I'm Sorry... NFL Officiating is an absolute joke

[rcaldw]

The Steelers get preferential treatment and you will never convince me otherwise.

The Super Bowl against the Seahawks was an absolute joke, and now this.

The call on the punt return was as ticky tack as it gets. On the holding call on the defensive line, I saw two offensive linemen holding on THAT VERY PLAY!!!!

How John Harbaugh kept from punching Triplett out I got no idea.

WHY IS JEFF TRIPLETT still officiating? Every game he calls has this kind of garbage in it.

A complete and utter joke.

[dcjules]

nothing changes, kinda use to that stuff when I watch a Steelers game. Call it favoritism??? But I can't think of a luckier team??? Unbelievable what they come up with or what teams do when playing them...3 turnovers within your 30 yard line??? c'mon!!!!

[T-RO]

The Steelers get preferential treatment and you will never convince me otherwise.

The Super Bowl against the Seahawks was an absolute joke, and now this.

The call on the punt return was as ticky tack as it gets. On the holding call on the defensive line, I saw two offensive linemen holding on THAT VERY PLAY!!!!

How John Harbaugh kept from punching Triplett out I got no idea.

WHY IS JEFF TRIPLETT still officiating? Every game he calls has this kind of garbage in it.

A complete and utter joke.


It was patently obvious to all objective fans. (I didn't even have a strong preference)

Nobody can tell me that we didn't witness another NFL engineered outcome, with officials again making one dubious call after another to benefit the Steelers.

I'm done with the NFL for the rest of the season. They can shove it where the sun don't shine.

[crazytown41]

That defensive holding on the last drive was one of the worst calls I have ever seen. Best part waas 2 steelers were also holding on that play.

[tyke1doe]

That defensive holding on the last drive was one of the worst calls I have ever seen. Best part waas 2 steelers were also holding on that play.

I'm not into this "the refs favor the Steelers" yarn, but I agree with you on the second part. In fact, what makes it so bad is that a player's arms around another's neck is supposed to be a holding penalty. And yet on that return for a TD, the Ravens player, true, has a hand on the shoulder, but he's not holding and the Steelers player (McFadden) falls and pulls the Ravens blocker down. You simply don't make that call in a playoff game. But if you're going to notice a hand on a shoulder and call it, then you call a player with his hands around a defensive player's neck.

[Heisenberg]

Eh. The Ravens didn't lose because of the refs. They lost because they flat out choked.

[HoustonFrog]

I'll preface by saying this....the Ravens lost because of turnovers and losing a 14 point lead. They have done this all year. They get gassed.

However, the punt return holding was b.s. Ref was behind the play and the guy basically was just going at it with the guy and took him down without locking. The holding on the defense was ridiculous too...especially a running play. So yeah there were some crap calls.

[BIGDen]

Eh. The Ravens didn't lose because of the refs. They lost because they flat out choked.

Eh. The refs took points off the board with a horrible call and followed it up with even more BS calls.

[ChldsPlay]

I'll preface by saying this....the Ravens lost because of turnovers and losing a 14 point lead. They have done this all year. They get gassed.

However, the punt return holding was b.s. Ref was behind the play and the guy basically was just going at it with the guy and took him down without locking. The holding on the defense was ridiculous too...especially a running play. So yeah there were some crap calls.

The holding call on that running play was perfectly legit. The guy was being blatantly held.

Now the missed calls on the Steelers, on that play and others...that was ridiculous.

[big dog cowboy]

I'm shocked at this thread. It's like everyone expected to see the game called straight down the line and equal for each team.