i know complaining about refs in losses are looked as being a bad sport

[trapezeus]

since we won, can i complain? 3 games out of 5 where penalties were actually flagged but ref conferences to decide that what they saw didn't happen?

i have not seen that before the chicago game and now it's happening regularly. and multiple times in a game.

the sammy watkins mugging, flagged thrown and then picked up? and that in the light when gilmore got called for barely touching a guy on 3rd down.

something seems very odd. makes me very nervous heading into patriot week.

[Dr. Lecter]

Re: i know complaining about refs in losses are looked as being a bad sport

And Orton threw the ball into the ground 3-4 yards away from Summers. Could have and probably should have been grounding.

It's much easier to notice the calls that go against your team

That being said, the Watkins call was horrible. The only thing I can figure is that they thought he was only 4 yards downfield, not 9.

[trapezeus]

Re: i know complaining about refs in losses are looked as being a bad sport

orton was moving backwards and outside the tackle box. in the area of a receiver. the refs even pointed to summers to say "that's not a call, someone was there."

11 penalties with 9 of them in the first half, that seemed fairly annoying. when it's a run away like that, i feel like refs usually put the flag away and just call the flagrant stuff. yet, they were getting gilmore for barely touching receiver for auto first downs. and routinely the bills were busting through the line and turned sideways from the holding and it was rarely called.

some things never change.

[billsburgh]

Re: i know complaining about refs in losses are looked as being a bad sport

did anyone else notice the lions right tackle rock back just before the snap on the long Golden Tate catch and run that put them in FG position at the end of the game. no false start called

[Meathead]

Re: i know complaining about refs in losses are looked as being a bad sport

yeah i did

the only thing i can think of on the sammy mugging was that the refs decided the contact was initiated before the ball was thrown and was within five yards so it was allowed to continue once the ball was in the air. sure seemed like blatent pi or holding tho

[The King]

Re: i know complaining about refs in losses are looked as being a bad sport

The Gilmore call against Johnson was wrong too. Gilmore was holding yes, he was holding Johnsons wrist which was attached to his hand which was grabbing onto his face mask.

[casdhf]

Re: i know complaining about refs in losses are looked as being a bad sport

Even Rhonde Barber said the refs blew the Watkins call. When a DB admits its holding and the refs dont ... wtf

[DrGraves]

Re: i know complaining about refs in losses are looked as being a bad sport

Hopefully between all the non-calls and the laser incident the officials will meet this week and make sure we get the benefit of any close calls next week. (but we won't because the NFL loves brady)

[bf1]

Re: i know complaining about refs in losses are looked as being a bad sport

I HATE complaining about the refs and rarely do. But the watkins non-call was such a no-brainer. The fact that the flag was thrown, but lifted was maddening.

[Skooby]

Re: i know complaining about refs in losses are looked as being a bad sport

Bills VS Refs / NE @ Buffalo.

Ref lineup:

P. O'Flaherty
S. Shannon
M. MC Shale
R. Banshee
K. Ireland (the Model's grandpa)

[trapezeus]

Re: i know complaining about refs in losses are looked as being a bad sport

if it's hochuli, i might not watch the game. he's such a spectacle. more games than not, the games hochuli refs tends to be about ed hochuli and less about the two teams playing. so i am declaring prior to even watching the bills pats, that hochuli just messes games up routinely regardless of the teams involved.

[GreedoII]

Re: i know complaining about refs in losses are looked as being a bad sport

I think the refs are so confused right now on how to call games with all the recent stupid rule changes they just don't know anymore. There was an article about them complaining to the NFL about it. It's a mess as the rest of the league is at the moment.

[BuffaloRedleg]

Re: i know complaining about refs in losses are looked as being a bad sport

The bottom line is that we shouldn't be having this conversation every week. The way referees can take over a game right now is absurd.

They need to do something about this soon, because yesterdays game was not good entertainment. 90% of the game was an enraging abortion, and the pace/unpredictable penalty calling of the game set by the officiating was a major part of that.

[casdhf]

Re: i know complaining about refs in losses are looked as being a bad sport

The first quarter took over an hour.

[trapezeus]

Re: i know complaining about refs in losses are looked as being a bad sport

and that constant penalty calling isnt' a bills game thing only. there are a couple refs that insist on everything being called and then it becomes like the NHL. they knowingly make a bad call and have to make one the other way to offset it.

and nothing worse than the ref meeting on field that takes more than 20 seconds. watching the ref huddle (bills game or any other game) drives me insane.