So about the refs tonight UPDATE: Non-review of Chiefs catch on page 11

[pi2000]

About the Rodgers fumble that was called incomplete....  if it was a pass, it was a backward pass... which is a live ball.    If it wasn't a pass, it was a fumble.... what am I missing here?

[Simon]

5 minutes ago, gobills404 said:

And that doesn’t even account for all the declined/offsetting penalties I lost track of. 

 

No doubt.

Those asshats might have thrown close to 30 flags in a 60 minute game.

[ghostwriter]

30 minutes ago, Albany,n.y. said:

Watching the game, I started thinking that the refs were more interested in being on TV in primetime than doing their jobs. 

More like they all put down $100K down on bets and were trying to ca$h in on it.

[Dr.Mantis_Toboggan]

Zebras made the game just about unwatchable. If I wasn’t a Bills fan, I would’ve turned off any other game that featured 200 yards of penalty yardage… I refuse to believe any two professional teams are that undisciplined. Networks need to pressure the league to just let players play, bc it makes for awful television.

[mikemac2001]

3 minutes ago, ExWNYer said:

 

FWIW, he also said the roughing call on Josh was not right either. He doubled down on his criticism of the refs.

Exactly why shouldn’t he after that bs call

on Rodger’s the game was a joke don’t put these out there for any other games 

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

1 hour ago, Einstein said:

was it just me or was the incompetence of the referees at an all-time level tonight? 

 

- Spencer Brown called for finishing a block. Something you are taught to do since Pee-wee football. 

 

- Jets may or may not have made their first extra point.

 

- Taron flagged for being smaller than the offensive lineman and falling under him

 

- Both teams flagged for tackling the QB (I guess Epenesa should know better than to try and strip the ball?)

 

- Dawkins flagged for… something? I’m actually not even sure what it was because it happened between the periods and the announcers didn’t seem to know what he did wrong… So maybe it was deserved? or maybe it was completely baloney?

 

- Jets PI when the ball was thrown several yards out of bounds

The only positive I can find from this is that at least it was equally bad officiating for both teams so it evens out in its own sick way

[jlgarsh]

1 hour ago, DabillsDaBillsDaBills said:

 

There was even a hail mary that one ref ruled incomplete and the other called a TD! Instantly reminded of the fail mary

The replacement refs were bad, but at least they were trying and were calling games evenly.

[Freddie's Dead]

1 hour ago, 0017 said:

Don’t forget the Kinlaw was flagged for saying something “inappropriate” to the refs 😂

 

He used a certain word that's a no-no with referees....

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

Roughing the passer calls should be automatic booth reviews. They are just too big of a game changing call. From a 7-10 yard loss on a sack and loss of down to a 15 yard penalty in the other direction and automatic first down. They have the same impact of a turnover. 

 

Had the booth automatically reviewed the roughing call, I am sure it would have been overturned. 

[Dr.Sack]

I heard these guys were last minute replacements found at a local Jersey bingo hall after the bus carrying the real refs went missing.

[Búfalo Blanco]

The NFL suits had a lot of money on the game tonight. They had to make sure it was “under control”. 

[Alphadawg7]

One of the worst games I can recall seeing by a group of refs.  

[ExiledInIllinois]

48 minutes ago, ExWNYer said:

 

FWIW, he also said the roughing call on Josh was not right either. He doubled down on his criticism of the refs.

That was an obvious attempt by Refs to give Bills a make up call. Bills penalty led to a TD drive... It gassed the D. Demoralized them.

[ExiledInIllinois]

43 minutes ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

The only positive I can find from this is that at least it was equally bad officiating for both teams so it evens out in its own sick way

Yeah... After AJE call... They knew they effed up! Then it escalated because when a ref makes a game changing call on an inherently clean football play... They lose the player's discipline.  That's why it escalated! Then refs in their infinitesimal wisdom turned it on the Jets... It got ugly with the players thinking: "WTF! I might as well just do what I want because I am NOT sure how they want me to play!"

[US Egg]

One of the refs was spotted after the game…..

 

[CoudyBills]

6 hours ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

This crew made a mockery of the NFL tonight

 

complete clown show!!! 

The NFL is pretty good at doing that themselves.

[Real McClappy]

22 penalties for 200+yds combined.  I lost all interest somewhere in the mid 3rd quarter of the game.

 

Unwatchable product overall.

[Pete]

6 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I know they never call PI on Hail Mary. But Lazard just shoved Taron in the back to the ground on the Hail Mary. It actually helped Lazard get more height on the catch. 

Ask Henry Jones about that 

[Pete]

6 hours ago, MPT said:

 

I hope you're being sarcastic. A penalty that doesn't help the Bills' kickoff at all is not the same as one that gives the Jets 15 yards instead of having to punt. 

A personal foul penalty during point after- I believe the 15 yard penalty should be from the line of scrimmage on first down, not added to the kickoff.  That’s pointless and promotes personal fouls 

[skibum]

And it wasn't just the penalties. How about the ref staring point blank at Garrett Wilson's toe-tap touchdown, calling it OB when he had both feet dragging for like a whole yard.