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Originally Posted by Ming the Merciless
offensive offsides is never called
I literally can't remember the last time I've seen this called
if its something that's never called , it's just frustrating that they call it at that moment.
It probably happens a lot so them choosing to call it right then seems lame
then to top it off, they didn't call the defensive offsides right after
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The NFL will always find a way to get their desired outcome. Remember, the NFL has defended its ways in court by admitting that they are "entertainment" (Jets fan sues after Pats get caught cheating and no action was taken to strip them of wins), so it's all theater. This time is just so happens that the call is/was technically correct, but only used when the NFL needs something to manipulate a game's outcome.
What's really funny is after the NFL and NFL apologists defend that call, which is fine, they'll spin the wheel of excuses to write-off other penalties they don't call. Here's the current "NFL Official's Wheel of Bad/Wrong/Missed Calls Excuse":
1) It was a bang-bang play
2) We can't see everything
3) We can't call THAT at THAT point in the game
4) We were letting them play at that moment in the game
5) Players shouldn't allow bad calls to affect a game
6) Geeez we're part-time employees, this ain't even our main job
7) We're not perfect
8) XYZ is subjective
9) There's a hold on every play, we can't call them all or nobody would score
10) Radio silence