Please NFL, hire professional officials (1 Viewer)

[mjcouvi]

By the end of the game the incident at the end of the 1st half was well established as yet another ref blunder.

The refs DID NOT even know the rules. The 10 second runoff should have been imposed at the time that coincided with the end of Michael Thomas going down, NOT with the time that was on the clock when the officials decided to stop the clock.

The Saints should have had at least 31 seconds at the end of the 1st half when they had 16 seconds instead and, as Brees said in his post-game press conference, the time they were owed would have been enough time for them to gain more yardage to have a much better field goal opportunity. From a supposedly professional league, the NFL's officiating operation is very unprofessional.

An official blunder robbed the Saints yet again. Thankfully the Saints overcame it this time. Hopefully this OFFICIAL madness ends.

 

[nolaswede]

Yeah was really confused. It always looks bad when the players have to explain the rules to the ref.

 

[saintlyn8]

We have made an error on what happened there, here let us penalize you yet again for our idiocy - the nfl officiating crews are an embarrassment.

 

[Madmarsha]

I'm happy we won but this CAN'T look good for the NFL when it's a rules thing, not a judgment thing. And that the guys on the field who are TASKED with knowing and implementing those rules completely whiff -- let alone that it was THE SAINTS AGAIN -- they can't just shrug their shoulders again and say, Oh, well.

 

[dapperdan]

It’s rigged. The WWE has more credibility

 

[Kyle brister]

The sad part was they looked at the play for five minutes. You would think they would have seen the time on the play clock when he went down on one of the replays.

 

[Alaina]

With refs like this, it's no wonder that the so called best ref in the league last year was the same one that made possibly the biggest blunder in league history.

 

[Alaina]

The sad part was they looked at the play for five minutes. You would think they would have seen the time on the play clock when he went down on one of the replays.

Even worse, he specifically cited the game clock was at 26 seconds instead of at 43. This league is turning into a joke.

 

[Kyle brister]

We gotta look at it this way. it let Will get his practice in for the really BIG kick. Notice how Drew got the ball to Ginn on the right hash mark that time.

 

[26ISTHEMAN]

I'm happy we won but this CAN'T look good for the NFL when it's a rules thing, not a judgment thing. And that the guys on the field who are TASKED with knowing and implementing those rules completely whiff -- let alone that it was THE SAINTS AGAIN -- they can't just shrug their shoulders again and say, Oh, well.

Oh yes they can, and they will!

 

[Kyle brister]

Even worse, he specifically cited the game clock was at 26 seconds instead of at 43. This league is turning into a joke.

And that's because they didn't take into account the whole play that took place & got us the first down anyway while the clock ran & then a 10 second run off to boot. That was miserable. But I forgive the goobers. Thank you Lord for helping our boys overcome the powers that be that seek to destroy our dreams.

 

[Kyle brister]

I'm happy we won but this CAN'T look good for the NFL when it's a rules thing, not a judgment thing. And that the guys on the field who are TASKED with knowing and implementing those rules completely whiff -- let alone that it was THE SAINTS AGAIN -- they can't just shrug their shoulders again and say, Oh, well.

I would say it looked like a Roger Goodell clowny faced tee shirt.

 

[Winter]

I'm happy we won but this CAN'T look good for the NFL when it's a rules thing, not a judgment thing. And that the guys on the field who are TASKED with knowing and implementing those rules completely whiff -- let alone that it was THE SAINTS AGAIN -- they can't just shrug their shoulders again and say, Oh, well.

Bet you they will

 

[rememberTHEsaints]

Completely unforgivable that in 2019, with 100 hd cameras, and dozens of officials watching all over the country, with headsets and ear pieces, they couldnt fix this complete blunder. There is simply no excuse.

 

[mjcouvi]

It’s rigged. The WWE has more credibility

It's not even rigging, it's just ignorance. The refs just didn't know the right rules. Crazy.