Bill Vinovich

SweetT said
It was the most blatant PI in the history of the NFL. Regardless of what YOU say or THINK cannot justify that screw job. TLL went into a helicopter spin. Save the “officials were trying to stay out of it” madness. Sure, refs tend to call playoff games a bit looser than the regular season, but that call NEEDS and SHOULD be called 100% of the time regardless of what game it is. You say it’s nothing, I say screw job. Officials can sway or influence outcomes. That is 100% fact. It happens in all sports. That Hockey official just last year was caught saying how he was calling against a certain team, while on a hot mic😆.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sp...hot-mic-makeup-call/zicliicfz25k173ndmtxowl28
NSWF in that link. He instantly went for a screw job in the beginning portion of the match to set the tone. Now, tell me that the NFL officials are squeaky clean? Are they more righteous than Hockey refs? And don’t even get me started on NBA refs.

Bill wasn't saying it shouldn't have been called. If you read closely you will see he says it was a foul. Is there bad officials and maybe some get paid to blow calls. I'm sure there is. What he was saying is playoff games in the NFL aren't officiated the way regular season games are. But like he said that shouldve been called.
But if people are going to point fingers at officials, point them at the right person. That call is not and will never be the head referees call. Period. End of story. Won't happen. So blame the 2 guys that didn't call it. Fine. But it wasn't Vinovichs fault. He may have missed the hit on Drew. That is his call. But put the blame where it goes.
And again, playoff games are called different. They just are.
1 more thing. We shouldn't have blown a big lead in that game to put ourselves in that position also.