Piss poor officiating...again.

[SouperMeister]

Originally Posted by dblanch66

Santana clearly had his hand UNDER the ball...AND...on the 'Aints only TD drive, they clearly did not get the ball snapped before the play clock ran out but no call and they gained good yardage down to the 2 and scored in the next 2 plays. A loss would have compounded the frustration, but still very glaring no calls. Yeah... and last year, Plummer didn't fumble on the goal line and Allstot got in.

And don't forget about the sorry, no-account line judge who didn't have the balls to throw a flag when Brees threw an illegal pass AFTER scrambling past the line of scrimmage. When Gibbs threw the red challenge flag, here's how the official's huddle probably sounded:

Ref: So did the QB still have posession of the ball after crossing the line of scrimmage?

Line Judge: Duh, yeah, I think so.

Ref: So WTF didn't you throw your flag?

Line Judge: Duh, I was waiting for you to throw yours first.

Ref: That's your call as the Line Judge. Pull your head out of your ass and wake up!!!

At least the Ref did the right thing by giving back the Skins challenge and calling the penalty after the fact.

Baldinger the idiot totally missed commenting on what should have been the delay of game you mentioned. I believe that was on a key 3rd down play that set up the Saints only TD. I believe the Umpire is responsible for spotting delay of game calls, and again, the crew had their thumbs up their asses on that one.