The refs suck
Just 3 weeks into the season everyone has seen several really bad calls. The coach's challenge can correct some of these errors but with only a max of 3 challenges what do you do after that? It's not like the refs stop screwing up. And then there's examples like those that occured in last night's Dallass/Washington game which are unreviewable. Two key pass interference calls - one called that shouldn't have been and one not called that should have - resulted in a 14 point swing in the Cowboys favor. It's obvious that we need younger refs whose full time job is officiating. No more dinosaurs that are also have day jobs. These calls weren't close either, they were obvious.
Also in last night's game another call really bothered me but the refs did call it correctly. The Cowboys were penalized with a very weak roughing the passer call where the defensive lineman came in and tapped Brunell on the helmet with his open palm. The penalty gave the Redskins a 1st down after they had just failed to convert on 4th and the ultimate result of their drive was a TD. The rule is you can't hit a QB on the head but obviously there are gradations of this. One of the best rule changes in the recent past was the decision to institute a 5 yard face mask penalty and a 5 yard running into the kicker penalty which recognized a varying level of severity. The same thing needs to be done with roughing the passer. Some balance needs to be instituted because I'm tired of the NFL treating QBs like they are fragile snowflakes made of gold instead of football players.
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