NFL officiating inconsistency

[djp14150]

 

 

 

 

abovevyou have 2 QB sacks. One is ruled a fumble and one is not. Both go against the Saints

 

 

 

 

[BuffaloRebound]

If the ball goes backwards, how can it be a forward pass?  

[zow2]

You should update this thread to include defensive pass interference.

 

I watched hours of football yesterday and saw 4 DPI penalties awarded across the league when the receiver clearly exaggerated a foul by throwing his hands up in the air and crumpling his legs to sell it.  

 

We've seen this with QBs trying to sell a late hit, but yesterday is the first time i can recall seeing this many WRs starting to "flail and flop".  The NFL needs to go over this trend with refs because it's a copycat league and this will fester and get worse each week. It's a bad look and changes games at the end.

[DrDawkinstein]

I'd say it's pretty consistent... CONSISTENTLY SH!TTY!

 

 

 

Just now, zow2 said:

You should update this thread to include defensive pass interference.

 

I watched hours of football yesterday and saw 4 DPI penalties awarded across the league when the receiver clearly exaggerated a foul by throwing his hands up in the air and crumpling his legs to sell it.  

 

We've seen this with QBs trying to sell a late hit, but yesterday is the first time i can recall seeing this many WRs starting to "flail and flop".  The NFL needs to go over this trend with refs because it's a copycat league and this will fester and get worse each week. It's a bad look and changes games at the end.

 

Even worse, a couple of those should've been OPIs. The Rams shouldve walked off that game.

[Jalan81]

If you watched the end of the Rams Broncos you would have seen highway robbery. The refs made call after call till the Broncos scored.  Called what was an offensive PI as defensive PI and took away the game saving interception. It was brutal, then ignored two holding calls to allow the winning touchdown to be scored. 

[Dr. Who]

46 minutes ago, djp14150 said:

 

 

 

 

abovevyou have 2 QB sacks. One is ruled a fumble and one is not. Both go against the Saints

 

 

 

 

Saints are in the Bills bucket. Broncos are in another, unless they're playing the Chiefs.

[The Jokeman]

It's inconsistent because everyone sees things differently and because of that it will always be a matter of question. 

[Buffalo03]

1 hour ago, djp14150 said:

 

 

 

 

abovevyou have 2 QB sacks. One is ruled a fumble and one is not. Both go against the Saints

 

 

 

 

To me they're different. Goff was going forward. Shough was nocked loose before coming forward. However, Mike Peraira's explanation doesn't make sense. So, now as long as a QB brings his arm up to throw it and gets hit and fumbles, it's incomplete no matter if the arm came forward or not? Since when?

[BuffaloBillyG]

Just now, The Jokeman said:

It's inconsistent because everyone sees things differently and because of that it will always be a matter of question. 

Here's my thing. 

 

Fans love to sit back and cherry pick plays that were off. But the officials during the game get ONE vantage point, at full speed, with the element of not knowing exactly where to look as what's going to be the key thing in that play. All while trying hard not to get swiped out by 22 players flying around at super human speed. It's like going to stand in the middle expressway at rush hour and then having to recite all the license plates you saw. That's why I will rarely criticize the refs on the field. 

 

Now, I will say there are a lot of times where the eye in the sky could help things out and doesn't. The guys in the booth get frame by frame and super slow motion from many different angles. And most times there is time between the plays to have a booth operator review the play in between without slowing the game. 

[Billsfanatic8989]

How long until an official makes a terrible call late in the Super Bowl and costs a team the game? It's definitely coming.

 

We already had a screw job in the NFC title game several years back. 

 

 

Edited September 28 by Billsfanatic8989

[Goin Breakdown]

1 hour ago, BuffaloRebound said:

If the ball goes backwards, how can it be a forward pass?  

It's all part of the gaslighting. 

[thenorthremembers]

Its gotten to the point where I am losing interest in watching games.   Roughing the passer and pass interference feel more like a way for the league to influence the outcomes of games than they do actual penalties at this point.  

[BuffaloBud]

The same can be said for strike zone in baseball and hockey in general.  Never the same way.

[Ayjent]

1 hour ago, Jalan81 said:

If you watched the end of the Rams Broncos you would have seen highway robbery. The refs made call after call till the Broncos scored.  Called what was an offensive PI as defensive PI and took away the game saving interception. It was brutal, then ignored two holding calls to allow the winning touchdown to be scored. 

Hmm...Bills-Broncos redux.  Amazing Broncos get that type of assistance again.

[DrDawkinstein]

26 minutes ago, Billsfanatic8989 said:

How long until an official makes a terrible call late in the Super Bowl and costs a team the game? It's definitely coming.

 

We already had a screw job in the NFC title game several years back. 

 

 

 

Once the Bills make the Super Bowl. Bank it.

[Jalan81]

45 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Here's my thing. 

 

Fans love to sit back and cherry pick plays that were off. But the officials during the game get ONE vantage point, at full speed, with the element of not knowing exactly where to look as what's going to be the key thing in that play. All while trying hard not to get swiped out by 22 players flying around at super human speed. It's like going to stand in the middle expressway at rush hour and then having to recite all the license plates you saw. That's why I will rarely criticize the refs on the field. 

 

Now, I will say there are a lot of times where the eye in the sky could help things out and doesn't. The guys in the booth get frame by frame and super slow motion from many different angles. And most times there is time between the plays to have a booth operator review the play in between without slowing the game. 

They can’t even use that with reliable consistency.

[Iiiiiiiiive Got a Feeeelin]

1 hour ago, zow2 said:

I watched hours of football yesterday and saw 4 DPI penalties awarded across the league when the receiver clearly exaggerated a fou

INT by the Rams that got taken away was the most egregious and costly.  Clearly just took the win away from rams

[BuffaloBillyG]

28 minutes ago, Jalan81 said:

They can’t even use that with reliable consistency.

Yeah, I think they have to walk a fine line between using technology and potentially slowing down the game. I get it. 

 

What they need to do is have some veil of transparency. One of the summer leagues (CFL I believe) had it so why a play was reviewed, instead of bringing in an old retired ref to explain and dictate what they were looking for, actually cut to the review booth and we could hear them communicate with the ref down on the field. What they saw. What their interpretation was. It was enlightening. 

 

And every game should have a replay official on site. Not some random guy "in New York" that buzzes in periodically that is trying to keep tabs on 7-8 games at once. 

 

Like I said above, being an on field ref is extremely tough. I don't really think for a second  that they are placing bets and swaying the game on purpose.Your eyes won't see everything. But the technology is there. It's stupid not to use it when you have billions of dollars on the line. 

[nuklz2594]

1 hour ago, thenorthremembers said:

Its gotten to the point where I am losing interest in watching games.   Roughing the passer and pass interference feel more like a way for the league to influence the outcomes of games than they do actual penalties at this point.  

ncaaf may be even worse...

[billsfan89]

For as long as I've been alive I remember my dad complaining about NFL officiating, hell my dad is convinced Super Bowl 4 was rigged. Since I've been a fan (2000) I've constantly seen fans complaining about officiating. I've never seen fans ever say an era of officiating was good. That's not to say there aren't legitimate critiques of officiating and rules, there will always be that. But I just hate fans acting like there was ever a time when officiating was good but now it is so horrible that they want to stop watching.