Game Ball: Shawn Hochuli

[ExiledInIllinois]

27 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:

The part I bolded, why say dumb stuff like that? It makes people complaining about the refs sound nuts.

 

The rest of your post is spot on. I'm glad Romo and Nantz commented about how terrible that call was. The terrible part about it is that the NFL has a system in place with the headquarters in NY to easily overturn that call to the right one. They simply refuse to use it. The new football leagues, USFL/XFL, do refereeing correctly and it's making the NFL look even more like a clown show than it already is. 

 

Fans need to support those smaller leagues or the NFL/Vegas is just going to continue manipulating these games.

Bills lost the game... Literally lost the game straight up because nobody knows what a catch is.

 

That ain't on the Bills.

[peterpan]

I honestly think it could have been 30-0 at half with a fairly officiated game.  Even on their 3 and out drives there were obnoxious holding calls all over the field being ignored 

[BuffaloBillsGospel2014]

11 minutes ago, QLBillsFan said:

You’re going to reference the 50/50 call on Josh.. on 41 who should have already had 2 personal fouls??? This game is certainly on McDermy but the refs were absolutely bad and 90% were egregiously called on the Bills. 

 

Yes I'm going to reference it, since it was a terrible call that shouldn't have been a penalty. There was plenty of non calls for the Bills that should have been penalties also, I wasn't debating that but if Tyler bass doesn't miss the 2 FG and we don't get 2 bone headed penalties on the drive for the firts FG then we're up by9 points and it's amoot point or the Gabe Davis miscue, that's 16 points off the board. Shouldn't have even came to that imo.

[Zag20]

8 minutes ago, peterpan said:

I honestly think it could have been 30-0 at half with a fairly officiated game.  Even on their 3 and out drives there were obnoxious holding calls all over the field being ignored 

There was one of those blocking toward your own end zone calls on a Philly screen pass that was extremely blatant that was missed 

[Iiiiiiiiive Got a Feeeelin]

1 hour ago, Virgil said:

Eagles are 4-0 with that crew with disproportionate penalties in their favor.  

5-0

 

[Mike in Horseheads]

1 hour ago, BringBackFergy said:

I’m not even being a homer. There have been games where calls are bad and may have changed a game here or there. The first half was so blatantly bad I had to say something. The refs controlled the game (in Philly’s favor). There were at least 3-10 pts left on the field at the end of regulation. Intentional grounding was just salt in the wound. 

Romo was openly calling the refs out, NFL won't be happy with him.

[Iiiiiiiiive Got a Feeeelin]

1 minute ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Romo was openly calling the refs out, NFL won't be happy with him.

And boy i feel sorry about whats gonna happen to those refs!! oh wait...

[John from Riverside]

1 hour ago, Mynamemike said:

Yea the refs are terrible but that doesn’t negate the fact that once again this team folded when the game was on the line like they have countless times before.  
 

I’ve been on the keep McDermott wagon for a while but I’ve never seen a team blow late leads so consistently.  
 

They’re a few defensive minded teams with mediocre quarterbacks that’ll be in the playoffs this year.  Our defensive guru with a generational talent at qb will be watching from home because his defense blows games late on the regular.  If we aren’t winning by twenty plus this team will find a way to lose.  

You cannot discounnt officiating whenever it directly to lots of points, and four points for the other team

[Iiiiiiiiive Got a Feeeelin]

1 minute ago, John from Riverside said:

You cannot discounnt officiating whenever it directly to lots of points, and four points for the other team

id say like 14 potentially. 

wait just reread i meant refs effed us out of 14 points i think

Edited November 27, 2023 by Iiiiiiiiive Got a Feeeelin

[Mike in Horseheads]

20 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Bills lost the game... Literally lost the game straight up because nobody knows what a catch is.

 

That ain't on the Bills.

