FastFreddy22 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 They were fine I coulnd't tell the difference between them and the regular ****ty refs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 refs were good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malazan Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 We will see alot more picks sunday. We will see alot more holding sunday. We will see those not called sunday. Networks can not be negative about refs. It's a no no with the NFL. Broadcasters get graded by the NFL and they have to be nice. Sad but true. Go Bills. I have never heard of this and would love to have a source so I can read more about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffBill Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 If this crew was supposedly the best one they could put out there for the national stage, end the bloody lockout now! There were more than a few instances of blatant holding and pass interference that were not called. It worries me that our passing attack is based so much on timing with our receivers, but if the DBs know that they can get away with murder (which I'm sure Rob is telling Rex) our offense will be stymied. And our defense is based around a supposedly great 4-man pass rush, but the O-line can hold all day long and get maybe one penalty. Just needed to vent, this lockout crap year after years is ! Not sure what game you watched but the refs did fine, had no effect on the game. Only questionable call the entire game was a borderlne hold against Cruz, and a game doesn't go by with the regular officials that there isn't AT LEAST one questionable call just as bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
section122 Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 I thought more about this topic last night... It's awfully easy to sit on your couch and have the mistakes of the referees pointed out to you by an announcer. You get the benefit of multiple replays in slow motion and then declare that they are incompetent. Have any of you that are bashing the refs ever actually tried to ref a game? It is an extremely difficult task that involves split second decision making with extremely large and fast moving parts. Sitting on your couch and having replay after replay of course magnifies flaws but in real time it usually isn't so heinous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloFan68 Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 I agree that the refs didn't do a good job on the first regular season game. They missed some PI & obvious holding calls - HOWEVER I don't feel that they did any worse than any of the regular refs. Some of the reffing during the Presason games was really bad - especially the lack of interference & PI calls on our opponents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Mike Pereira, former NFL director of officials said of the Giants-Cowboys game, "One game doesn't make a week, but it was definitely a good start." This guy's allegiance is clearly with the locked-out refs but even he conceded the replacements did well. And Pereira would know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Goodell Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 The replacement officials lived up to the high standards of the NFL, just as we expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 I agree that the refs didn't do a good job on the first regular season game. They missed some PI & obvious holding calls - HOWEVER I don't feel that they did any worse than any of the regular refs. Some of the reffing during the Presason games was really bad - especially the lack of interference & PI calls on our opponents If you go outside the missed calls against the bills that upset you, I believe calls we're actually generally more frequent around the league Mike Pereira, former NFL director of officials said of the Giants-Cowboys game, "One game doesn't make a week, but it was definitely a good start." This guy's allegiance is clearly with the locked-out refs but even he conceded the replacements did well. And Pereira would know. He's been beyond critical. This is a MAJOR statement about the first game being high quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Refs fine today in two games I'm watching. Striking refs may want to stfu and get back to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 I thought the no TD on I believe it was Holmes was one hell of an amazing call. I mean that second foot came down like maybe mill-seconds later. That was one of the closest calls I've ever seen that the ref's were totally correct on. The easy call would be to rule it a TD and was so close not sure it would have been over ruled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 (edited) Refs fine today in two games I'm watching. Striking refs may want to stfu and get back to work. Yup; they've been pretty spot on during the Bills' debacle. Certainly as good as the regulars. Edited September 9, 2012 by KD in CT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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