replacement refs

[Nconroe]

Hmm, watching some of HOF game, I thought while replacement refs had some moments , overall did ok.

Game flowed ok and I didn't see play get out of control.

Not really sure how far apart regular refs are in negotiating their new deal.

With all the money in NFL and our expectations for refs to get it right , hopefully they get a fair deal worked out soon, before regular season begins.

Not worried though.

[WMH]

Haven't watched a ton, just the HOF and Texans....but from what I have seen, if someone hadn't told me the regulars were in a lock out, I'm not sure I would have noticed.
Have they missed some calls....sure.
Do the regulars miss some calls.....sure.

I thought one of the THREE calls against Ball on that TD drive was a little bush league. But that happens. None of the others really sticks out.

Deadlines spur action. I will be SHOCKED if this isn't worked out prior to 9/8. In the event it isn't, I'm thinking they will be just fine.

[HPF Bob]

I think the big difference you'll see is that these refs are more likely to let the players play. I'm tired of the "he hit him too hard" personal fouls and the fouls about "hitting the QB in the head or in the knees or anywhere in between as long as the QB's last name isn't Schaub" rule.

Of course, I haven't seen one of those critical "he didn't complete the catch because he momentarily juggled the ball while shaking his booty at the cheerleader 20 seconds later" replay reversals with these guys yet either.

I think right now the league just wants as little attention on the refs as possible.

[WMH]

Imagine that, one of the owners from one of the more profitable teams comes to the defense of the replacement refs...... Such media posturing!

Have to admit, I still don't think I would know the difference between the two if no one was blasing them after every game. I would have thought that was them bashing the regulars........

From PFT:

If the NFL’s regular officials won’t get back to work until the NFL owners agree to pay them more, then they may remain locked out for a long time.

That’s what Texans owner Bob McNair suggested when he, along with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, talked about the officials lockout on CNBC’s Squawk Box. McNair said he hasn’t noticed an increase in bad calls this preseason and doesn’t believe the replacement officials are any threat to player safety.

“We have complaints, it doesn’t matter who’s officiating,” McNair said. “And we look back at it as to those calls that we think were bad calls, and we don’t have any more now than we had before. Now, clearly the officials that we have now are not as good professionally as the ones we’ve had, otherwise we would have had the others all along. But in terms of the impact on the game, I’ve been watching it and frankly I can’t see any difference. We have the same situation — we have some calls we don’t like, we have some that should have been made that weren’t made, but we don’t have any more, and the players are just as well protected. So I don’t think that safety is an issue at all.”

Goodell added that when the NFL last used replacement officials, in 2001, they called fewer penalties and got good reviews from players, coaches and fans. Although Goodell and the owners are paying lip service to the belief that the locked-out officials are the best in the business, and that the NFL wants to have the best officials on the field, no one from the ownership side seems overly concerned about the consequences of the lockout.

[painekiller]

The Thursday night game was the worse officiated game I have ever seen. Get the real guys back in.

[Nconroe]

Man, did Green Bay just get screwed royally by these refs. What an embarrassmenr to the League. And after review. Just incredible.

[chuck]

The owners disgust me.

[Joe Joe]

I can see the bad call getting missed in real time. The fact that the replay guy missed it is hard to accept.

Edit...So I am hearing that simultaneous catch is not a review-able call. Bad call on the field. Bad rule if it is true that simultaneous catch can't be reviewed.