It takes a lot for this space to turn on the crews. This year has been particularly troubling for officiating, although a fair share of the criticism has been a mixture of trumped-up rhetoric and outrage over quick judgement calls without the benefit of replay. Improved technology that offers crisp
Tag: Tom Brady
Patriots get interference flag on last-second play, seconds later flag picked up
Game ends on defensive pass inter...ception Post updates: comments from former supervisor Jim Daopoulos and pool report with referee Clete Blakeman With three seconds to go, down by 4, and with Patriots quarterback Tom Brady at the helm, you know that there is pending drama (video). Brady was intercepted in the end zone
Roundtable Week 8: illegal bats in football, Brees’s consecutive false starts
Dolphins illegal bat puts Patriots on-deck
Offenses subject to ‘reasonable time’ rule
The conspiracy machine got some gas in preseason with the suggestion that officials are given the authority to limit offensive schemes through controlling the pace of the game. In a Wall Street Journal article, a connection was drawn between a new point of emphasis and the offense employed by incoming
Intentional grounding call is 2nd safety by penalty in a Super Bowl
Pereira: Time to retire infamous tuck rule
Commish: QB flag lobbying not an issue
In the annual league meeting held in Boston, commissioner Roger Goodell addressed the media on various topics. Of interest here, he was asked about the influence that star quarterbacks might have on the officials. (We will get to his response shortly.) We did not specifically address the star-treatment aspect here, as
Week 4 “Review”: Ref, Zebra Blog wrong; “Amen” not 15 yards, late QB touch can be
“A cheap one”: Whiff of QB flagged for 15
Week 4: Ravens at Patriots First, there is no video of the play in question online, only the postgame reaction by the Ravens' Ray Lewis. Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs was flagged for low contact with Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Brady's brief 2008 season—cut short due to a knee injury in the season