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Don’t be mislead by the ‘exciting’ finish, this game was a series of blown calls and attempts to fix them with even worse calls. Starting with this missed clipping call on the 1oo yard interception for touchdown and ending with the inexplicable ‘non-review’, the second half was a manufactured comeback and orchestrated result.  Here’s a [...]

While is was unlikely to change the outcome of the game, the pass interference call in the end zone against the Charger’s Eric Weddle on a 45 yard Hail Mary from Ben Roethlisberger violates every unwritten rule in the book. The Steelers were up by 10 at the time, and with 9 minutes to go [...]

I could not believe my eyes as I watched this. The Chargers first got robbed on a pick play that tied the game when Reggie Wayne freed up Anthony Gonzalez as the first half ended. But the real jam job occured in the beginning of the 4th quarter where a sequence of unbelievably horrendous calls cost the Chargers 3 points and [...]

Anyone watching the Giants-Packers game on Sunday had to wonder about the legitimacy of the officiating. Three plays in particular, worth 17 points to Green Bay, stand out:
 1) In the 2nd quarter on a failed 3rd-and-8 attempt, a questionable ‘illegal contact’ foul was called against a Giant defensive back giving the Packers a first down [...]

No question the Pats are a great team with annoying efficiency in execution on both sides of the ball. But does Tom Brady really have that much time to operate without ANY holding calls against his offensive line? Is the defense really that tough or are they getting away with dirty play? How many times (not tonight) [...]

With just over 2:00 left in tonight’s NFL game featuring the Baltimore Ravens at the Cincinnati Bengals, a back judge called offensive pass interference on Todd Heap as he hauled in a touchdown pass from back-up Kyle Boller on fouth-and-goal that would have tied the game. Replays showed that if anything, it was defensive interference and [...]