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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Has there ever been another call so bad that the referee responsible was essentially forced out of the league?
Jeff Triplette's crew was removed from the playoff rotation and he announced his retirement immediately after the game.
He was impossibly awful in that game.
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I still wonder what happened. I think he blew the whistle when he saw Mariota hit the ground. But then he realized how badly he had flubbed the play as the ball came out - and for some reason panicked.
So instead of ruling Mariotta down - which was obviously a terrible call (and he knew he was either already on thin ice or ready to retire and didn't want to go out like that) he panicked in the moment - and made a much much worse call - saying he blew the whistle for forward progress (a judgement call) hoping it would make him look better. Of course the opposite happened.
It's the only thing that makes any sense.