There wasn't three steps with possession, that was the correct call

[QLBillsFan]

11 minutes ago, BuffaloBillsGospel2014 said:

 

Yes I'm going to reference it, since it was a terrible call that shouldn't have been a penalty. There was plenty of non calls for the Bills that should have been penalties also, I wasn't debating that but if Tyler bass doesn't miss the 2 FG and we don't get 2 bone headed penalties on the drive for the firts FG then we're up by9 points and it's amoot point or the Gabe Davis miscue, that's 16 points off the board. Shouldn't have even came to that imo.

I’m certainly not arguing the Bills had every opportunity to win in spite of the refs. Bass, D, you name it.
But you’re bringing up a ref call that is called consistently on hitting QB’s. And, you’re comparing with multiple really bad calls that were flagged either on the Bills or not on the Eagles. I can think of 6 just off the top of my head. It was 10-1 at half including perhaps the single worst call of the season on the HC/Grounding .. so it clearly impacted the game.

The Bills own the loss, but the NFL owes all fans a better product. And the discrepancy in this game hurt the Bills. 

[Iiiiiiiiive Got a Feeeelin]

1 minute ago, QLBillsFan said:

worst call of the season on the HC/Grounding

this borderline needs its own topic.  how the?  what the?  are you f-n serious? then grounding on top of it all

[Coach Tuesday]

I am never a blame the refs guy but today was a Whole Nuther Level as they say.  And I’m convinced NY called them at halftime and told them to get it together before the FBI opens a file.

[Just Jack]

23 minutes ago, Iiiiiiiiive Got a Feeeelin said:

And boy i feel sorry about whats gonna happen to those refs!! oh wait...

 

"Introducing, your Super Bowl referee crew..." 

[Freddie's Dead]

Remember a week or two ago when the Bills punched the ball out with the receiver on the ground, but he was "down by contact"?  WHY THE ***** WASN'T DIGGS DOWN BY CONTACT AFTER GIVNG HIMSELF UP?????  YOU CAN'T PUNCH THE BALL OUT WHEN THE RECEIVER IS DOWN!!!!

[Johnnieo64]

Worst officiated game that I have ever watched. I am broken-hearted right now. ☹️ Yes. The bills made mistakes (cook dropped TD pass, two missed fgs and multiple stupid penalties), but 11-1 on penalties at one point!!!! Are you fu$&@!g me!!!!!!😡 and don’t even start about the nonsense at the eagles 3 yard line with josh Allen horse collar/intentional grounding. The bills should have won by 2 tds. The fix was totally in and the refs should be investigated and fired, as well as an investigation into their bank accounts. Eagles -3. Final score 36-33. Total BS😡😡😡Still love the bills and Josh Allen. He was incredible tonight. Bills D in OT. Another story. Why are we playing off receivers on third and 6. Pathetic!!!!

[The Red King]

1 hour ago, Mynamemike said:

Sure is and I agree they were bad but they ain’t the reason we lost.  McDermott shouldn’t be given a pass for it.  He shoulda been tearing into the refs on multiple calls, but just like his defense he has not balls and took it on the chin.  His qb gets ragdolled on a horse collar and he just stands there with his thumb up his ass. 

 

Who's giving McD a pass?  McD blew it.  Refs were blatently one-sided and terrible.  These are not mutually exclusive things.  We're only allowed to complain about one or the other?

[thunderingsquid]

2 hours ago, Murdox said:

They missed several blatant PI penalties on Slay.  Guess Slay is privileged and they won't call him for fouls.

Except when they play KC

[Drew21PA]

The calls were so bad

[NoSaint]

2 hours ago, BringBackFergy said:

Prediction: Hassan Reddick will be fined $7,625 for a horse collar tackle on Josh…but hey….they won. Who cares?  This game should have never come down to OT. Thanks Shawn. 

it was legitimately one of the worst officiated games I’ve seen. Not just a bad call or two but systematically awful the whole way.

57 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Romo was openly calling the refs out, NFL won't be happy with him.

he was trying hard to smooth it out without looking dumb himself but there were just so many blatant bad calls that it was a struggle