There needs to be a thread of the officiating today

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

The Bills were completely out of their element today and their whole entire roster was decimated w/ injuries including their top 3 CBs on several series. Josh played like crap, but had zero run game to help him out. McD was completely outclassed by a SB winning coach. With that being said…

 

What the hell was that? Bills had 11 flags for 109 yards (Jags 8/56) thrown and seemingly every single time the offense began clicking. Just one after the other like clockwork. I know it’s low hanging fruit to pick on the refs, but today was as bad of an officiated game as I’ve ever seen. 

[MPT]

Those 3 BS personal fouls in a row were insane. Really lets one team know they are not going to get a fair shake all day.

[LabattBlue]

Yawn.   Bills lose = whining about the officials. 

[Yobogoya!]

Pretty sure the flags stopped completely once the Bills could no longer mathematically beat the spread.

 

Just sayin… 

[BBFL]

Wasn’t the best that’s for sure but there was a substantial amount of times we could have taken the game from the Jags and pulled out a W. 
 

Lackluster for the whole first half from the Offense. Seemed like it kinda switched a little as the game wore on… O finally made an appearance when the D had finally reached its breaking point. Schedule/travel played its part but again, there was ample opportunity to leave there victorious. 

[Dr.Sack]

Remember with every drive extending flag it allowed more of our defensive players to be injured. That guy was doing his job. Goodell makes $60m a year and seemed to be enjoying from his luxury box. 

[RichRiderBills]

Here was my summary from 2nd half thread...thought I'd post here:

 

A few calls I'll note: 

 

- 1st TD was no good. Zay's real time TD seemed to show significant bobble and jostle out of bounds that was cut off in all replays. Play did not seem to be reviewed. 

 

- Want to add the hands to the face on the Bills that extended that early drive was also ticky tack. 

 

- The jags 3rd down completion that was clearly an incompletion. No football move was completed, yet the terrible call was reviewed and mind numbingly upheld. A back breaker. 

 

-Kincaid 3rd down catch (2nd or 3rd drive) that was clearly a conversion, but called short. Mind you stunningly not challenged by McD. 

 

- A half a dozen holds on the Bills that were ticky tack. I thought most those Torrence holds late were bogus. Most of these had no replays , and if they did nothing stood out. 

 

-Several PIs that were ticky tack. 

 

- No call on the clear bat out of bounds on the Bills onside kick. It was obvious. It is a rule. 

 

- Just want to say that I think Hyde's defenseless hit PF "could" have been called. But again, a ticky tack call in a crucial down, given the movement on the ball. 

 

Just don't recall a game with such poor officiating. It was too much yellow, and 75% of them did not need to be called. 

 

Edited October 8, 2023 by RichRiderBills

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

29 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

Yawn.   Bills lose = whining about the officials. 

Officiating def plays a part especially in a close game like that. Jags had 2 turnovers also and Lawrence was sacked 5 times so I don’t want to hear how the bills “deserved” to lose. Both teams had their fair amount of blunders. 

[stevestojan]

If there was an “NFL Script” there is truly no better story the league could sell than the Bills finally winning a SB. 

 

If the script included the Jaguars doing anything, they must have been scab writers that crossed the picket line. 
 

Curious which specific penalties you all think were called incorrectly. 

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

28 minutes ago, RichRiderBills said:

Here was my summary from 2nd half thread...thought I'd post here:

 

A few calls I'll note: 

 

- 1st TD was no good. Zay's real time TD seemed to show significant bobble and jostle out of bounds that was cut off in all replays. Play did not seem to be reviewed. 

 

- Want to add the hands to the face on the Bills that extended that early drive was also ticky tack. 

 

- The jags 3rd down completion that was clearly an incompletion. No football move was completed, yet the terrible call was reviewed and mind numbingly upheld. A back breaker. 

 

-Kincaid 3rd down catch (2nd or 3rd drive) that was clearly a conversion, but called short. Mind you stunningly not challenged by McD. 

 

- A half a dozen holds on the Bills that were ticky tack. I thought most those Torrence holds late were bogus. Most of these had no replays , and if they did nothing stood out. 

 

-Several PIs that were ticky tack. 

 

- No call on the clear bat out of bounds on the Bills onside kick. It was obvious. It is a rule. 

 

- Just want to say that I think Hyde's defenseless hit PF "could" have been called. But again, a ticky tack call in a crucial down, given the movement on the ball. 

 

Just don't recall a game with such poor officiating. It was too much yellow, and 75% of them did not need to be called. 

 

I forgot about that 3rd down “completion.” That’s a play I’ve seen all the time and it’s always called the same way as an incomplete pass. Now they wanna rule it a catch? What a joke. 

1 minute ago, stevestojan said:

If there was an “NFL Script” there is truly no better story the league could sell than the Bills finally winning a SB. 

 

If the script included the Jaguars doing anything, they must have been scab writers that crossed the picket line. 
 

Curious which specific penalties you all think were called incorrectly. 

I never said it was a script. It was horrible officiating the same way a player has a bad game. 

[purple haze]

The officials were way too involved in the game.  If the Bills weren't the team playing I would have turned to a different

game because the constant flags are unwatchable.  There were a lot of tacky-tack calls against both teams.  It's a

football game.  People will get touched.

 

That said, the Bills let an easily winnable game slip through their fingers because of a lame offensive output.  They

lacked energy and execution.  That's not on Dorsey.  That's on players on the field.

[buffalo2218]

On Lawrence's second fumble, Zay Jones swatted the ball out of bounds. Isn't that a form of illegal touching?

[Saxum]

Jaguars were constantly hitting in head and post whistile.

[Solomon Grundy]

1 minute ago, purple haze said:

The officials were way too involved in the game.  If the Bills weren't the team playing I would have turned to a different

game because the constant flags are unwatchable.  There were a lot of tacky-tack calls against both teams.  It's a

football game.  People will get touched.

 

That said, the Bills let an easily winnable game slip through their fingers because of a lame offensive output.  They

lacked energy and execution.  That's not on Dorsey.  That's on players on the field.

Rich Eisen commented on how the ref was being seen too much

[Saxum]

1 minute ago, buffalo2218 said:

On Lawrence's second fumble, Zay Jones swatted the ball out of bounds. Isn't that a form of illegal touching?

 

Illegal touching is when you go out of bounds and are first player from your team to touch.

[buffalo2218]

Just now, Limeaid said:

 

Illegal touching is when you go out of bounds and are first player from your team to touch.

I thought that pertained to swatting the ball as well, I know it's not legal, just thought it fell under that call

[sdevo]

Would have like to see a replay of the Oliver call hands to the face on jags first TD drive that extended the drive not sure if it was third down but it’s the third down calls that are just killer I thought the replays in key plays were lacking on the coverage of the game.

Edited October 8, 2023 by sdevo

[Saxum]

I wonder if Bills will get an apology letter or their will be an experiment in not sending them any more.

[Yobogoya!]

1 minute ago, buffalo2218 said:

I thought that pertained to swatting the ball as well, I know it's not legal, just thought it fell under that call

It is illegal to swat the ball, but that play in real time it’s hard to say he wasn’t just reaching for the ball to grab it and momentum takes it out of bounds when he misses. 
 

Plenty of far more egregious calls to be mad at this game imo. 

[LABILLBACKER]

It felt like 30 flags came out today.  Did these clowns get a commission per flag.  The outcome of today's game was decided by Goodell's little failed experiment. And it cost us dearly losing key players. Losing Milano is devastating.