Marvin Lewis blasts 'phantom call' at end of game

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(11-24-2015, 06:33 PM)6andcounting Wrote: A have an extensive collection of Steelers stuff, but I don't remember the last time I bought an NFL licensed anything. It's definitely been a few years. There's probably a handful of reason why, but the league just seemed ridiculous after Harrison started to be targeted by both the refs and Goodell, while plenty of other illegals hit by other players went by without flags or a fine. From there on out it was easy to see everything Goodell did was inconsistent and his decisions seemed to be based around how the media's reaction of anything (See Ray Rice's double suspension).

Refusing to even try to improve the officiating and the media covering for the league because they want more TV contracts is just as ridiculous. I remember when the replacement refs were in, ESPN did a segment outlining every single missed call that week (no matter how small) in a 10-15 minutes ref bashing highlight montage. Of course as soon as the regular refs returned, terribly blown calls that directly changed the outcome of games went backed to not even being mentioned.

Every channel has their own fantasy football league and they promote it ad nauseum. Commercials before and after the kickoff and every other 30 span of free time makes it too annoying to just sit and watch a game. I have to leave the room and usually end up coming on here to keep from ruining the flow of the game.

I still don't miss a steeler game, but the league sucks big time.

The pity is they could try and fix it, but do nothing. I also agree with the fine crap getting out of hand, a guy gets fined less for a helmet to helmet hit than they do for a minor uniform infraction. They are ruining a great game.

Last night the Bills most likely lose, but the receiver makes a catch, rolls out of bounds backwards on purpose to stop the clock, is never touched and they official winds down the final 2 seconds. No excuse for bad calls that are obvious. The rules in these situations are also the problem, To me it is simple, if a player goes out of bounds the clock stops regardless of how he went out.

Every week and every game there seems to be bad and controversial calls. AJ gets leveled with a helmet to helmet hit Sunday night and no flag, then next week we will see a guy get hit close to the head and a flag will fly. It is crazy how bad these refs are week to week.