GDT: Browns @ Packers, Christmas Day, 4:30 PM Eastern

[Hapless Bills Fan]

Just now, machine gun kelly said:

This was such a job on Cleveland.  That was crap.  The NFL should be embarrassed and I’m not one to call bad officiating.  Terrible.

 

Yeah, I was thinking Browns bulletin boards be lit up like ours was on that No Call

[GETTOTHE50]

That was clearly a hold. Lol he pulled the receiver away from the ball so he had access to it 😆

[djp14150]

7 minutes ago, RJ (not THAT RJ) said:

Packers are the weakest looking 11-3 team I've seen in a while. 

 

thus make 5 close Ws for GB.  They could easily have 6-7 loses.  Still in lead of their division.

[Success]

We lost to the Bucs on a bad no call.

 

At least our season didn't end on a bad no call.

 

I really feel for Cleveland & the fans there. That's brutal.

 

[nedboy7]

Is it  getting worse?  These weird crucial calls?  I don't recall so many of these prior seasons. 

[oldmanfan]

Helps us, but the Browns got hosed on that non-call.

[Billznut]

1 minute ago, machine gun kelly said:

This was such a job on Cleveland.  That was crap.  The NFL should be embarrassed and I’m not one to call bad officiating.  Terrible.

Officiating is ALWAYS terrible. It’s ok to admit they are horrible constantly. 

[UKBillFan]

From our point of view in the Play Off race, we were shafted in Tampa and the Browns were shafted tonight, so it evens things up when it comes to us as a pair. But it's not right or fair at all on either team.

[Hapless Bills Fan]

1 minute ago, Bubba Gump said:

 

Or the officials in Green Bay's pocket. 

 

Funny how this works in the favor of an iconic QB setting a record that day

[stevestojan]

Should someone copy the last few dozen pages of the Tampa Bay game-day thread and paste them over to the Browns message board to save those folks some time? 

[Dopey]

1 minute ago, UKBillFan said:

To be fair to Mayfield at least two of his INT's were PI's. This has a bit of a Bills@Bucs vibe about it.

I thought his 3rd interception was on the wr. He raised his hand like he was open, then seemed to give up on the play before slipping and falling down.

[Nitro]

4 minutes ago, JaCrispy said:

Should have been pass interference

Defensive holding at the very least.

[Herc11]

What I don't understand, is NFL HQ in New York likes to chime in and change penalties that are called.

 

 

Why don't they chime in on obvious non-calls as well??

[Buffalo03]

The refs are clearly changing the outcome of games. All those brain dead people that constantly always say "well, they shouldn't have been in that position in the first place. They had many other opportunities". That's not the point.  In the most critical time of the game, on a very blatant bad call by the refs, this changed the outcome of the game. Period. They were down by 2 points on the final drive of the game. If that call is made, they are in field goal range. Everything that happens prior is irrelevant. The opportunity at that moment was taken away by the officials. Would the Browns have scored? We don't know. But THAT CALL was the number one reason why it was lost

Edited December 26, 2021 by Buffalo03

[Turbo44]

Just now, Billznut said:

Officiating is ALWAYS terrible. It’s ok to admit they are horrible constantly. 

Bad non call but that hold was way less obvious than Diggs getting dragged down by his collar late in the 4th or having his jersey grabbed earlier vs TB. Still refereeing is borderline pathetic. 

[Bferra13]

2 minutes ago, GETTOTHE50 said:

That was clearly a hold. Lol he pulled the receiver away from the ball so he had access to it 😆

There's definitely preferential treatment given to these high profile teams. Lowly Buffalo and Cleveland and other red headed stepchildren are called a different game. Pretty sickening stuff.

[RobbRiddick]

Browns fans have had enough of Baker. From their forum:

 

"Biggest choker in the league. Front Office has seen enough from this midget. Time to move on. What a f#ckin loser."

 

And a partridge in a pear tree

[Malazan]

Browns were moving the ball by feeding Chubb.. then decided to let Faker throw it for some reason. Stupid. 

[Success]

Just now, Herc11 said:

What I don't understand, is NFL HQ in New York likes to chime in and change penalties that are called.

 

 

Why don't they chime in on obvious non-calls as well??

 

I get why they stay away from PI and defensive holding. It's very subjective.

 

But they could have one metric - if a defender has the jersey, that's not subjective. That's something they could review & call correctly every time.

 

[balln]

4 minutes ago, nedboy7 said:

Is it  getting worse?  These weird crucial calls?  I don't recall so many of these prior seasons. 

yea i noticed. refs REALLLLLLY swallowing whistle in 4th Q/OT big time plays. like guys throw the flag if its obvious