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quote:Originally posted by michiganjoe:
I believe the ruling was he had control when the ball touched the ground, which I don't agree with but at least is a defensible judgment call. There's simply no excuse for the missed fumble on the KO return.
quote:Originally posted by BobC1:
The regular refs made just as many ( if not more) bad, ridiculus calls as the replacements did. But then what can you expect from Tripplets team. He has been out to screw the Pack every game he refs. I just cringed when I found out that he was doing the Packer game this week.
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The league can now do something about calls like the one that almost cost the Packers Sunday.
A league source told me Sunday night the official who trails the kick returner out of the end zone until he gets to about the 40-yard line is the head linesman. Which means head linesman Phil McKinnely, a 10-year vet, is the one who blew the call and didn't see the Darren Sproles fumble. Officials who botch calls like that one are routinely graded down, and the NFL beginning in 2013 will have the right to bench underachieving officials and replace them with some of the 21 development officials on the taxi squad of sorts the NFL will form next offseason. "We'll be able to have some full-time officials, and we'll be able to build a bench to improve our officiating,'' said Patriots owner Robert Kraft. "We believe this will make officiating better in the long term."
