the league needs to recognize and get fixed immediately.