wear a white shirt
if
you are going to be in the dallas booth
if
you are going to be in the dallas booth
This headline should read, "Routine play transpires."
There's a dozen holds by offensive lineman uncalled in every game.
I agree that we can't pin the Lions' loss on that play, but it sure didn't help. The head of officiating said that it wasn't PI but it should have been holding. :think:
so why are we still talking about it?
Yeah, the more you think about it the worse it gets. You know I don't think for a moment that the fix was in by the league, but the appearance of the officiating is so awful and skewed that the invitation to wonder has to trouble a league with more than its share of recent black eyes.I think this is open to debate. Beyond this missed call, there was a hold on Suh on that 4-and-6 that the refs admit they missed now too.
So essentially two of the biggest plays of the game got screwed up beyond all recognition, went in Dallas's favor, and hosed the Lions.
Yeah, the more you think about it the worse it gets. You know I don't think for a moment that the fix was in by the league, but the appearance of the officiating is so awful and skewed that the invitation to wonder has to trouble a league with more than its share of recent black eyes.
They have to address the process off season and pray for great conference championships in the meanwhile and a SB so competitive it takes that taste out of the collective mouths of fans paying attention.
Someone needs to be fired. Whatever refs responsible for this mess should never step onto the field again, period. This was a nationally televised screw up of epic proportions, and they just cost a team a playoff spot which handing a less-deserving team a win. Unacceptable.
I'd certainly hand out at least one suspension and seriously revisit the notion of cobbled teams of officials, which is a godawful notion and invites a lack of cohesion....Someone needs to be fired. Whatever refs responsible for this mess should never step onto the field again, period.
I'm not going to blame the outcome on them, but they contributed and that's unacceptable, to be sure.This was a nationally televised screw up of epic proportions, and they just cost a team a playoff spot which handing a less-deserving team a win. Unacceptable.
Oh, you can bet there will be fewer whistles and/or a lot more conferring. That would be my bet.At this point I'm just wondering what else they're going to get wrong the next two rounds and into the Super Bowl.
I'd certainly hand out at least one suspension and seriously revisit the notion of cobbled teams of officials, which is a godawful notion and invites a lack of cohesion.
I'm not going to blame the outcome on them, but they contributed and that's unacceptable, to be sure.
Oh, you can bet there will be fewer whistles and/or a lot more conferring. That would be my bet.
I am a huge fan of belichick
and
getting his 19th playoff win is more important than another super bowl win
I highly doubt that. Can you even imagine the grief he would give to a reporter who suggested this idea in a press conference?
he can't win another super bowl without getting the record for most playoff wins
getting his 19th playoff win is more important than another super bowl win
he would then be tied with landry for the record