American Football (NFL)

[Jett129]

Week 10 of the NFL season kicks off with a critical division game as The Bengals take on The Ravens. You need to live in one of the teams markets or have Amazon Prime to see this one. This is a must win game for both teams,and I thought maybe someone from the IH Flock might get involved in this one,but @Matt is going with a different bird as he’s picking The Falcons to beat The Saints,and @Oaktavia is picking the other Maryland team as he has The Commanders over the Steelers. @Mizmazzle will be eating Philly Cheesesteak if The Eagles beat The Cowboys. @Twistlock is circling back to The Bills as they take on The Colts this weekend. With @goosehd still on the sidelines @Nocturama is picking up where he left off taking Da Bears to beat Da Pats. Like a lot of us @IrishHeart was really impressed with The Detroit Lions last week as he’s picking them to go down to Houston and defeat The Texans. We have six players left and they’ve picked six different teams this week. Can they keep it going? Good Luck to all. Back on Monday.

[Oaktavia]

@Jett129 love it man. GO RAVENS!!!

[Matt]

[Matt]

[Oaktavia]

@Matt how long did you stay out for? I was on my couch as usual. Phew doggie a win is a win what a fourth quarter that was. Lamar is 10 -1 against the Bengals.

R A V E N S

[Mizmazzle]

Hell of a game.

[Matt]

We came home at the half and I watched the rest from my living room. The bartender there is super hot so leaving together is best for everyone.

[Oaktavia]

@Matt hahaha

[Jett129]

Really good game. Not sure why they’re not just pounding Derrick Henry,so that when you get to the 4th quarter the defense is tired of/from tackling him. At 4-6 I think they pretty much ended The Bengals season.

[Oaktavia]

@Jett129 I mean we tried running Henry, the Bengals D just kept tackling is big ass! Every carry I was like damn!

[Jett129]

@Oaktavia You’re right as it seemed like their game plan was to stop Henry at all costs,and they did a pretty good job at that. I think they also knew that ,at the end of the game, if the Ravens get the ball back,the Stop Henry train had left the station. Hence the 2 point try.

[Oaktavia]

@Jett129 Indeed. I will say with confidence that there were at least two, maybe three penalties during that 2-pt attempt that should have been called against the Ravens. Game deciding play. So I'll STFU about the Ravens being unfairly targeted by the refs.

[Matt]

For real. I think everyone but the refs saw those.

[goosehd]

You guys are forgetting that being a ref is really hard work and they need a break sometimes. Don't be so hard on them as everyone makes mistakes and it's really hard to see everything that's going on. I mean, just look at how big the field is...

[Jett129]

I don’t understand why the guys in NY who sometimes are allowed to chime in under the guise of Replay Assist,aren’t allowed to chime in and say we think you missed two flagrant fouls. There’s rarely a game where they don’t miss a call or make a call that has everyone scratching their head. There’s also multiple refs from different angles on every play,and on this play all the refs are down there on a relatively small part of the field.

[goosehd]

@Jett129 I don't understand it either. My post was made in jest and I can't conceivably figure out why they miss blatant calls especially with the tools they have available to them.

Pretty much feel the same way about baseball...

[Mizmazzle]

I just recently learned that the refs themselves can be fined when they miss flagrant fouls.

[goosehd]

@Mizmazzle Does that start with teams making complaints or is there a review process from higher ups? Did not know they were doing that but think it's much needed.

[Oaktavia]

@Mizmazzle said in American Football (NFL):

I just recently learned that the refs themselves can be fined when they miss flagrant fouls.

I don't think the refs can be fined but they should be. Please correct me if I am wrong. Players can be fined for criticizing the refs though.

Edit: during the Raven's game last Sunday against the Broncos, one of the announcers (Romo?) made a dry joke saying something along the lines of, "perhaps that ref should be fined". Is that what you heard?

[Mizmazzle]

I wasn’t aware the refs could be fined until I heard a commentator state a couple weeks ago, “that official will definitely be getting fined for missing that call.”

I was just reading there is an officiating committee that reviews every game and each officiant gets a review of performance after each game with training materials to improve performance. If they are consistently underperforming they can be punished and penalized, not have their year to year contracts renewed, and only the highest performing officials are used in the post season.