(01-26-2018, 03:27 PM)jagherd Wrote: NFL officiating is egregious and completely inconsistent.
Shocker, right?
But, this is nothing new. It's been this way for decades.
Just a couple big games that I can remember right away:
-The Superbowl Pittsburgh vs Seattle? Oh wow,, Seattle got screwed.
- Dallas vs Detroit in the playoffs a few seasons back. Detroit got screwed on a terrible non-call at the end, allowing the Cowboys to advance.

Officiating has been absolutely terrible forever.  The entire week prior to the AFCC game, every single media show I watched had at least one or two analysts say "You know NE is gonna get the calls", etc.  Every single show. It was going to be a known issue for the game. Everyone knew it.

I had a real problem (like everyone else) with the calls/non-calls in the secondary and blowing turnovers dead.

What I don't take too much issue with is the non-calls along the line of scrimmage. Yes, there were blatant holds and grabbing on some key plays. However,, Jax didn't get called for a single hold along their O-line either.

I scrolled through the play-by-play on NFL.com for all three Jags playoff games. Unless I just scrolled too fast and missed something, I didn't see one holding penalty at all for the Jags O-line (I'm sure I didn't see any for the AFCC).

If we're gonna be honest with ourselves, do we really think the Jags O-line didn't grab and hold on any of their plays during these games? Really? Is the Jags O-line the most disciplined in the entire league when it comes to that?
I find it highly unlikely that the Jags played perfectly on offense and didn't get away with any grabbing/holding.

We for sure know the Pats got away with it. But, I'm sure the Jags did too. I think the refs were just letting them go in the trenches (both sides).

The only penalties I could find were a false start on Cam (vs NE), an illegal shift  (vs NE), and a false start on Linder (vs Buff).

As stated, the rest of the officiating was absurd. But, it was expected, and has been happening for years. It's sickening, but unfortunately it's just "part of it."

I'm still not over the officiating in the Lions-Cowboys playoff game 3 seasons ago.  Not to mention some horrific officiated regular season games involving my favorite team. 

I certainly understand and respect the array of emotions Jaguars fans are going through from the recent AFC Championship game.   When a team doesn't win a game because officiating had a substantial impact in the outcome,  it can even be more difficult to deal with than in a case when your team gets slaughtered in a game.

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