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Week 10 “Official Review”: ‘Should never happen, we accept responsibility for that’

by Ben Austro - November 19, 2009November 20, 2009 0

Tough job this week for the NFL vice-president of officiating, Mike Pereira. Frequently, he will give in his weekly "Official Review" segment what we feel is the "clean-laundry" version of some of the disputable callsâ€”sometimes under the cover of "it could go either way." However, there was no hiding from

Why is replay so hard for Triplette crew?

by Ben Austro - November 15, 2009November 15, 2009 0

We have reported on two instances where Jeff Triplette's crew had difficulty in getting basic information correct on replay reversals. First, in Week 5, Triplette and his crew spotted the ball 4Â½ yards behind where it was supposed to be. Then, last week, an overturned call should have created a

Week 5 “Official Review”: Fair-catch interference, fumbled fumbles, ‘fishy’ call

by Ben Austro - October 16, 2009October 18, 2009 0

This week's "Official Review" by league vice-president of officiating, Mike Pereira, featured several interesting plays from Week 5, leading to a lot of discussion here (video, Part 1 and Part 2): As pointed out in our comments, there was a bizarre fair-catch play in the Redskinsâ€“Panthers game. Basically, the Panthers, while