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[Mr. Wizard]

Jawaan Taylor did not get benched on Sunday. According to Charles Goldman of @atozsports, Andy Reid mentioned he had a laceration on the inside of his mouth, but Goldman was told the team pulled Taylor out of the game intentionally. It wasn’t just to sit him as they began to rest other starters in a blowout. The team did so in order to have Prince Tega Wanogho align at similar depth to see if the officials would call a penalty. Donovan Smith also set deeper than he did in the first half. Well, guess what? Neither of them were flagged for illegal formation. It’s just more evidence that Jawaan Taylor is being targeted and it might explain the postgame comments of Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes even more.

[LagunaSWana]

Originally Posted by Monticore

We know people make mistakes and it won’t change anything after the fact but every other profession on the Manet has to admit they made a mistake when they happen except refs in any sport at any level , when questioned they throw people out , we just want to hear from their mouth they ****ed up or what they were seeing but that won’t happen.

As I said, it's all about making fans feel better. I can't speak for NFL refs, but I know that at the college and HS level, they review video extensively to look at calls, no calls, and many other aspects of officiating the game. We do the same in baseball, have meetings, go to camps, etc. This is all to improve and to deliver the best officiating product on the field that we can.

What other professions "have to admit a mistake when they happen?" Do you regularly see doctors, lawyers, mechanics, etc out in the public admitting mistakes they make? And people don't get thrown out when they simply question officials. Other sports have a penalty of some kind (15 yd unsportsmanlike conduct, technical foul and free throws) for abusing officials. Baseball has no such penalty, so warning and/or ejection is the only tool for keeping control of the game. But we don't use it when questioned. We use it for specific unsporting acts, including abuse.

[LagunaSWana]

Originally Posted by MVChiefFan

How did you completely miss the point? I would be a full blown idiot to think officials can’t make mistakes and human errors. I’m talking about a guy that doesn’t get penalized for an entire game for lining up incorrectly. Then a memo goes out to the officials, and even though he seems to have made an effort to correct himself, they start throwing flags on the guy like he’s beating their kids.

It’s intentional and wrong. This isn’t about missing a call, it’s about making several wrong calls against a single player just to prove a point. If you don’t think that’s a bad look then I don’t know what to tell ya. But, again, no one is held accountable for it, so who even knows what happens next, or when it stops? That’s what’s so infuriating.

Did you stop reading my post before the last paragraph?

[Sorce]

The difference is that Collinsworth let his vagina spew all over a prime time game, then the NFL made an emphasis on it. It wasn't interpreted as let's crack down on this league wide, it was let's target this one guy. I wish announcers could be fined or suspended, between this and Olsen we would be collecting name tags.

[notorious]

Everyone hates us.

Soak it in. Bask in it. It’s glorious.

[TheGreatCassholio]

Originally Posted by Sorce

The difference is that Collinsworth let his vagina spew all over a prime time game, then the NFL made an emphasis on it. It wasn't interpreted as let's crack down on this league wide, it was let's target this one guy. I wish announcers could be fined or suspended, between this and Olsen we would be collecting name tags.

Olsen complaining about the penalty on the hit to Pacheco's head was the latest example of his verbal diarrhea during Chiefs games

[Bump]

I think it's wrong to target one player specifically and throw flags when they did nothing wrong. Honestly it has to be some sort of discrimination.

[ChiefsFanatic]

Originally Posted by Boxer_Chief

Hell a press conference isn't going to butthurt refs, a whole stadium of people literally made a referee cry. I say give them hell.

Yes, a press conference after every game would work. It may take a month, but eventually NFL refs won't like what happens when their face, and name, get printed in the paper, and plastered all over the internet, along with descriptions or a video clip of their incompetence.

And then they would actually have to explain why they called a play dead because of forward progress, when the ENTIRE ****ing world saw a routine sack. And then their idiotic explanation will also be plastered all over the internet.

The scrutiny of a press conference, and the almost certain cottage industry of memeing refs and their bad calls or ridiculous explanations, would absolutely make an official think twice before watching a receiver get targeted and blown up with the ball in the air, and NOT throwing a flag.

[Smed1065]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

Being totally honest, I thought that's what he might be doing when I saw he had pulled Taylor, no way was it punishment after seeing how he was lined up.

And also, holy shit is there a dumber poster than X-top? I mean that's a really really high bar to clear here but its a valid question. JFC man you are worried a 41pt lead might be lost over a couple 5 yard penalties IF they were called?

I mean thats burn your apartment down smoking a porkbutt stupid..

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