[Editor's note: This is our weekly entry at National Football Post.] After basking in the shadows of relative obscurity during the opening week of the season, the replacement referees found themselves struggling as if they were some intentionally mismatched contestants competing on a bizarre NFL reality show. The players, sensing that
Week 2
Fumble scrum requires maximum officiating skills
Monday night meltdown caps subpar week
While the first week of officiating was deemed "adequate," the quality of the replacement referees work declined significantly in Week 2. There were numerous instances of sloppy work and nonexistent calls that it was hard to single anything out to be representative. Until Monday night, that is, when Ken Roan's crew
SJ Stropolo yanked from Saints-Panthers
Replacement official's Facebook profile puts him on inactive list The NFL has removed side judge Brian Stropolo from today's Saints-Panthers game because of a professed allegiance to one of the teams, as first reported by Chris Mortensen. Stropolo is in Charlotte, N.C., and apparently was already at Bank of America Stadium