Yahoo:The NFL's officiating problem
The NFL's officiating problem, or as Alex Boone describes it: 'Those refs sucked'
I just got madder reading this.
The NFL's officiating problem, or as Alex Boone describes it: 'Those refs sucked'
Actually, there may have been five worse calls in the final 20 minutes of Sunday night's game between the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots. If you're from Boston, you'd have a legitimate gripe about 1) A running-into-the-kicker penalty at midfield that was ignored by the officials with 1:40 remaining in the third quarter, 2) The offensive pass interference call againstRob Gronkowski that negated a third-down conversion with 5:22 remaining in the fourth quarter, 3) Shaq Barrett launching his entire body at Tom Brady's head on the replay of third down, 4) A defensive holding call against Patrick Chung that turned Denver's third-and-15 into a first-and-goal with 1:09 left in regulation and 5) Aqib Talib's blatant hold of Brandon LaFell on the firs play from scrimmage in overtime. Am I missing some others? Yeah, probably.
I just got madder reading this.