Dan

Yes I can.

True. It's definitely possible. But, how much credibility does the call have if the guy within 5 yards of the play doesn't call it, but a guy ?? some greater number of yards away, whose primary responsiblity is watching other aspects of the play, makes the call? And then there's no conference to see what the guy right beside the call saw. I'm tellin you, they just blew this call. Plain and simple.

The D is young as well.. We're starting 3 rookies. Who's the old guys? Fletcher, Spikes and ??? True we did lose. How do they have zero control? I'm not sure where or how you draw that conclusion.

Not that I saw. That was my point. I never saw anyone signal tip, so who thoguht it was tipped? Upon review, there was a sidejudge, almost right beside the play - I'd say about 2-4 yards down field. He was in great position. And all he signaled was no catch.

Hey that post was clearly (or so I thought) in jest. Give me some credit.

Are they throwbacks or what? They're not their normal home Jersey, so how are they wearing them? And yes, go ugly they are.

DirecTV and the NFL blacked out the game, so there'd be fewer people seeingthe rim job the refs gave us. Tha's the connection.

But it wasn't tipped. So, that's not an issue. The refs were not signalling that it was tipped, either. ( I just reviewed it on the DVR. Tasker said it was the "official rule" on the field, but the official on the sideline right next to the play did not signal that it was tipped.) So, how can you sit here and say that was a perfectly legitimate call by the refs? They obviously got it wrong and yet I should conclude that its no big deal? Perhaps if that was the only call in the game they got wrong, I could. But that was one of several - all in favor of SD. So how can you say the refs did not influence the outcome of the game in the favor of SD?

Don't forget the extra time out for SD and the failure to start the clock before the half.

Just to add about the Reed noncall. Why wasn't the flag thrown for PI and then a huddle with one ref saying it was tipped? There was no flag, because the Ref didn't think or didn't want to call PI. The Evans noncall was the first down play. The Price noncatch was 2nd down. And the Reed noncall was third down. The pass to Evns was easily catchable. It may have appeared uncatchable because the defender ran into Evans and completely threw him off his route.

Toe in, heel out. I agree. I can say ok they got that right. Although I don't really agree with it. If Price hops up (off is toe), rather than just come down its a completed pass? The nonPI on Reed; I can definitely blame the refs on. Its their job to wath the game and know what's going on. The ball wasn't tipped and yet they "thought" it was. You say it looked tipped to you - live. To me, it didn't. That's a call you have to conclude the refs screwed. Before either of those, however, what about the pass to Evans. The defender clearly ran into him forcing him off his route. How is that acceptable? I know they both have a right to go after the ball, but the defender can't run through the receiver to get the ball, no more than the receiver can.

I'm not saying its just us. All I'm saying is in this game, on this day, the refs clearly called the game in SD's favor. I agree, they blow a call or 2 here and there and it all usually evens out. But on our series in the 4th quarter: 1st pass, Evans is bumped and forced off his route clearly before the ball is there. No Penalty. 2nd pass, Price comes down with his toe in bounds, then his heel lands out. No catch. (I'd actually, give that to the refs, if you want). 3rd pass. Reed is clearly interferred with before the ball is there. No penalty. The claim the ball was tipped??? That's one series, 2 key plays. All went in favor of SD. And 2 were very obvious PI calls, that in most any other game or situation are called. But today they weren't.

Purposefully, or not; they did it. That's all I know. Did Shotty stick a wad of cash in Hockalugee's pants? Did the league make the decision? Do the refs just hate being in Buffalo so they blow calls? I don't know, I just know that no way was that game called fairly. Even my wife, who only casually watches the games was questioning many of those calls/non calls. When she notices it, its pretty damn obvious.

Dude, when you're arguement is: he's good, but these TWO guys, together, are just as good; you're not making you're point. When it takes 2 guys to equal the play of 1 guy, that's the definition of the 1 guy being pretty darn good.

And then it continued in the second half.

They got multiple calls wrong. Key calls. And tried to change others, that final TD being one. You cannot honestly say the refs didn't give the Chargers the benefit of every possible doubt. I've already seen 2 PI calls in the Cowboys/Giants game that had far less contact than the Chargers had on us. Yet they were'nt called. The extra time out before the half? The fumble we recovered that they allowed the charger to wrestle away and then give to them? The JP pass that tey called back because his knee was down, but it wasn't? That's just off the top of my head. I'm all for calling the refs out when they skew a game in favor of one team. And that's exactly what they did today.

No way a pooch goes uncovered. The onside kick was the only option. It really wouldn't have mattered, however. Regardless of the outcome of that kick, we were predetermined to lose that game. Hell the refs had to conference up just to allow the Price TD, when that was as obvious a catch as you could ask for in that situation.

That's 1 of at least 5 plays, they screwed us on. I was going back to count up, but lost count in the 3rd quarter when the refs were pulling every trick possible to give SD the ball.

JP played a hell of a game today. He made some bad throws, for sure. I actually think the cold weather affected him. However, he fought the whole game and with a few great 3rd down scrambles kept a few drives going. He also lead down the field in the 2 minute drill and scored (which baffles me even more why they don't do that before the half). So, I'd say a solid game by JP.

Ed Hockmeup earned a big Christmas Bonus.

Nope, no review.

That play was clearly a fumble. And the replay clearly showed Hargrove on the ground with 2 hands on the ball, with the ball between his legs and a Charger all over him. Result... Charger's ball. It was BS.

A fair amount. I'd put them right behind te refs's blown calls and piss poor decisions.

Isn't it a penalty for the coach to run onto the field and scream at the refs?

Gotta get aggressive on those final drives before the half. Those 7 points are huge at the end of the game. Then, they've got to donate heavily to the Referee's Christmas party. Because it's obvious the refs don'tcall the game equally for us and opposing teams. Do those 2 things, and we have a playoff run next year.