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wait they were calling it that in 1986? really? seemed fun then. hahaha

 

Injuries: Talib (back) is ruled out; Big Ben (knee) questionable

Kessler set to start for Browns vs. Cowboys

 

Packers' Datone Jones penalized $36K for roughing Matt Ryan​

For Datone Jones, two times was one too many.

The Packers pass rusher was fined $36,464 for roughing the passer -- the amount for a repeat offender -- for a hit on Matt Ryan in Green Bay's Week 8 loss to the Falcons, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported.

Elsewhere, Bengals cornerback Shawn Williams was penalized $24,309 for spearing Redskins wideout DeSean Jackson and $9,115 for a facemask, Rapoport added, per a league spokesman. His fellow Cincinnati corner Dre Kirkpatrick was fined $18,231 for a horsecollar.

 

Go ahead, make my day.

 

Injuries: Big Ben a game-time decision; Hyde set to sit for 49ers...

Bills 'confident' McCoy, Harvin will play vs. Seahawks...

McCluster out for season after fracturing forearm...

Dolphins place Jordan Cameron (concussion) on IR...

Kessler set to start for Browns vs. Cowboys...

 

LIONS 22, VIKINGS 16 F/OT

GIANTS 28, EAGLES 23 F

DOLPHINS 27, JETS 23 F

CHIEFS 19, JAGUARS 14 F

COWBOYS 35, BROWNS 10 F

RAVENS 21, STEELERS 14 F

 

ugly for some teams. some teams rising to the top. the contenders are pretenders and the dark horses are riding strong. alas...the NFL season!

 

The refs just officiated the most BS sequence of the year against the Bills.

1. Richard Sherman runs offside on FG attempt and smokes the kicker. Only called offside and not roughing.
2. Dan Carpenter was down momentarily for injury on the play and because the foul was offside instead of roughing he had to sit out a play.
3. The Bills have 3 seconds and spike it to get the clock to 1 second and it should have been 2.
4. Carpenter is out to kick it now and nails it but....
5. The refs stood over the ball until there was 5 seconds left on the play clock and wold not reset the clock.
6. Delay of game and Seattle gets those 5 yards back.
7. After being iced so much, he missed the kick heading into halftime.
8. He would have hit that from 5 yards further up, never mind the 15-20 more he should have had.

 

NFL acknowledges officials in Seattle erred 2X at end of half. Sherman should have been penalized for unnecessary roughness, play clock reset.

 

And it's official. The refs blew the game for the Bills. They should be going to overtime right now.

 

Many have said it time and time again it is time for the NFL to hire full time year around Officials. Not guys who do this as a second job. Open up that multi billion dollar wallet and make the game better by having full time officials. What do they do in the off season? How about attend camp and practice just like the players do. Study game film learn the rule book from front to back and back to front. Speaking of the rule book simply it there are a lot of rules that are to damn complicated or just plain stupid. I'm not saying it would fix bad calls 100% to do this but it would go a long way to fixing what is a glaring problem.

 

LAOJoe, it is the way it is. I have seen blowout losses that if the refs called better the games would have been close and possibly wins fore the teams that got blown out. The refs seem to be making too many questionable calls that are changing the flow of games. I have no idea what the NFL could do to make it better but they better come up with something it is starting to become BS. It seems to me that the league is fine with the refs making bad calls because they are doing nothing to rectify this situation.

 

All they do is apologize and do nothing tangible about it.

As for the bolded part, it's already there.

 

The worst play I have seen this season is the TD Carolina was gifted against the Cardinals. I was watching the replay and thinking this is a no brainer, incomplete pass. They come back and say play stands as called. Carolina would have lost that game if that had been reversed. But they got momentum and never looked back.

 

Their crappy excuse.... the replay machine wasn't working and when it did they called it too long to review the play within the time limit.

 

On Buffalo's final play of the game while Tyrod Taylor is scrambling, Richard Sherman hits a Buffalo receiver hard to the ground in the endzone. Wow how is that not a penalty and it was right in front of the ref.

 

Remember he mugged Julio Jones on the last play against the Falcons?

 

Monday madness ends in Seattle's 31-25 win over Buffalo​

SEATTLE (AP) ? Another Monday night of controversy and madness involving the Seattle Seahawks.

For the third time in the past five seasons, a Monday night game in Seattle finished with most of the attention on the mistakes of officials, this time after the Seahawks beat the Buffalo Bills 31-25.

For how good Jimmy Graham, Russell Wilson and Tyrod Taylor were in putting on an entertaining primetime performance, their efforts became overshadowed by officiating mistakes at the end of the first half that eventually played a role in the final outcome.

"I'm not really sure what happened. I will say the refs were horrible at managing it," said Taylor, who had one of the best performances of his career throwing for 289 yards and running for another 43 yards, and giving Buffalo a chance in the closing moments. "They made some horrible calls throughout the game, too. It's not a thing where we're blaming the refs. I just think they need to be held accountable for that and at least give some explanation."

Taylor's final pass of the night on fourth-down in the closing moments fell incomplete in the end zone and handed the Bills their third straight defeat . Taylor had to throw in that situation because of what happened at the end of the first half that cost Buffalo a shot at a reasonable field goal attempt and eventually forced the Bills to try for a touchdown in the final seconds.

The chaotic final moments of the second quarter started calmly with Dan Carpenter lining up for a 53-yard field goal with 3 seconds left and ended several minutes later with anger. Richard Sherman was called for offside and not unnecessary roughness after he crashed into Carpenter attempting to block the kick ? an incorrect decision according to NFL head of officiating Dean Blandino. Buffalo was assessed an injury timeout after trainers ran on the field believing Carpenter was injured and forcing the Bills to spike the ball with 1 second left as Carpenter had to leave the field. That was followed by officials not resetting the play clock and Buffalo being assessed a delay of game and the half finally ending with Carpenter missing a 54-yard attempt.

The chaos seemed a footnote at the time with Seattle leading 28-17 at the half, and became a focal point when Buffalo rallied in the second half, but needed a touchdown at the end.

"Player safety was not in their mind. He was offside and dove at our kickers' leg while he was in motion. That's a dirty play," Buffalo linebacker Jerry Hughes said.

 

Nice reporting Will. I watched this and thought "man is this league messed up!" I thought Sherman was dirty on the play and it should've been 15 yrs, not 5. Then how does the clock run out? Baffling.