people with reason to back the nfl always have at least a little bit of a case to scream about ACHSKULLY THE REFS ARE FINE
sunday was annoying and lame but not the worst. but still annoying to end the game on an overturn there, when we’ve seen way clearer calls stand
the rams literally got the SB handed to them over the bengals on that 3rd down holding call, for example…
Sept 24, 2017. Falcons vs Lions. The ten second runoff. For those that don’t know, the Lions were driving for the win, when Golden Tate caught a ball from Matt Stafford and dove into the end zone for the win. The Lions assumed he was short, so Stafford had them all lined up to snap the next play, BUT all TDs are automatically reviewed. So they reviewed it and called it short. Then they invoked the 10 second runoff rule to end the game. The 10 second run off rule is to make sure the offense doesn’t fake injuries or game the clock to get an extra timeout. It was never meant to cover a stoppage initiated by the referees. But fuck it, it is the Lions and no one outside Detroit would care, and it is hardly the first time referees made up rules or rule interpretations on the spot to screw over the Lions. (Calvin Johnson rule, which wasn’t a rule in the NFL until two and a half years AFTER the catch/no catch).
I had to stop watching for a few weeks.
The lions have been fucked so many times by the refs, it’s hard to keep track. Seems like every time I’ve watched one of their games, a questionable (at best) call goes against them
Yeah, it’s a common thing for pretty much any NFC North team except the Packers. Not gonna lie, that one famous time the Pack did get jobbed by the replacement refs it was hard for me to feel bad for them because they get favored so often otherwise, to their obvious benefit and the detriment of the other three NFCN teams.