Vontez Burfict is the dirtiest player in the league

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(01-10-2016, 08:27 PM)Shepdawg Wrote: Fair enough.  Thanks for standing up, and explaining.  If you look at it again frame by frame, you will also see the contact with Brown and the contact with Browns left foot to the ground happen almost simultaneously.  There is NO WAY for Burfict to avoid contact.  How long was Brown hanging in the air?  Perhaps 2 seconds max.  Burfict had way under 1 second to try to avoid contact while going full speed in the other direction.  Not saying it shouldn't have been flagged.  In todays NFL that play will be flagged about 98% of the time.  My biggest issues with the game is the Shazier hit on Gio is also flagged 98% of the time.  It wasn't flagged, and the refs watched the replay several times over.  Perhaps it wasn't a reviewable situation, but they didn't even try to make up for the call.  They could have ruled the catch incomplete and lessened the impact of the "blown non call".

But beyond that was the mere fact they acknowledged that Joey Porter was on the field illegally, they acknowledge they were aware of the rule about his presence on the field, and acknowledge they intentionally ignored the ruled because they "felt he was out there out of genuine concern for Brown"  The referees do NOT have the liberty to inject their personal "feelings" into the game.  We're not even talking about the typical judgement call on a phantom hold or pass interference.  We have the referees saying openly they refused to enforce the rules, even though they were aware of the situation.  

The leagues refusal to do anything about these situations are leading to the NFL being the equivalent of the WWE now.  You know where the "manager" of the wrestler knocks out the guy while the ref looks the other way.  None of the officials from last nights game should ever be allowed to officiate another NFL game.  You simply cannot have officials openly admitting they refused to enforce the rules based on their own personal feelings.  If the flag was thrown on Porter, per NFL rules that the officials acknowledge they were aware of, there is a 15 yard penalty assessed to Pittsburgh before Adam Jones ever has the chance to get involved.  The kick becomes a 63 yard attempt in the cold and rain.

They say Porter will likely be fined... what a joke.  

Just like his genuine concern for the slot machines next to Levi Jones...