The crew that officiated the Packers-Chiefs game, led by referee Brad Allen, has been under scrutiny for missed calls as it prepares to work today’s Texans-Jets game.https://t.co/yFfgziVFOm — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter)December 10, 2023 As that piece notes, two non-calls in particu...
Even referees get thanks from players sometimes in the NFL Ed Reed focused on Texans playoffs, not facing Ravens EJ Manuel in tears after Buffalo Bills' comeback win EJ Manuel's last-second TD carries Buffalo Bills to win over Carolina Panthers EJ Manuel guides Buffalo Bills past Carolin...
During theSaints-Rams NFC championship gameJan. 20, referees appeared to miss a pass interference penalty that, if called, would have given the Saints a shot at the Super Bowl. The Rams went on to beat the Saints ...
Undoubtedly, even if the public is presented with the most detailed specifics, general opinion is not likely to be swayed, not when the NFL continues to thrive financially, not when the product on the field is starving for those real referees. The NFLRA surely knows this. But it su...
Most referees consider a tossed ball to be a signal that the returner has given himself up. But even if Carter didn't intend to give himself up, his toss should have been ruled an illegal forward pass and a safety rather than a touchdown. Corrente not only suffered a lapse of judgment ...
making bad calls against them. I’m not of the opinion it’s a conspiracy, just that referees have an expectation of mistakes when dealing with bad teams and fulfill those prophecies with bad calls. Also, bad teams usually don’t get the best officiating crews and this also leads to ...
"It looks like they're trying to get the shoulders in and the head out. Just exactly what we want." The use of helmet rule has grown so confusing and difficult to officiate that the NFL instructed referees to stop referring to it in their penalty announcements, aswe ...
should have been a minimum intensional grounding but instead they said Stafford was right and he was trying to throw it to his receiver with his head buried in the gound for a sack but the referees have always disliked the Vikings oh that’s right last game they missed a face mask cause...
You know a team has reached that perennial contender status when everyone starts complaining that the team is getting all of the calls from the refs–which is what we’re hearing about the Chiefs these days. That’s what happens when a team is good enough to take advantage of a favorable...
I know that a chip in the ball would not have been able to help with what is now known as the worst missed call in NFL history, but why don't referees, when there is a question a chip can answer, use that information to make calls? Or at least clarify calls?