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  • Sorry, I should have added it to the other. Then it was too late...

    But the same corruption? happened to favor Baltimore. Again.

    Winning teams make $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

    So, the NFL condones this "incompetence" ??? Or not?

    But this quote needs to be quoted all over the place:

    I really wish I could edit a post. I could one day, then I haven't been able to.
    Maybe I need to re-download Chrome....

    Mike Pereira, the NFL's former vice president of officiating, criticized the officials on FoxSports.com and in the article titled "No, that definitely was not pass interference," said that the call was wrong.
    "McFadden and Boyce were hand-fighting down the field," Pereira wrote. "There was not enough contact for defensive pass interference to be called."

  • RichiswhereR Richiswhere

    @calfoxwc said:

    BTW, mods, when I post a post, the entire editing functions above

    are "grayed out". Not functional. Is it just me? I'm using Google Chrome....

    I'll have to go check on Int Suckplorer...

    This needs to be BOLDED:

    Mike Pereira, the NFL's former vice president of officiating, criticized the officials on FoxSports.com and in the article titled "No, that definitely was not pass interference," said that the call was wrong.

    "McFadden and Boyce were hand-fighting down the field," Pereira wrote. "There was not enough contact for defensive pass interference to be called."

    I am having the same problem but not on Chrome. It started about 5 days ago

    @richiswhere said:

    I am having the same problem but not on Chrome. It started about 5 days ago

    Weird. I'll tell Skippy. I'm sure he'll get right on it,

    Zombo

  • Okay, I have full editing with win internet explorer ! Something is wrong with chrome.

    "Dear Mike Pereira, the NFL's former vice president of officiating,

    Can you come back? Did the NFL "retire" you because you are an HONEST guy?

    Can you comment on the "fumble" called against the Vikings, that most certainly was not?

    Thanks,

    Lifetime Browns fan forver. Calfoxwc

  • This could potentially be VERY good for the Browns...

    Looking back, I'm starting to see trends that are either huge coincedences, or certain teams are swayed by the NFL to win games. They obviously want teams in the super bowl and deep playoff matchups that will give them the best ratings.

    Year after hurricane Katrina? The lowly saints make a magical run and win the super bowl

    After 9/11? "Patriots" go from 5-11 the previous year, to super bowl champs

    Who's the dominating team during the prime of the war on terror? the "Patriots"

    Two brothers coaching against each other in the super bowl? The average ravens making a magical run?

    Well how about a 3rd stringer who grew up in Cleveland, had season tickets to the browns games, was at their last game and saw the fans rip up the chairs afterwards, grow up to lead his favorite team to a Super Bowl. The ratings would be through the roof... Everyone would tune in the watch the underdog Browns and their local qb make his childhood dream come true and lead the browns to a championship. The NFL is salivating over that scenario

  • The Pats definitely had help yesterday. The "lowly" Browns were threatening a potentional AFC championship matchup between the Pats and Broncos and there was no way the NFL was going to let that happen. Too many advertising dollars at stake. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

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  • Could it be? Yes. Is it? Yes.

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
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  • B bonedawg

    The Pats definitely had help yesterday. The "lowly" Browns were threatening a potentional AFC championship matchup between the Pats and Broncos and there was no way the NFL was going to let that happen. Too many advertising dollars at stake. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

    @bonedawg said:

    The Pats definitely had help yesterday. The "lowly" Browns were threatening a potentional AFC championship matchup between the Pats and Broncos and there was no way the NFL was going to let that happen. Too many advertising dollars at stake. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

    Exactly; this is entertainment and the folks that are in charge prefer NE and their market (as well as the broader national audience) to win in this situation. Keep the masses entertained with the majority happy, a minority upset but ALL still wrapped in full attention to their product. Never leave it in the hand of the judges, they have an agenda and it may very well not be in concert with your's

  • T The Cysko Kid

    Could it be? Yes. Is it? Yes.

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    Could it be? Yes. Is it? Yes.

    Best post on this topic

    "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."

  • I definitely have my suspicions. And given that the Browns find every way possible to lose, it only reinforces those suspicions. Think about the pattern... slow start... then they win a few games to get us thinking, just maybe... then go into shit the bed mode at the end of November and beginning of December. Face it, with this town's reputation, Cleveland's misery sells better than any happy ending story ever would.

