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Originally Posted by atolunch

It is pretty odd that now that the NFL is all in on gambling and every other commercial you see is for betting on the NFL, the officiating has subsequently become exponentially worse!

Sure seems that way but than I ask myself are we just discussing it more now and seeing it on Social Media because more people have bets?


I'm really getting tired of the ref's letting the OT's get a step and a half jump on every snap and then randomly calling a phantom hold to negate a big play as they see fit.

Yeah I agree like a full step.

I'd be surprised if they keep the retired ref's as part of the broadcast next year and if they do, they're going to have to go through reprogramming to spew out that the call on the field was the right call. Seems like nearly every call they review, the booth and the retired refs review and come up with what the call will be and about 25% of the time the call agrees with them.

Hope this doesn't happen. I like the fact they agree with me when I think the call was horrible.


Still don't know who a good team is this year, anybody can win this tournament which is what the NFL is after I suppose.

Think AFC wide open. As many folks that are on Ravens bandwagon their offense is basically Lamar Jackson. Since I'm a Bills fan I am used to MAX PAIN ways of losing. As far as NFC Lions and 49er's both have lots of weapons on offense. Lions strong vs run great pass rush and well coached but secondary can be beat.

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