Peace Frog Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 I know it was in a different game but one of the biggest blown calls was not ejecting Christian Kirksey after his forearm to the head of Jake Locker after his TD in the Cleveland/Tenn game. Disgusting.
Rob's House Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 (edited) Officiating is what it is. If our team could play disciplined football, we wouldn't need to blame officials. Not sure if you watched the game, but the fact that the Bills won doesn't mean the officiating wasn't absolute ****. Two calls today could have cost the Bills the game. And I'm not talking about bang bang plays that create understandable mistakes. That bogus holding call on Gilmore was inexcusable. It was effectively a turnover 5 minutes before half time. It could have led to a Det score and it gave us a rushed possession at the end of the half which may have actually cost us points. If we give the refs a pass because ? why should the league care? Edited October 6, 2014 by Rob's House
RyanC883 Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 I give Marrone credit for ripping the crew after the Sammy play. This crew should be working a pee wee league. How can you justify picking up the flag. Could have called holding, PI or illegal contact. that had to be the worst call I saw in a long time. Marrone needed to rip into them. Up to that point, I believe there were 1 or 0 penalties on Det, and 7 on Buffalo. Not a single holding call on their OL, and their backs were blatently committing PI all over. After that, it got more even. I know it was in a different game but one of the biggest blown calls was not ejecting Christian Kirksey after his forearm to the head of Jake Locker after his TD in the Cleveland/Tenn game. Disgusting. or the refs missing the elbowing of Orton by the Det lineman well after the play. At that point I believe the count was 5 Bills penalties and none on Det. Even the announcers were like wtf, same with the no call on Sammy.
Buffaloed in Pa Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 It was bad.Real bad. Five out of five here ,agreed it was almost fixed. It changed after our H.C. tore into them.
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 I just re-watched part of the game and saw another bad "no call"/pick up of a flag. Critical 3rd and 2 for the bills at the lions 10-yd line, down 14-3 in the 3rd qtr. Fred runs up the middle and is stopped short of the 1st down. Flag is thrown and appears to be on fairley for defensive holding ( he grabbed Richardson by the head and pulled him). Orton signals it's on the lions. Refs confer and pick up the flag, with the explanation, "all contact on the play was legal." Bills kick FG. That could have been the defining moment in the game.
CardinalScotts Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 (edited) one terrible officiated game, - as Ronde Barber not a Bills guy on here said on the Gilmore defensive holding - "I sure don't see it" ....the holding against Sammy "I'm sorry but that's pass interference plain and simple" Hogan "Illegal block ABOVE the waist" what might that be running into the kicker for detroit was roughing the kicker the Ebron gotta go to the replay to over turn it - pretty obvious especially for the referee in the back of the endzone 66 Waddell hands to the face damn near every snap Dan Carpenter tells official someone is shining a laser in my eyes and is told "no he's not" missed several spotting of the football as mentioned above....just a bs effort. overcame it all for the WIN I know it was in a different game but one of the biggest blown calls was not ejecting Christian Kirksey after his forearm to the head of Jake Locker after his TD in the Cleveland/Tenn game. Disgusting. cleveland is dirty, so is detroit Edited October 6, 2014 by CardinalScotts
DirtDart Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 Not sure if you watched the game, but the fact that the Bills won doesn't mean the officiating wasn't absolute ****. Two calls today could have cost the Bills the game. And I'm not talking about bang bang plays that create understandable mistakes. That bogus holding call on Gilmore was inexcusable. It was effectively a turnover 5 minutes before half time. It could have led to a Det score and it gave us a rushed possession at the end of the half which may have actually cost us points. If we give the refs a pass because ? why should the league care? I watched it, and I agree some bad calls were made. However, we have almost as many yards in penalties, as we do Offense. That is an issue.
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 2 series in a row SW got mugged and no flag(s) were thrown. nuff said . Bring back the scabs!!! +1
Big Turk Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 2nd inexplicable pickup of a flag against an opponent...first Kyle Williams being held against the Bears and now Watkins being mugged against Detroit...maybe its only when we play NFC North teams?
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 Call and voice your displeasure over the disgusting officiating today. I hope I never see officiating that bad again. 1-212-450-2000 EDIT: here's the address 280 Park Avenue New York, NY 10017 EDIT: Here is Roger Goodell's email Roger.Goodell2@nfl.net You copied and pasted this from the Giants message board? http://boards.giants.com/showthread.php?4947-HERE-S-THE-PHONE-NUMBER-FOR-THE-NFL-LEAGUE-OFFICE-GOODELL-S-EMAIL-AND-THE-ADDRESS-OF-THE-NFL CBF
26CornerBlitz Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 Yesterday's officiating crew deserves a downgrade for the way they called the game.
nucci Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 I just re-watched part of the game and saw another bad "no call"/pick up of a flag. Critical 3rd and 2 for the bills at the lions 10-yd line, down 14-3 in the 3rd qtr. Fred runs up the middle and is stopped short of the 1st down. Flag is thrown and appears to be on fairley for defensive holding ( he grabbed Richardson by the head and pulled him). Orton signals it's on the lions. Refs confer and pick up the flag, with the explanation, "all contact on the play was legal." Bills kick FG. That could have been the defining moment in the game. I remember that. What a terrible explanation.
26CornerBlitz Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 Call and voice your displeasure over the disgusting officiating today. I hope I never see officiating that bad again. 1-212-450-2000 EDIT: here's the address 280 Park Avenue New York, NY 10017 EDIT: Here is Roger Goodell's email Roger.Goodell2@nfl.net Dean Blandino is the NFL VP of Officiating. He's the guy that we need an email for.
Kirby Jackson Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 The officiating was somewhere between bad and cheating. I'm glad that it didn't matter in the end but if the Bills would have lost there were a handful of calls that would have played a huge role.
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 does anyone have a link to the watkins PI, which was picked up?
peterpan Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 My biggest complaint, which includes the no call on watkins, is how many flags they picked up. That kind of confirms they didn't know what they were doing. One ref throws a flag and another says no it wasn't. They were contradicting themselves which proves incompetence. To my recollection all of the picked up flags benefited the lions. O and what was with the mystery penalty which they didn't show on TV?? That gave the lions a first down after the bills forced a punt and was never explained on air
KOKBILLS Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 This game was so poorly called it ranks right up there with some of worst I can recall...And I've watched every Bills games since I can remember watching football...And unfortunately for me I've lived almost a half a century now...So that's a lot of football... It was not just one or two calls that we did not get, it was how tight they were calling stuff vs the Bills while allowing the Lions to get away with just about everything...It was a complete joke... When you piggy-back this game on top of the ridiculous no-call at the end of the Texans game my only question to the NFL would be...What exactly do you expect Bills fans to think? I mean...I'm about as far from a conspiracy theorist as anyone can be...But this is just seemingly blatant...The inconsistencies are obvious...Maybe by the end of the year this will all even out...But goodness it's terrible to watch... Just awful...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 Pats bengals was pretty bad as well. Starting to think they need to start using more tech and remote stuff to get this right. The stuff they are calling is ticky tack. Some of the missed stuff defies logic. They better fix it as yellow flags kill the sport.
Geo in Pa Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 Officiating is what it is. If our team could play disciplined football, we wouldn't need to blame officials. Your reply makes no sense, no team plays disciplined on every play. The league has big problem concerning the refs and when it's ignored , as you are doing, nothing will be done. The Goodwin spot was a perfect example, he stepped out inside the 1, but the ref who was staring right at his feet not 2 feet away, blew the call. I guess Goodwin wasn't disciplined enough, huh. Good thing that didn't come back to bite them.
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