RiverDog wrote:In defense of the refs, the players and coaches have to take some accountability for what seems to be an uptick in penalties this season. A lot of them are pre-snap or clearly avoidable personal fouls. Can't fault the refs for those.
burrrton wrote:It's not the sheer number of penalties that eats at me personally- it's them continuously getting calls wrong, and (as I think I've ranted on before) we're not just talking about hand-fighting on deep balls, or a receiver's big toe touching OB that was missed, or other subjective or easy-to-miss determinations that are bound to wax and wane over the course of a game or season.
We're talking about blatant mistakes like an o-lineman starting a full count before the ball is snapped, or not spotting a ball within 5 yards of where it should have been, etc and so on. How can they continually be the only person in the stadium that doesn't know they blew the call?
I've never been easy on officiating, but it's for this reason that I think it truly is getting worse- I've always noticed sht like this, and I'd have *killed* them for mangling calls like these in the past if this was just how it's always been.
Rambo2014 wrote:On this board there is always one given fact!!!!!
The refs are bad..boooo hooooo
Seahawks get homey calls every game
Rambo2014 wrote:On this board there is always one given fact!!!!!
The refs are bad..boooo hooooo
Seahawks get homey calls every game
NorthHawk wrote:Yeah, basic mistakes shouldn't happen, but they do in everyday life, too.
Spotting the ball incorrectly with replay should never happen, but it does.
I still think if they simplified the rule book it would help a lot. As it is, it seems to me it's been lawyered into obfuscation.
People still aren't sure what a catch is for gods sake, and the game is only about 5 things: throwing, catching, running, blocking, and tackling.
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