Replacement refs: The story the NFL wants to keep quiet

[GridIron26]

Absolutely love NFLPA's letter

[Ruhskins]

I think one of these days we're going to see a fight break out like the Artest brawl in these games.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

I think one of these days we're going to see a fight break out like the Artest brawl in these games.

Yeah... Between the coaches and the replacement refs.

[mooby]

Jim Harbaugh cons replacement refs out of two extra challenges | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo! Sports

Classic. Refs didn't know you need a timeout to challenge a play, and he granted Jim Harbaugh not one, but two free challenges because Harbaugh conned him into it. Smart.

And I'm going to follow that one up with this one:

Matt Schaub loses piece of ear on illegal hit | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo! Sports

That link has a picture of his ear in there, that's pretty nasty. The hit in question was a helmet-to-helmet hit too. That sucks.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by mooby

Jim Harbaugh cons replacement refs out of two extra challenges | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo! Sports

Classic. Refs didn't know you need a timeout to challenge a play, and he granted Jim Harbaugh not one, but two free challenges because Harbaugh conned him into it. Smart.

And I'm going to follow that one up with this one:

Matt Schaub loses piece of ear on illegal hit | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo! Sports

That link has a picture of his ear in there, that's pretty nasty. The hit in question was a helmet-to-helmet hit too. That sucks.

I stopped counting the number of helmet-to-helmet hits today. It was ridiculous.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

I stopped counting the number of helmet-to-helmet hits today. It was ridiculous.

I didn't count, but only because I felt like I didn't have enough fingers and toes to keep track of them.

Also, ESPN had a decent summary of all the bad calls today.

[Ruhskins]

I don't understand how coaches like Belicheat and even our own Shanny don't take the complaints to their owners and ask for the ref lockout to end.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

I don't understand how coaches like Belicheat and even our own Shanny don't take the complaints to their owners and ask for the ref lockout to end.

I've thought that coaches must be doing that but owners must not be listening. But who knows.

[firstdown]

I think its great the refs are actually allowing them to play footbal and make a few hits. Now the other stuff is stupid but the hitting has been great.

[MTK]

The refs aren't "allowing them to play", they simply don't know how to correctly call an NFL game.

Big difference.

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

The refs aren't "allowing them to play", they simply don't know how to correctly call an NFL game.

Big difference.

Exactly. And this hit isn't "allowing them to play" it's dangerous and dirty and exactly the kind of potentially life altering shot the the NFL claims it's trying to eliminate. To not even throw a flag here is completely inexcusable.

[CrustyRedskin]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

Exactly. And this hit isn't "allowing them to play" it's dangerous and dirty and exactly the kind of potentially life altering shot the the NFL claims it's trying to eliminate. To not even throw a flag here is completely inexcusable.

A few months ago we were having a discussion on here about ST21 and how we wont see another vicious hitter like him anymore because of all the player safety rules. But I was thinking this morning that if ST21 was still alive he would be an absolute nightmare for NFL teams with the kind of hitting the replacement refs are allowing.

[SouperMeister]

Originally Posted by CrustyRedskin

A few months ago we were having a discussion on here about ST21 and how we wont see another vicious hitter like him anymore because of all the player safety rules. But I was thinking this morning that if ST21 was still alive he would be an absolute nightmare for NFL teams with the kind of hitting the replacement refs are allowing.

Take a look at the YouTube videos of Sean, and while he was a devastating hitter, he was not a head hunter. Almost all of his greatest hits were led by a shoulder to the sternum, with my all time favorite being the hit on Patrick Crayton at the end of the Monday Night Miracle in Dallas (should have been ruled a fumble!!!)

[CrustyRedskin]

Originally Posted by SouperMeister

Take a look at the YouTube videos of Sean, and while he was a devastating hitter, he was not a head hunter. Almost all of his greatest hits were led by a shoulder to the sternum, with my all time favorite being the hit on Patrick Crayton at the end of the Monday Night Miracle in Dallas (should have been ruled a fumble!!!)

Good point. And yes it was a fumble.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

Exactly. And this hit isn't "allowing them to play" it's dangerous and dirty and exactly the kind of potentially life altering shot the the NFL claims it's trying to eliminate. To not even throw a flag here is completely inexcusable.

To me this is a clean hard hit and the defender seperates the ball from the wr. It's violent but just cause it's violent doesn't mean it's dirty.