ColdBlueNorth Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 on NFL officiating last week. http://bleacherrepor...gave-himself-up ..and yes, the mystifying officiating of the Bills/Bengals game gets some prime coverage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewildrabbit Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Always good to know that the Refs pulled a level 10 boner during that Bengal game The Bills need to win games like that if they ever want to become a top team. The defense needs to step up and stop them. The running game needs to step up and control the clock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 (edited) on NFL officiating last week. http://bleacherrepor...gave-himself-up ..and yes, the mystifying officiating of the Bills/Bengals game gets some prime coverage I'm no conspiracy theorist. However it's very disheartening that the same official was involved in two critical bad calls last year, and his brother was the official in the horrible non-fumble call in the Giants game. It's past time for the NFL to clean house. That said, the bad Stevie call should have stiffened the D and made them more determined to get our offense the ball back/prevent the Bengals from benefitting. Instead it seemed to deflate them. Edited October 5, 2011 by Hopeful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternOHBillsFan Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 (edited) on NFL officiating last week. http://bleacherrepor...gave-himself-up ..and yes, the mystifying officiating of the Bills/Bengals game gets some prime coverage Jeff Pencek must be a Bills fan, because only Bills fans could have complained about the calls and called them bad, because we're all ignorant whiners "A little background, Gene Steratore and his crew made two level-10 awful calls in the 2010 season. He was the referee who overturned the Calvin Johnson touchdown after Johnson caught the ball in the end zone, went to his knees, had an ice cream bar and then put the ball on the ground to celebrate. Somehow, beyond logic, this was an incompletion, and cost the Lions the game. The second level-10 awful call was the Dolphins-Steelers game, where Big Ben fumbled in the end zone. The officiating crew decided that figuring out who recovered the ball wasn't important (Miami did), and because Steratore couldn't tell who did, the Steelers got the ball back. They scored and won the game." "What's weird about Steratore's ruling is that if Scott got tackled before the end zone, the Bengals don't challenge that play. No one can see the tuck rule in real speed, and in a replay it looked like a fumble. Steratore's interpretations of the NFL rules is obviously warped, see Calvin Johnson catch above." "After showing replays, Johnson caught the ball, like anyone else does when on their knees, without the ball hitting the ground. Steratore reviewed after the Bills challenged and came out with the great explanation that "After review, the ruling on the field is confirmed". Thanks for the clarity stupid. Pete Morelli and Mike Carey may not be perfect, but they always provide an explanation for their reasoning. Steratore's review was that his guy screwed up and he didn't want to make him look bad. I can't imagine how the NFL is looking at multiple lapses of logic and viewing him as a viable option as a lead official every week." From the Giants/Cardinals 'gave himself up' game: "His back judge is Tony Steratore. I'm not making that up. The Steratores appear to be successful businessmen running a Sanitary Supplies company. On the weekend, they are using the supplies to clean up the crappy calls they make. The job is tough, the criticism isn't easy either, deal with it." Edited October 5, 2011 by BmoreBills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickedface Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 awesome, hilarious, and unfortunately true. i do agree there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in San Diego Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Scarytore should be fired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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