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I know harping on the officiating has been done to death, but in looking over the results of the games today I am just appalled
Cowboys/Bucs
One of the side judges apparently decides that Ogletree has run out of bounds (replays showed he clearly didn't). Rather than signaling by dropping his hat, he throws it right in Ogletree's path, causing him to slip on a crucial 3rd down play while he was wide open in the endzone. Romo sails the pass right where he would have been otherwise.
Redskins/Bengals
With :07 left in the game, down by 7, Washington has the ball on Cincy's 34. Fred Davis gets called for a false start. The ref announces that this penalty requires a 10 second runoff, and declares the end of the game (to my knowledge, this is correct). Cincy starts to head to the locker room. Kyle Shanahan comes storming out, convinces the ref he was wrong, and gets the time put back on the clock, but gets flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct even though the ref agreed with him. Then the refs mark off 25 yards for 20 yards worth of penalties.
49ers/Vikings
On pure chutzpah, Jim Harbaugh manages to talk the refs into giving him two challenges after he used his final timeout, and by rule should have none. The refs also flag San Francisco for an illegal block while they were kicking off - a penalty which doesn't exist.
Steelers/Raiders
One of the most flagrant headshots I've ever seen, directly in front of a ref. No flag.
And I'm not even touching the craziness on SNF. Goodell needs to get the refs union on the phone immediately, this entire season is turning into a fiasco.
Cowboys/Bucs
One of the side judges apparently decides that Ogletree has run out of bounds (replays showed he clearly didn't). Rather than signaling by dropping his hat, he throws it right in Ogletree's path, causing him to slip on a crucial 3rd down play while he was wide open in the endzone. Romo sails the pass right where he would have been otherwise.
Redskins/Bengals
With :07 left in the game, down by 7, Washington has the ball on Cincy's 34. Fred Davis gets called for a false start. The ref announces that this penalty requires a 10 second runoff, and declares the end of the game (to my knowledge, this is correct). Cincy starts to head to the locker room. Kyle Shanahan comes storming out, convinces the ref he was wrong, and gets the time put back on the clock, but gets flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct even though the ref agreed with him. Then the refs mark off 25 yards for 20 yards worth of penalties.
49ers/Vikings
On pure chutzpah, Jim Harbaugh manages to talk the refs into giving him two challenges after he used his final timeout, and by rule should have none. The refs also flag San Francisco for an illegal block while they were kicking off - a penalty which doesn't exist.
Steelers/Raiders
One of the most flagrant headshots I've ever seen, directly in front of a ref. No flag.
And I'm not even touching the craziness on SNF. Goodell needs to get the refs union on the phone immediately, this entire season is turning into a fiasco.
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