  • Here is the deal.....the Browns need to put a team together that is so good that no amount of referring shenanigans is going to stop them.

    Of course, if they would only draft a darling QB then they could become a league favorite.

    Honestly, advertisers are drawn by star power. The Browns need a few guys to start playing like stars. Gordon is getting there but he really needs a star QB to go with him.

  • Fixed? Didn't the Saints win the SB after Katrina?? If that doesn't scream fixed, nothing does..

  • BammerB Bammer

    Fixed? Didn't the Saints win the SB after Katrina?? If that doesn't scream fixed, nothing does..

    @bammer said:

    Fixed? Didn't the Saints win the SB after Katrina?? If that doesn't scream fixed, nothing does..

    And the "Patriots" won the SB after 9/11 thanks to the "Tuck Rule" which had never ever been heard of. The pats get away with mugging recievers but their opponents get flagged for barley touching their's, its disgusting to watch any game involving the pats your always waiting for a flag favoring the pats after every down and if they don't get it they scream bloody murder. How many times have you seen brady and belicheat imtimidate the refs screaming in their faces and not once get called for unsportsman like conduct, the nfl has become a Joke!!

  • A Angel

    @bammer said:

    Fixed? Didn't the Saints win the SB after Katrina?? If that doesn't scream fixed, nothing does..

    And the "Patriots" won the SB after 9/11 thanks to the "Tuck Rule" which had never ever been heard of. The pats get away with mugging recievers but their opponents get flagged for barley touching their's, its disgusting to watch any game involving the pats your always waiting for a flag favoring the pats after every down and if they don't get it they scream bloody murder. How many times have you seen brady and belicheat imtimidate the refs screaming in their faces and not once get called for unsportsman like conduct, the nfl has become a Joke!!

    @angel said:

    And the "Patriots" won the SB after 9/11 thanks to the "Tuck Rule" which had never ever been heard of. The pats get away with mugging recievers but their opponents get flagged for barley touching their's, its disgusting to watch any game involving the pats your always waiting for a flag favoring the pats after every down and if they don't get it they scream bloody murder. How many times have you seen brady and belicheat imtimidate the refs screaming in their faces and not once get called for unsportsman like conduct, the nfl has become a Joke!!

    Ahhh yes can't forget the Tuck Rule. Now that was a bullshit call!

  • Here's the reality of referring in the NFL. Before Goddell came into the league, the general principle was to let the players play and only throw flags on overt penalties. That's why teams like the Ravens and Buccaners won super bowls, and for me it was awesome to watch. Sadly, Goddell has changed the reffing culture entirely. It's now a league of throwing the flag first on any little call. Refs are also so concerned about flagging the "player safety" penalties that other penalties are flying under the radar. There's a good reason there's been so many flags picked up and it's really becoming a controversy. I'd be really interested to see a study on how many flags have been thrown from say 2010 to current.

  • After watching replays, the same official made both the calls the Browns moaned about: Field judge Dyrol Prioleau.

    That's a little suspicious.

    "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."

  • I would think that Vegas has people whose sole job is to learn the weaknesses of every official who can potentially impact the outcome of a game. Money, woman , drugs , jewlery etc can buy a lot. It is no different than politics. The effort likely extends into coaching staffs and players on a more limited basis. Just my conspiracy theory

  • Fixed may be too strong a word but there's definitely a bias to large market or more popular teams. Remember our game against the Steelers this year or Dallas last year?

  • It's too obvious now, that the NFL has to take a

    very serious look at the blatant contradictions in calls and non-calls.

  • C calfoxwc

    It's too obvious now, that the NFL has to take a

    very serious look at the blatant contradictions in calls and non-calls.

    @calfoxwc said:

    It's too obvious now, that the NFL has to take a

    very serious look at the blatant contradictions in calls and non-calls.

    The problem is the NFL .............................DOESN'T have to look at anything.

    They will just blame the refs, and say We are sorry, and no one cares, because there is a game Thursday and then many games Sunday.

    The NFL is IMMUNE to this crap. They make BILLIONS........................and BILLIONS of dollars and the more crap calls, the better for their money flow

    "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."

  • Over the past 3 decades I've had many a drunken rant

    about how Super Bowl III was fixed.

    On a related subject, how did you like Neal O'Donnell in the

    Super Bowl against Dallas in the 90's?

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